Director PMO - Dubai DET

The Director, Project Management will lead the Project Management Department, which is considered as the DET’s central PMO responsible for Leading the DET’s portfolio of strategic programs and their associated projects and initiatives with the objective of ensuring they fulfil strategic objectives through diligent identification, planning, delivery, reporting and hand over. More importantly, through this role, the Director must ensure that all project management risks related to cost, resources, time and poor change management and stakeholder alignment are identified and strictly mitigated and managed to drive the achievement of project / initiative objectives and to maximize their value and return on investment.

The Director must also work to enhance the level of project management capability across the DET through overseeing effective knowledge transfer and training to the core business and other support / enabling functions. Ultimately, through effectively managing this Department the Director should ensure that the DET’s strategic objectives and targets can be fulfilled through the right projects and initiatives.

This role plays a vital part in shaping the future of project management within DET, setting a benchmark for excellence and efficiency. It ensures the effective completion of projects in alignment with DET’s needs and objectives, supporting DET's growth in line with the D33 agenda and objectives.

• Oversee the development of DET’s project planning and documentation methodology in line with leading practices and guidelines
• Oversee the review of proposed strategic projects (at the time of project conception) from the Strategy & Planning Section as well as other business owners to ensure alignment with the overall strategy.
• Ensure that all project charters developed by business owners / project managers are reviewed and that they conform with the level of detail required to promote effective planning (in terms of scope of work, objectives, assumptions, risks and issues, project governance, activities).
• Oversee the provision of support to all project managers and business owners across the DET to enable them to develop quality project plans and charters which will enable effective project / initiative management.
• Oversee the implementation of ongoing follow up and tracking of all active strategic projects / initiatives to ensure execution in line with the defined timelines and budgets.
• Ensure that the section provides internal stakeholder and project managers clear support as it pertains to the identification, mitigation and management of risks, e.g., delays, budget over runs and others (and other risks / issues); provide inputs to support them in defining remedial actions to rectify such risks and issues.
• Oversee the development of and review periodic reports (project specific and portfolio specific) to report on the status of all active projects to the leadership and the DG; this also entails reviewing reports developed for submission to The Executive Council and other external stakeholders.
• Contribute to the development of the Corporate Strategy & Performance Sector's strategy and drive overall performance through providing inputs on the Project Management Department’s strategy, priorities and initiatives.