Manager– Group Project Management Office

General Summary

The Manager of Group Project Management Office (GPMO) is instrumental in the success of our client's most critical strategic projects and transformation programs.

This position involves managing end-to-end PMO process for large-scale strategic programs at the company, ensuring transparency for the executive leadership and shareholders, and championing PMO processes and frameworks

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

▪ Collects, collates, and updates progress and performance status as per defined tools and templates and meeting forums

▪ Provides tactical support (e.g., project NPV analysis, business case, scenario planning, market assessment, financial modelling, high quality presentations and dashboards), under the guidance of GPMO leadership, to relevant stakeholders (e.g., Group CEO, program teams) on a need-basis

▪ Prepares high-quality, visually compelling presentations, reports, and dashboards for senior client audiences

▪ Encourages and coaches project teams to use standard GPMO processes, tools and templates

▪ Tracks KPIs on change management initiatives (e.g., employee engagement, satisfaction) for other strategic programs, based on alignment with Program sponsor

▪ Coaches BU teams on best practices (e.g., usage of templates and tools) via trainings/ demos on a need basis

▪ Maintains a central one-stop repository of program resources (e.g., templates and tools, guidelines) and provides access to participants, when required

Knowledge, Skills and/ or Abilities required

▪ 5+ years of total work experience, including 2–3 years in a leading management consulting firm

▪ Advanced consulting toolkit and problem-solving skill in driving data-backed insights, developing business cases, conducting scenario planning, and devising financial model

▪ Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to present clearly and persuasively to stakeholders

▪ Advanced skills in project management and planning, with proven experience in driving integrated planning and implementation of complex projects with broad impact within time and budget constraints▪ Demonstrated ability to select and implement project management methods, tools, and metrics across planning, implementation, and value realization phases

▪ Broad knowledge of initiatives typically undertaken in heavy industries (e.g., mining, manufacturing, steel) and keen awareness of their impact on the organization is an advantage

▪ Strong command of English; fluency in Arabic is an advantage

Behavioural Competencies

▪ Exceptional ability to build and nurture relationships with a diverse array of stakeholders

▪ Proven ability to coach, facilitate, and influence people at all levels

▪ Comfortable working in dynamic, fast paced, and ambiguous environments with ever-changing situations

▪ Excellent organizational skills and time management

▪ Collaborative mindset and ability to work across diverse teams

▪ Cultural fluency and solid understanding of the UAE business landscape

Minimum education qualification

▪ B.A./B.S. (engineering related field preferred)

▪ Master’s degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field (MBA/ PhD is a plus)

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE