Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

- Work with Program Manager and the project managers on a day-to-day basis to ensure that the master plan is defined to deliver the Program within scope, time, budget, and the quality expected.
- Manage the PMO Support Office function to ensure that it is effective and that project tracking and reportage of the full Program is accurate and up-to-date.
- Work closely with the Portfolio Managers when assigned to specific initiatives / projects under their control.
- Ensure that progress against plans is accurately tracked using status reporting and dashboards.
- Ensure the Program Manager is kept fully informed.
- Compile Status Reports, facilitate the weekly status meetings and issue actions arising from the meeting.
- Contribute to the training and development plan for the four training PMO staff
- Train and mentor the trainee PMOs assigned.
- Collate the issues log, identify owners and track progress.
- Collate and review the risk register, identify owners for mitigating actions and track the effectiveness of mitigating actions.
- Coordinate communication events.
- Support the running of Special Measures meetings to support Portfolio Managers work streams and to return the initiatives / projects to Green Status.
- Define standards for documentation control and maintain adherence to the standards.
- Maintain a repository of key Program documentation.
- Ensure actual against planned spend is tracked for the budget, and that benefits are tracked.
- Ensure that the Program is managed in accordance with the project and change management methodology

Requirements

Project Management
- Previous experience in establishing a PMO function, or running a PMO office.
- Experience of delivering projects in the financial services / regulatory industry
- Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office application i.e. Excel, Word, Powerpoint. Knowledge of Microsoft Project is a requirement
- Well structure and organised approach to work
- Good experience as a team member working in a project environment
- Experience of project management methodologies i.e. PMI, Prince
- Experience at working to tight deadlines
- Good presentation skills

Business and Finance Experience
- Very good understanding of financial services industry or regulatory environment
- Previous experience working in the Financial Services industry would be an advantage
- Experience at tracking all dimensions of projects

Education
- Educated to Masters level
- A Project Mgmt. qualification would be an advantage

Technical Skills
- Competent in Microsoft products especially Exel, Word, Powerpoint, and Project
- Previous work experience of project management methodologies (i.e. PMI, PMBOK, Prince) is essential
- Good IT knowledge e. g. developing Excel macros

Leadership experience
- A strong team player prepared to support fellow project colleagues to meet deadlines etc.
- A willingness to learn on the job, to be open to change, and to challenge how things are done

Effective within organizational culture
- Arabic speaking with expert level of spoken and written English
- Good interpersonal skills combined with a strong focus on achieving results
- Ability to influence others to get the results that will be needed as part of the Program

About the Company

Saudi Networkers Services, incorporated in 2001 with an aim to provide the world class business and consulting services through a combination of market insight, technical excellence and unrivalled agile methodology.

Our success stems from building strong relationships and trusted partners, which enabled us delivering exceptional services to public sector, as well as some world's leading organizations, in Telecommunication, Information Technology, Cyber Security, Banking, Energy, Utilities and various other industry arenas.

We collaborate closely, ideate that how the work gets done, while working alongside businesses to collaborate on growth and applying breakthrough innovations, that drive exponential impact, managed by teams specialized in their assigned industry sectors.

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Planning Manager salaries in UAE

Average monthly compensation
AED 35,500

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