The Project Planning Digital Transformation & Scheduling Systems Leader is a critical hybrid role responsible for designing, maintaining, and continuously improving the digital scheduling ecosystem that enables integrated project planning and execution across ITO and OTR. This role combines deep Primavera P6 scheduling expertise, project controls process knowledge, automation capability, enterprise systems understanding, and data-driven analytics to support the One Project Schedule (OPS) operating model and wider planning transformation. The role will act as a bridge between Planning & Scheduling, Engineering, Equipment Planning, Project Management, Factory teams, IT/UDC developers, PLM, PMx, Data Lake, and other enterprise tool owners. The position will lead the development and governance of scheduling tools, automation workflows, system integrations, dashboards, and data quality controls required to support baseline creation, schedule updates, project readiness, proposal analysis, field test learnings, and execution reporting.
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Key Responsibilities
- Own and support the digital architecture required to enable the OPS scheduling model across projects.
- Maintain and enhance the Primavera P6 enterprise scheduling setup required for integrated Engineering, Equipment, Factory, Logistics, PM Key Dates, and project baseline schedules.
- Support ITO planning teams with proposal schedule analytics, standard cycle validation, lead time analysis, and bid readiness reviews.
- Lead or support the development of automation tools that reduce manual planning effort and improve schedule quality.
- Ensure scheduling architecture supports integrated logic, cross-product dependencies, PM Key Dates, and baseline readiness.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related technical discipline.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in project controls, planning, scheduling, project management systems, or enterprise tool implementation.
- Strong working knowledge of Primavera P6, including project structures, baselines, codes, scheduling options, logic, calendars, and reporting data.
- Demonstrated ability to translate business process needs into tool requirements, functional specifications, test scripts, and automation logic.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Desired Characteristics
- Systems thinker with the ability to connect project controls processes, scheduling logic, enterprise tools, and business outcomes.
- Proactive, structured, and execution-focused.
- Detail-oriented with a strong ownership mindset.
- Strong facilitator who can lead working sessions, issue reviews, and governance discussions.
Work Conditions
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
Location
Dubai
