About the Role
Lead the delivery of long-term technical projects and programs to ensure objectives are met according to plan, schedule, and budget to achieve business goals.
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Accountabilities
- Develop business cases to support the cost/benefit evaluation of technical projects, assessing feasibility, requirements, expected benefits, continued airworthiness implications, safety impacts, and key delivery.
- Lead the development of large projects, proposals, solutions, implementation, roadmaps, and delivery in accordance with technical strategic requirements.
- Create, monitor, and update program work plans, covering the scope, requirements, milestones, resources, budget, deliverables, and acceptance criteria.
- Coordinate and communicate with project sponsors and business leads to ensure effective decision-making and delivery of key messages to relevant stakeholders.
- Apply management of change principles to assess the impact on continued airworthiness, safety, regulatory compliance, procedures, and operational readiness before implementation.
- Analyze and review change requests to ensure that the impact on timelines and budget is properly evaluated.
- Report on key milestones and issues to senior stakeholders to ensure critical areas are addressed on time and effectively.
- Manage all operational issues to ensure timely and effective resolution.
- Lead program monitoring activities to ensure major risks and issues are identified and managed promptly and efficiently.
- Contribute to the development and improvement of policies, standards, and core process principles to ensure continuous enhancement of Project Management methodologies.
- Participate in the development of the organization’s Project Management framework and handbook to provide ongoing updates and alignment to best-in-class methodologies.
- Manage the training plan of large teams of PMO specialists to contribute to the development of internal PMO teams.
Qualifications
Education & Experience
- Minimum Bachelor Degree or higher (e.g., vocational certificate, Master’s degree).
- Project management qualification (e.g., PMP, APM, or PMI membership) or proven knowledge of project management methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, Agile Project Management) is preferred.
- Minimum of 7 years’ experience in a relevant field, with at least 3 years in a managerial position.
Additional Information
Division: Operations & Guest Experience
The company is shaping the future of global aviation from its hub in Abu Dhabi, connecting people across continents and cultures while driving a vision to expand the fleet, network, and workforce for a new era of excellence.
