Hire the Best Associate Director in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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I am an Associate Director at Lunate. Lunate is a leading alternative investment manager, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, with US$105 billion in assets under management. Prior to joining Lunate, I trained and qualified at Linklaters in London and have spent almost all of my legal career working in the Linklaters corporate/M&A practice (with some time spent in-house at The Carlyle Group and Marsh & McLennan, Inc). During my time at Linklaters, I advised a variety of financial sponsor (including private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds) and corporate clients across different sectors on complex cross-border acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, reorganisations and corporate governance.

Experienced Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in SQL, Selenium WebDriver,Appium, Requirements Analysis, Agile Methodologies, and Databases. Strong quality assurance professional with a Master of Computer Applications (MCA) focused in Computer Science from Osmania University 11+ years of professional experience in System Development Life Cycle functions, primarily in agile management, Project Management & Software Testing /Quality Assurance. • Extensive experience working in Core Banking and retail Banking domains. • Excellent working knowledge in Project Life Cycle and clear understanding of Project Management (Stakeholder management, Planning and reporting, Risk identification & mitigation) best practices. • Scrum Agile areas of expertise include Agile principles, tasking meetings/retrospectives, communication relative estimation, story-based development, iteration/sprint planning meetings, and conflict resolution. • Responsible for conducting Design Thinking sessions to gain insights into end user and customer needs, manages the Product Backlog for a Product owner, working with the Engagement Manager to prioritize requirements, define and manage scope and sprints for a project.. • Interacted with various stakeholders and business users architects, designers, business analysts, developers, technical support (OPS). • Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects • Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget • Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility • Ensure resource availability and allocation • Develop a detailed project plan to track progress • Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs • Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques • Report and escalate to management as needed • Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders • Perform risk management to minimize project risks • Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors • Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation • Worked with major bank clients like Standard Chartered Bank, CITI and DBS Contact: Gupta.sure84@gmail.com

• Executive Director , with relevant experience in Mega projects, Construction & Engineering Design and built projects, oil and gas, petrochemical industry, Renewable Energy sector as well as Nuclear. • Strategy Development, 5 years Business planning, Financial planning linking to Strategy planning, Budget preparation and approval . • Portfolio Management, Employee Coaching, Employee Engagement, Organizational Development. • Agile, Scrums and Waterfall methodologies & applications. • Experienced in the Capital Projects, oil onshore and offshore projects in the Middle East regions. Also, managing and handling Mega projects that involves Renewable Energy , Construction, Design, Business Processes, Governance frameworks, Quality management, Operations Management, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Leadership Development . • Experienced the full life cycle of projects and Programs starting from Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and finally closing. • Developing Project Management Plan. • Develop Scope of work, and project scope statement. • Develop Change requests; approve change requests, process of making changes, adjusting the project baseline. • Create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). • Apply Scope Verification. • Apply Scope Control: time, cost, and quality. • Prepare schedules, and adjusting the schedule to scope baseline when major changes occur. • Prepare cost estimate, cost budget and cost control. • Develop Quality Planning, Quality Assurance, and Quality Control. • Develop Human Resources Planning, Acquire project Team and Manage Project Team. • Develop Communication planning, information distribution, performance reporting and managing stakeholders. • Develop Risk Planning, Risk Identification, Qualitative Risk Analysis, Quantities Risk Analysis, Risk Response Planning, and Risk Monitoring and controlling. • Procurement: Plan Purchase and acquisition, plan contracting, Request Seller Response, Select Seller, Contract Administration, and Contract Closure. • Update lessons learned knowledge base for future projects, programs and portfolios.

An Associate Director with over 20 year’s construction experience. I have extensive Project and Commercial Management exposure in the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Saudi Arabia), Australia (Sydney and Melbourne) and the United Kingdom. Excellent record of delivering projects within budget and time constraints. Key areas of expertise in both new build and refurbishment projects include residential, hotel, mixed use, commercial development, retail sector and most recently infrastructure. An effective team leader, a creative thinker and problem solver with hands-on experience in fostering a collaborative approach to develop, manage and motivate teams to deliver value and outstanding results and who consistently identifies new business opportunities, whilst formulating and reporting strategic plans at senior management level Specialties: • Project Management • Commercial Management • PPP Bid Management • Design Management • Quantity Surveying • Contract Administration • Planning • Contract Negotiations • Change Control • Health & Safety • Strategic Planning • Programme Management • Team Leadership • Project Finance • Staff & Team Development • Claims Management

I am an associate director at KPMG Lower Gulf, and I come with 14+ years of management consulting experience across the UAE and the GCC region, with expertise in strategic planning, digital transformation, performance management, operational excellence, PMO (Project Management Office), service delivery transformation, process re-engineering and performance management. My work experience within the Public Sector, spanning across wide range of domains and industries which includes Education, Digital Education, Transportation, eGovernment, Media, Culture & Tourism.