IT Project Manager

Notice Period: Immediate Joiners

Employee type: C2H

Reports to: Director of IT Department: Information Technology Grade:

JOB PURPOSE

Responsible for managing enterprise wide IT projects, reporting status updates to ensure the successful completion of ongoing as well as expected projects.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Proven working experience in enterprise application project management; preferably for following applications: o Salesforce o Mobile Application Excellent verbal communication and presentation skills.

Certifications and/or hands-on experience in product management is preferred

Hands-on experience in Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid software development environments is preferred.

Hands on experience in managing Salesforce/SAP integration projects with external applications is preferred KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Team Management

Responsibility for the performance and development of employees in the team: o Manage and direct day-to-day activities of direct reports to ensure timely delivery of activities. o Provide ongoing career development, support and coaching for direct reports. o Provide feedback to team, and identify need based training requirements for direct reports. CORE RESPONSIBILITIES: Project Management

Monitor and report the status of all ongoing IT projects in the organisation.

Manage the delivery of organisation wide IT projects and ensure delivery is within scope and budget.

Manage the clients Project Management Framework, ensuring its deployment across all projects.

Monitor and ensure projects/initiatives are in compliance with policies and standards.

Manage initiatives by monitoring progress towards meeting goals and achieving benchmarks, analyse data and ensure follow-through on the part of key players in order to sustain momentum needed to drive these initiatives.

Propose projects and corrective actions on existing internal and external projects to the Enterprise PMO Manager in order to ensure the objectives and vision of the company are met.

Collect data from the departments as well as external parties in order to identify the potential problems in carrying out the agreed upon strategic projects and initiatives and report the same to IT Director and JOB DESCRIPTION Updated on: 2 PMO.

Update the PPM reporting system properly on all initiatives and strategic projects. Project Team Management

Assist in setting annual performance targets and conduct project related annual review for each project team member to help them develop in their career and meet goals that benefit the company.

Assign day-to day project admin to team; ensuring right capabilities and work load allocated.

Assist functional project teams in project implementation, change management and realised benefits analysis in order to have efficient teams implementing projects professionally.

Coordinate and conduct post-implementation reviews of projects with project coordinators to determine their effectiveness. Relationship Management

Manage all contracts and other project related commitments efficiently to increase operational efficiency, cost performance and accuracy.

Develop strong vendor relationships to ensure high quality of deliverables for continuous cost improvement or value creation initiatives. Analysis and Reporting

Assist in managing the process of periodic management reporting on project status (i.e. schedule, costs, activities, opportunities and risks); ensuring full visibility of progress by Management and the Executive Committee.

Assist in conducting Risk Assessment analysis for client projects and ensure any risks and issues are resolved promptly and effectively & Resolutions for major projects.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION RESPONSIBILITIES:

Digital Transformation Strategy

Transform the way our organization operates from people, process and technology perspective by helping Business & IT understand what is possible and desirable, and how to get there, using digital transformation solutions.

Define and communicate Strategy that balances the needs of the Enterprise and the Business domains

Lead the digital transformation initiatives as per organization needs.

Keen to initiate and propose the new technological advancements and best practices.

Collaboration with other departments/entities to ensure alignment of strategic objectives.

Work with business stakeholders to map business requirements to digital/system/technology components.

Work to enhance the capability of IT by identifying and building roadmaps for when and where significant business process improvement and other technical projects are needed and deliver expected business outcomes.

Oversee projects and programs to ensure success in each of the projects nine knowledge areas: Integration, budget, scope, schedule, quality, resources, communications, risk, and procurement

Own and develop a fit for purpose Data & Analytics vision and roadmap for the aligned domain in the organization.

Design and align Analytics & Business Intelligence Solutions with enterprise architecture and facilitated SAP practices

COMMUNICATIONS & WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

Internal: Reasons for Interaction:

All Departments

Manage, monitor and coordinate different projects External:

Third party consultantscontractors Reasons for Interaction:

Manage relationship to ensure delivery on JOB DESCRIPTION Updated on: 3 commitment.

Clarify any issues with regards to services delivered and payments to be made QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS: Educational Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in IT, Project Management, Business Administration or an equivalent degree.

Project Management Certifications & Accreditation (PMP) Years of Experience

Over 10 years of experience in previous roles with strategy, project management and execution and transformation responsibility. Other requirements

Fluent in English (Arabic is preferred).

Long term strategic perspective.

Detail-oriented, efficient and organized.

Responds well in fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

Good communication and influencing skills.

Strong leadership, negotiation and conflict management skills CORE COMPETENCIES: PROFICIENCY LEVEL

Communication & Transparency Level 3

Customer Focus Level 3

Collaboration Level 3

Operational Efficiency Level 3

Organizational Understanding Level 3

Results Oriented Level 3 BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES: PROFICIENCY LEVEL

Ensures Accountability Level 3

Plans & Aligns Level 3 TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES: PROFICIENCY LEVEL

Project Management Level 3

Enterprise Applications Knowledge Level 2