IT Project Manager

A Leading ICT Company in the UAE

Dubai, UAE

Ref: RP478-11

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

• Ensure implementation of project requirements to ensure that the agreed scope has been covered as per contract and all present and potential project risks have been identified and documented.
• Ensure execution of planning, organizing, directing and tracking of projects across complex cross-functional, multi-year strategic initiatives.
• Guide the implementation of the project plan, taking into consideration IT deployment, data migration, capability deployment and any business activities required to integrate new processes into the ‘business as usual’ environment.
• Facilitate communication between business analysts and technical delivery teams to ensure smooth functioning of the project and provide necessary support with client information, documents or budgetary assistance as required
• Manage and review plans ensuring that quality targets are met and SLAs are adhered to whilst providing accurate reports to stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Complete all necessary internal process documentation, update required systems and ensure all compliance of all administrative tasks as required by DUTECH policy
• Manage the change control procedure and ensures that project deliverables are completed within approved budget, allocated resources and timescale.
• Determine the readiness levels of business users with regard to upcoming changes, identifies gaps and implements action plans to close the gaps prior to going live.
• Review customer policies and procedures which are relevant to processes and systems being and ensure that the same are complied with during the design and implementation phase.
• Ensure adherence to report of recommendations which identifies both successful and unsuccessful elements of the project to assist future projects.

Requirements

THIS IS ONLY 6 MONTHS CONTRACT AND MAY RENEW DEPEND ON PERFORMANCE.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in IT Discipline or equivalent in years of progressive experience in enterprise level IT environments.
• PMP / PMI certified
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) is preferred or any agile training courses

Experience & Knowledge & Skills:
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in IT with experience in IT project management and in a client facing role
• Specialized on implementing software and infrastructure projects related to Trade, logistics, Freezone, Ports and Customs domains
• Full aware and have implemented projects using agile methodology
• Experience in managing medium to large projects through the full lifecycle
• Knowledge on MS Project, Jira, SharePoint or other required project management product suite is preferred
• Strong service orientation with ability to influence and collaborate across functions
• Ability to deal with multiple issues simultaneously (multitask) and move them all towards resolution
• Strong negotiation skills and target orientation
• Good communication skills with multiple levels of an organization, including interaction with senior level business partners both internal and external to the organization
• Excellent ability to manage multiple high priority efforts/ competing priorities and flexibility to adjust to changing requirements, schedules and priorities
• Written and spoken English is essential, Arabic, French, Spanish are preferred

About the Company

A leading ICT company in the UAE.

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IT Project Manager salaries in UAE

Average monthly compensation
AED 22,000

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