Senior Associate - PMO at Aldar Properties PJSC (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)Senior Associate - PMO

• Drive successful implementation of the EPMO team’s strategy, services and deliverables
• Establish frameworks and standards for Project and Program Management
• Support delivery and monitoring of ad hoc strategic and special projects

• Support the end-to-end process of the identification, development, prioritization and implementation of the highest impact / most strategic projects and programs in the organization
• 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
• Manage the assigned EPMO manpower to the initiatives and conduct regular manpower planning and allocation
• Set up priorities to tasks and categorize them according to previously set standards
• Maintain the organizational structure and roles within the initiative's ecosystem ▪ 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
• Define the training needs of the initiative teams, recommend the necessary training courses, and monitor the effectiveness and results of these courses
• 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

• Min of 4+ years of experience in Project Management Office Role
• Experience of managing the complete lifecycle of a project with project teams of 5 to 25 people

• Experience in managing PMO the Real Estate sector or corporate departments in a holding strucuture
• Led implementations from ideation to post closing of initiatives in discplines such as CX, Procurement, HR, Marketing, Data, Innovation and Process Improvement

• Project Management
• Leadership Skills
• Strategic Planning
• Research and Analysis
• A.I. prompting and document production skills are highly advantageous

Bachelor’s degree in Business Management or other relevant fields