Infrastructure Project Manager

Job description / Role

We are currently recruiting Infrastructure Project Manager in Dubai on a 12 month renewable contract basis.

• You will be responsible for managing end-to-end delivery of large business IT projects and solutions (or a portfolio or smaller projects) involving business change/transformation, senior level stakeholder management and systems integration.
• We are looking for strong Project Managers with a technical flair and understanding but don’t necessarily have to be technical.

Requirements

Applications are sought from those with experience in the following key areas;
 
• Bachelors Degree or Honours is required
• Need to have certification or other Project/ Program Management qualification
• Minimum of 8+ years of IT project delivery experience, with experience involving managing large scale business IT projects (or programs) end-to-end (initiation through business implementation) using industry standard project/program management methodologies
• Demonstrated experience with designing, planning and delivering business IT solutions that enable business change/transformation
• Highly competent in project risk and issues identification, mitigation (risks only) and management; and reliable status reporting
• Demonstrated experience with complex, senior level stakeholder management and management/leadership of large teams
• Extensive knowledge of project and program management practices, usually holding a project management certification from a recognized professional body (such as Project Management Institute)
• Excellent business English communication skills, verbal and written

About the Company

Stanley James is a privately owned recruitment business with offices in both Dubai and Cape Town allowing us to have global reach and a strong presence across EMEA and APAC. We have an expert team of recruitment specialists that are people centric, knowledgeable and driven to connect talent across all corporate functions. We are the partner of choice for SMEs, niche industry specialists and enterprises across the Technology, Financial Services, Management Consultancy, Legal, Construction & Engineering and Energy & Oil Gas sectors.

We typically recruit a wide range of skillsets across all corporate services, front/back office functions and commercial leadership teams. This includes Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Sales & Marketing, Engineering, C-Level/Leadership, Business Change, Operations, Special Projects and Business Support Services.