Director Corporate Program Management – Abu Dhabi

Job Purpose:

• • • The job holder manages the proper set-up of large, cross-functional corporate projects and programs and ensures the efficient implementation of these along a pre-defined project management process and within the MNO’s existing project management and governance structures.
    • This will include facilitation and running of Steering Committees meetings for assigned projects as well as support of senior project managers in regular project management activities like planning, issue & risk management, reporting.
    • The job holder reports directly to the VP of Corporate Program Management.

Principal Accountabilities / Key Result Areas:

• • • Support and coaching of senior project managers in development of key project deliverables like project scope, objectives, structure and schedule along project management process
    • Prepare regular project reporting, in particular around status, issues and risks for Executive Steering Committee meeting, Board presentations and other senior executive boards and committees
    • Facilitation, preparation and running of associated Executive meetings
    • Facilitate and drive project escalations and prepare associated decision and mitigation proposals
    • Facilitate cross-functional coordination
    • Provide senior management and the CEO with clear visibility on project status and main issues/risks
    • Monitor project performance and ensure consistency with global corporate targets
    • Detect and avoid decisions that are inconsistent with the project’s and corporate objectives
    • Provide coaching and project management support to staff for other projects outside the direct scope of the PMO

Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Competencies:

• • • Minimum 8 years’ experience in related work area, with practical project management responsibility
    • Out of which at least 5 years’ experience in telecommunications industry
    • Proficiency in project management tools & standards, concepts and mechanism

Education:

• • • Postgraduate degree in business and/or management and/or Industrial Engineering

Core Competencies:

• • • Very strong conceptual and analytical thinking
    • Very good co-operation and interpersonal skills
    • Very broad telecommunications understanding from business & technology topics to corporate functions
    • Organizational awareness
    • High degree of flexibility

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