
Senior Project Manager
EDGE
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Abu Dhabi • 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
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Senior
Tech Stack
PMP
About the role
- Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of complex projects from inception to completion, ensuring adherence to project timelines, budget constraints, and quality standards.
- Provide strategic direction and guidance to project teams, fostering collaboration and ensuring clear communication channels across all stakeholders.
- Cultivate strong relationships with key stakeholders, including senior management, regulatory bodies, and cross-functional teams, to understand project requirements, expectations, and priorities.
- Act as a primary point of contact for stakeholders, addressing concerns, managing expectations, and providing regular project updates and status reports.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues proactively, leveraging best practices and industry standards to ensure compliance with project requirements and organizational policies.
- Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies, contingency plans, and escalation protocols to address project challenges and minimize potential disruptions.
- Ensure completion of Statement of Work as per contractual terms (Engagement Letter (EL), Call off Order, Purchase Order (PO), SLA).
- Oversee resource allocation and utilization, including project team members, vendors, and external consultants, to optimize productivity and efficiency throughout the project lifecycle.
- Monitor project budgets, expenditures, and financial performance, identifying variances and implementing corrective actions as needed to ensure cost-effectiveness and alignment with financial targets, in coordination with Finance and Leadership team.
- Establish and maintain project management processes, methodologies, and tools to promote consistency, transparency, and accountability across projects.
- Conduct regular project reviews, performance evaluations, and lessons learned sessions to identify areas for improvement and implement corrective actions to enhance project outcomes and delivery efficiency.
- Create and update PMO specific templates, policies, and procedures.
- Mentor new PMO members guiding them on organization and PMO policies, procedures, and best practices.
- Share information with PMO team about lessons learned on projects for the overall benefit of the team.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Project Management, or related field;
- At least 8+ years experience performing a senior project management role on defense and security projects in top organizations. Across the the Middle East would be advantageous.
- PMP Certification or similar preferred
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
project managementrisk mitigationbudget managementresource allocationperformance evaluationstrategic planningstakeholder managementproject executionquality assuranceprocess improvement
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationrelationship buildingproblem-solvingmentoringorganizational skillsadaptabilitycritical thinkingdecision making
Certifications
PMP Certification