Program Manager (Arabic Speaker)

Summary of role

Works closely with relevant program (Talent 2033) teams to ensure clear communication / coordination among all key project stakeholders and mobilize project team for successful implementation

• Ensures successful project delivery through effective project management practices and discipline
• Identifies and escalates risk and issues. reports external and internal dependencies — determines and monitors mitigation and corrective actions: ensures program objectives are met. decisions/issues are resolved in a timely manner
• Drives preparation of all communications/reporting to senior stakeholders (i.e., leadership)

Responsibilities

• Develops project plans with a standardized methodology and approach, validate and with all stakeholders considering targets, interdependencies, and available resources
• Coordinates and communicates project activities with all stakeholders across all management levels ensuring alignment across relevant teams
• Facilitates leadership meetings (prepares herself/himself if required) by mobilizing multiple stakeholders, including agenda items, document preparation and following up on decisions and action items. ensuring effective and timely decision-making
• Reflects experiences from previous activities and projects in the form of lessons learned and best practice methodologies to ongoing projects
• Monitors risks & issues related to individual projects. escalates to overseeing team. determines and monitors mitigation and corrective actions
• Drives timely and high-quality decision making by providing business cases, alternative scenarios, pros and cons assessments

Required qualifications & experience

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree in economics, statistics, or STEM fields
• 6+ experience in in management role and experience in project management in a multinational company or public sector company
• Hands-on experience in large scale program / project delivery
• Experience in working with / for UAE / Dubai government
• Proven leadership skills with cross-functional teams
• Strong communication skills to manage key senior stakeholders
• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking skills to facilitate decision-making process at leadership level
• Analytical and structured thinking ability, balanced with attention to detail to successfully plan and oversee complex and large scale projects/programs

Result-oriented mindset with a successful track record of leading complex projects to business / strategic results

Technical skills:

• Strong technical know-how in program/project management methodologies
• Proficiency in MS Office tools
• Project management certification is a plus