External opportunity
Assistant Vice Present - PMO
Aldar
Abu Dhabi
JOB PURPOSE
- Lead the EPMO’s A.I. transformation and project manage the Group’s strategic A.I. initiatives
- Drive successful implementation of the EPMO team’s strategy, services and deliverables
- Support delivery and monitoring of ad hoc strategic and special projects
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Take end-to-end ownership for project managing the highest impact / most strategic projects and programs in the organization
- Lead, hands-on, the EPMO team’s A.I. transformation by developing new tools, automations and products that enhance productivity and management insights
- Design, build and maintain A.I. agents and automated workflows, ensuring adoption, data governance and continuous improvement
- Establish frameworks to manage initiatives, including methodologies, tools, and organizational structures
- Prioritize initiatives for implementation and ensure alignment with the strategy
- Determine key steps and milestones for implementing initiatives in coordination with the Business Owners
- Identify the interdependencies between initiatives, and manage risks and escalation on the singular and aggregate levels
- Report project progress, achievements interdependencies, risks and challenges to Management
- Provide support to the business owners and sponsors in uplifting the quality of project plans and other project & initiative artifacts
- Review quality, performance reports and perform Quality Assurance on all initiative's deliverables/outputs
- Manage and monitoring change requests and ensure that they adhere to the approved policies
- Support in the delivery and monitoring of ad hoc strategic and special business projects
- Conduct research, analysis and other strategic activities in collaboration with the Strategy team as required by the business from time to time
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
RELATED YEAR OF EXPERIENCE:
- Min of 8+ years of experience in Project Management Office Role
- Experience managing complete lifecycle of projects with teams of 5+ stakeholders
FIELD OF EXPERIENCE:
- Built and deployed A.I. tools, agents or automations into business use
- Led implementations from ideation to post closing of A.I. initiatives
- Experience in managing PMO in the Real Estate sector or corporate departments
TECHNICAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
- A.I. agents and tools development (LLMs, RAG, prompt engineering)
- Coding in Python and SQL; APIs and data integration
- Proficiency in Copilot Studio, Power Automate, Power BI and Azure
- Project Management, Agile delivery and Strategic Planning
- Stakeholder management, Research and Analysis
QUALIFICATION
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Management or Computer Science or relevant fields
- A.I. and PMP certification are advantageous