Position Summary:
Responsible for a dynamic portfolio of projects across Emirates Group from inception to successful implementation and adoption. Manage internal and external stakeholders including customers and vendors.
Key Responsibilities:
- Inspires team to remain focused despite challenges and setbacks.
- Understands the role of a project in the greater business context and reflects this in their day-to-day project management
- Acts as an SME and support, coach and develop others across the company
- Proactively manages project risks and ensure associated mitigation strategies are designed, agreed and implemented with respective stakeholders
- Champions relationships across team members and wider stakeholders to help drive business value
- Leads, inspires and motivates diverse and cross-functional team members, assesses performance, and coaches / supports them
- Manages a number of strategic business projects across Emirates Group in compliance with practices, standards and processes defined by departmental and corporate PMO guidelines
- Resolves differences across the different stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery
- Reviews strategic project portfolio providing insights on progress and performance to enable management decisions
- Shapes our strategy through insightful and innovative recommendations
- Responsible for a dynamic portfolio of projects across Emirates Group from inception to successful implementation and adoption. Manage internal and external stakeholders including customers and vendors.
- Provides insight in the project area and pulls together best practices and SMEs to help drive solutions to problems
- Assesses the impact of change, risks and interdependencies and develops change management plan to ensure successful delivery
- Commits to ensuring project deliverables are met and recognises when alternatives need to be considered and changes approach when necessary
- Organises multiple projects/ priorities by breaking down into project plan assessing how much effort a particular task or project is going to take and assigns resources accordingly
- Identifying, supporting and delivering business process improvement opportunities and facilitating subsequent change management activities
Required Education & Experience:
- Strong ability to facilitate dialogue and influence a range of stakeholders, including senior executives
- Knowledge Proficient Writing Skills
- Advanced Planning and Organizing Skills Advanced
- Proficient Budget, business case and Cost Control
- Degree in quantitative discipline such as business administrations / IT /engineering / economics / sciences (preferred)
- Communication Skills Advanced Data Collection and Analysis Skills
- Practitioner preferred Certification in Lean and/or Six Sigma a plus
- Professional experience: 6-8 years in project management, business improvement or productivity, management consultancy, or technology
- Certification in CAPM and/or PMP and/or PRINCE 2
- Knowledge/skills: Ability to quickly grasp new business concepts, understand organizational issues and challenges and understand dependencies across businesses