Job Details of Manager Strategy & Program Delivery Dubai, United Arab Emirates PMI Strategy

Job description

Be a part of a revolutionary change

We are looking for a qualified Manager S&PD to join the S&PD team in the Middle East Cluster, based in Dubai.

As a Manager S&PD, you will drive strategy, program architecture, portfolio management and Long-Range Plan in the market. You will also drive new ways of working in the market and support project delivery.

Your ‘day to day’

• Strategy:
• Build strategy definition, strategy cycle and implementation, working closely with the business, to establish mid-long term business plans which achieve/exceed growth objectives (inc. Must Win Battles)
• Translating strategic priorities into key initiatives and supporting the establishment of a rigorous project and portfolio management approach.
• Lead or support new longer-term strategic business opportunities and provide analytically backed recommendations to management.

• Program Architecture:
• Build and analyzing a visible and transparent project portfolio.
• Supporting project managers to create and maintain project charters, milestone plans, benefit cases, value realization plans and interdependencies between functions and deliverables.

• Project and Portfolio Management:
• Prepare for Governance process, providing supporting materials and insights on new project in-take and enable project prioritization recommendation.
• Establishing management team meeting calendars and cadence to assess projects and make proposals to stop, start, continue
• Work with the CPM to understand the status of existing projects and build a view on potential impacts to the portfolio, as well as in assessing requests for resources against project profile and make recommendations for decision.
• Raising major project risks and issues to the management team e.g. delay to key milestones
• Preparation of project closure / lessons learned sessions and communicate outcomes internally within the Affiliate and with PMI / Region

• Area VP MENA Support:
• Minutes of the meeting following business review
• MENA business calendar upkeep

• Advising project teams on good practices and building project management capability

Who we’re looking for:

• You have bachelor's degree in finance or business administration; MBA is a plus.
• You have around 10 years’ experience, in Tier-1 strategy consulting ideally combined with a first stint in a corporate role in multinational FMCG.
• Track record of working in Commercial combined ideally with Business Development / Planning skills.
• Strong business partnering skills and highly collaborative - establishes collaborative and trusting relationships with the business’s key leaders and partners.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; critical thinking and solid data/number understanding.
• Strong strategic thinking capability
• Experience / Ability to manage ambiguity in a dynamic and complex environment.
• Consistent track record in leading strategic projects from conceptualization to delivery and results
• Advanced level of MS Excel and MS PowerPoint. Experience with MS Power BI is a plus.

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