Business Intelligence Developer

About the Role
This position is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining all Business Intelligence (BI) reporting that presents the EPMO performance to the Group's executive leadership, delivery directors, and project teams. By utilizing the governed data model developed by the Data Engineer, this role transforms validated project, cost, schedule, commercial, and procurement data into dashboards, executive reports, and self-service analytics that address the real questions decision-makers are asking. The objective is to replace the current manually assembled slide packs and spreadsheet trackers with a consistent, governed, and automated reporting suite, ensuring that all figures presented to leadership are current, consistent, and traceable to their sources.

Job Responsibilities

• Independent Project Assurance

  • Form and maintain an independent view of progress, schedule, and cost to complete on each allocated project, validated against source evidence instead of reported status.
  • Run stage gate and monthly reviews for projects at the check-it tier, recording decisions, owners, and dates.
  • Validate baselines, critical path, float movement, and resource loading in collaboration with the Risk and Schedule Analyst.

• Recovery and Intervention

  • Collaborate with projects at the run-it tier, owning the recovery plan, and daily closing actions with assigned owners until project stability is achieved.
  • Identify the root cause of delays or overruns and alert Commercial Assurance of any commercial consequences at an early stage.
  • Return the stabilized project back into the reporting system and move on to assist the next project requiring support.

• Escalation and Accountability

  • Hold Project Directors, entity COOs, and managing contractors accountable to agreed actions and dates, escalating immediately with evidence when they fall behind, without waiting for the next reporting cycle.
  • Escalate delegation of authority and signatory findings as soon as they arise.
  • Represent the EPMO in delivery review forums, ensuring that leadership at all levels receives a consistent message.

• One Set of Numbers

  • Utilize delivery data from the governed model for the group pack, avoiding the use of private spreadsheets or parallel versions.
  • Document lessons learned from each recovery effort and incorporate them into the EPMO playbook.

• AI Fluency

  • Genuine, demonstrated use of AI as a core working tool, supported by specific real examples from prior work.
  • Ability to illustrate instances of utilizing AI to identify delay risks earlier, expedite root cause analysis, or assist in shaping a recovery plan.
  • Collaborate with technical colleagues to develop AI-assisted tools for schedule and delivery analysis without requiring programming skills.

• AI in Daily Work

  • Compare each programme update against baseline and previous periods to detect float loss, altered logic, and tasks falling behind schedule.
  • Analyze site reports, minutes, and correspondence at scale, testing them against reported progress.
  • Identify recurring issues with contractors, packages, or interfaces across multiple projects.
  • Validate every AI output against the source before presenting it to a Director or a forum.

Job Knowledge & Skills

• Fluent in the construction delivery lifecycle: mobilisation, design freeze, procurement, execution, testing and commissioning, handover, and defects liability.
• Capable of reading a project programme in Primavera P6 or equivalent, discerning genuine critical path slippage from float erosion or reporting inaccuracies.
• Understands the distinctions between delays caused by contractor underperformance, design or IFC delays, procurement or payment blockages, and client-side or force majeure factors, substantiated by the project documentation.
• Knowledgeable regarding main contractor and subcontractor dynamics, including within the same group.
• Recognizes what constitutes a genuine contractual notice or dispute escalation versus routine correspondence.

Working Style

• Maintains a strong presence in discussions with subsidiary CEOs without requiring EPMO leadership to intervene.
• Persistent in addressing unresolved items and comfortable pointing out when an issue is prematurely declared closed.
• Firm but non-confrontational, establishing credibility through accuracy rather than volume, and asks what has changed since the last update, refusing to accept restated status without evidence.

Job Experience

• 10 to 15 years of experience in major project delivery, preferably in a main contractor, PMO, or client-side delivery assurance role, with substantial experience in construction or major infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated success in recovering troubled projects and articulate personal contributions to these efforts.
• Proven track record of holding senior stakeholders accountable in a forum setting, not just through written communication.
• Experience in the Gulf or wider MENA region is strongly preferred, particularly in managing company to subsidiary delivery chains.

Competencies

• Agility
• AI Fluency
• Boldness
• Building High-Performing Teams
• Business Intelligence Tools
• Business Understanding and KPI Analysis
• Data Visualization Skills
• Leadership
• Provide Direction
• Quality Control
• Quantitative Analysis
• Requirement Gathering

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or any related technical certificates.
• Master’s degree in a related field or any related technical certificates.