Senior Associate - PMO

Team: Strategy and Transformation

Location: Abu Dhabi

Commitment: Experienced hires

Workplace Type: onsite

 JOB PURPOSE

• Drive successful implementation of the EPMO team’s strategy, services and deliverables

• Establish frameworks and standards for Project and Program Management

• Support delivery and monitoring of ad hoc strategic and special projects

 

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

▪ Support the end-to-end process of the identification, development, prioritization and implementation of the highest impact / most strategic projects and programs in the organization

▪ Establish frameworks to manage initiatives, including methodologies, tools, and organizational structures ▪ Prioritize initiatives for implementation and ensure alignment with the strategy

 ▪ Determine key steps and milestones for implementing initiatives in coordination with the Business Owners

▪ Identify the interdependencies between initiatives, and manage risks and escalation on the singular and aggregate levels

▪ Report project progress, achievements interdependencies, risks and challenges to Management

▪ Manage the assigned EPMO manpower to the initiatives and conduct regular manpower planning and allocation

▪ Set up priorities to tasks and categorize them according to previously set standards

▪ Maintain the organizational structure and roles within the initiative's ecosystem ▪ Provide support to the business owners and sponsors in uplifting the quality of project plans and other project & initiative artifacts

 ▪ Review quality, performance reports and perform Quality Assurance on all initiative's deliverables/outputs

▪ Manage and monitoring change requests and ensure that they adhere to the approved policies

▪ Define the training needs of the initiative teams, recommend the necessary training courses, and monitor the effectiveness and results of these courses

 ▪ Support in the delivery and monitoring of ad hoc strategic and special business projects ▪ Conduct research, analysis and other strategic activities in collaboration with the Strategy team as required by the business from time to time

 

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

RELATED YEAR OF EXPERIENCE:

• Min of 4+ years of experience in Project Management Office Role

• Experience of managing the complete lifecycle of a project with project teams of 5 to 25 people

FIELD OF EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in managing PMO the Real Estate sector or corporate departments in a holding strucuture

• Led implementations from ideation to post closing of initiatives in discplines such as CX, Procurement, HR, Marketing, Data, Innovation and Process Improvement

TECHNICAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

• Project Management

• Leadership Skills

• Strategic Planning

• Research and Analysis

• A.I. prompting and document production skills are highly advantageous

QUALIFICATION