Planning & Risk Manager

🚧 Key Responsibilities | Project Controls, Planning & Risk Management 🚧

🔹 Planning & Programming

• Develop, implement, and maintain project controls standards, processes, and reporting frameworks across development projects.

• Oversee the preparation, review, and management of project and master programmes.

• Ensure project plans are aligned with development objectives, approvals, procurement strategies, milestones, and delivery requirements.

• Monitor programme performance across the portfolio, identifying delays, critical path impacts, and recovery opportunities.

• Review, challenge, and validate project schedules prepared by internal teams, consultants, and contractors.

• Support scenario planning, sequencing strategies, and schedule optimisation initiatives.

🔹 Risk Management

• Establish and maintain a consistent risk management framework across all development projects.

• Facilitate the identification, assessment, mitigation, and monitoring of project risks and opportunities.

• Maintain and regularly update project and portfolio risk registers.

• Analyse schedule, delivery, and strategic risks impacting project objectives and timelines.

• Escalate critical risks and recommend mitigation or contingency measures to senior management.

• Promote a proactive risk management culture across the Development Department.

🔹 Reporting & Performance Monitoring

• Prepare regular project and portfolio reports for senior leadership and stakeholders.

• Consolidate project data to deliver clear, accurate, and timely updates on programme status, risks, milestones, and overall performance.

• Develop dashboards, KPIs, and reporting tools to support effective decision-making and portfolio oversight.

• Track progress against approved baselines and identify variances, emerging trends, and corrective actions.

• Ensure reporting standards remain consistent, concise, and aligned with governance requirements.

• Support monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc reporting requirements for leadership and project review meetings.

🔹 Governance & Controls

• Establish baseline controls for programme management, reporting, and risk management across the development portfolio.

• Ensure project controls processes are consistently applied in line with governance and departmental requirements.

• Support project reviews, assurance activities, and governance meetings with detailed analysis and documentation.

• Collaborate closely with Development Managers, Design Managers, Project Managers, consultants, and stakeholders to ensure alignment of controls and reporting.

• Drive continuous improvement in project controls systems, templates, and working practices.

Qualification & Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, engineering, real estate or related disciplines

• Emirati National

• Minimum of 6 years experience

• Experience in Project Controls, programme management (PMO) or project planning within development, construction or infrastructure projects.

• Proven experience managing planning, risk and reporting across multiple projects or a portfolio of projects.

• Experience in setting up and implementing project controls frameworks and reporting systems.