Head of Program Management

Job Description : HEAD OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE UAE Lead the project delivery and governance across the organisation and provide advice and guidance, monitoring and assurance, advocacy, and education with respect to programmes, projects, and their delivery, project managers / specialists and Division Heads and staff at all levels. Additionally, this will include a reporting framework focused on value added advice and early identification of risk and issues for all major programmes and projects across the organisation. Manage the execution and delivery of corporate transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with set plans, budgets, and time schedules, to achieve target strategic objectives and creation of business value, whilst driving performance and positive change across the organisation. Establish monitoring and reviewing systems to track the progress of transformation projects to identify any variances from project plans. Develop tools to identify risks along with key risk indicators, establish relevant methodologies in the project governance model and communicate to key stakeholders. Develop and update the mechanisms for financing the transformation initiatives and projects, including detailed mechanisms through which such initiatives and projects are adopted. Provide effective program and project management for planning, implementation, and evaluation of the organization’s transformation initiatives. Manage internal and external suppliers to the transformation initiatives and project related contracts to ensure adherence to Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Manage the development and maintenance of a Project Management (PMO) governance framework to provide a holistic view of all strategic project activities. Establish and manage Project Governance Board to oversee projects status, monitor project timelines and budgets and address major issues or delays. Design and update standardised project management templates and ensure adoption across all strategic capex projects. Prepare Capex Project PMO dashboard to report on all capex projects to Board of Directors, CEO, Strategic Leadership Team and Projects Governance Board Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in one of the following majoring in Project Management, Operations Management or Strategic Management. Master’s Degree in Business Administration or Project Management would be an added advantage. Proficiency in project management including on-time delivery and prioritization; certified in portfolio/project management (e.g. PMP, PgMP, etc.) Must have Minimum 12 years’ experience as a project /portfolio manager in complex environments with proven experience in project /program Management planning, directing and execution. Proven experience in People Management with knowledge and experience of best practice project management methodologies and techniques to provide sound advice and support to Project Owners and Sponsors. Energy of Environmental services sector. Big 4 or consulting experience is a plus. Experience in engineering projects Experience in data analytics and data visualization Excellent communication and analytical skills

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