Manager - Projects Aldar Education (18 Months

1 week ago

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Aldar Academies Full time

The Project Manager will be responsible for setting up, developing and leading teams to deliver diverse, complex strategic initiatives that span across business units and contribute to the strategic value of the organisation.


To coordinate and lead group-wide strategic initiatives, particularly those related to school openings, by leveraging support and resources from multiple cross-functional teams.

The role involves developing detailed project plans, driving and tracking project completion from inception to handover, and ensuring alignment with business objectives.


Main Duties

Strategic Planning and Delivery

  • Lead project planning, prioritization, and resource allocation to achieve business objectives within set timelines and budgets.
  • Define project objectives in collaboration with senior management, ensuring alignment across all relevant functions (Business and IT).
  • Choose the best delivery approach and ensure stakeholders are prepared and engaged.
  • Engage with business users to comprehend their requirements, recognize benefits to the business (such as revenue generation, cost containment, improved efficiency), and develop costeffective solutions, while also managing alongside Finance team budget and project expenses to stay within budgetary limits.
  • Develop detailed project plans, identifying deliverables, assumptions, constraints, and dependencies.
  • Manage and implement project plans, track progress, and address issues proactively to ensure successful completion.
  • Coordinate and evaluate project timelines, updating plans based on changes in scope, delays, opportunities, and risks.
  • Facilitate the preparation of Business Requirements Documents and initiate the design phase.
  • Ensure operational readiness and smooth transition to businessasusual functions.

Collaboration and Stakeholder Management

  • Fasttrack teams through the forming, storming, norming, performing cycle.
  • Facilitate collaborative decisionmaking, ensuring quality outcomes and alignment with business objectives.
  • Lead meetings to keep stakeholders informed about progress, resources, and challenges, ensuring prompt resolution of issues.
  • Foster team motivation and encourage innovative solutions
  • If required organize workshops, gather feedback, and manage change impacts using appropriate tools.
  • Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels, including (Executive) Directors and Chiefs, ensuring effective communication and engagement.

Risk Management and Problem Solving

  • Identify and manage risks, establishing contingency plans and transparent communication processes.
  • Ensure technical, time, and financial risks are proactively addressed, aligning with business objectives.
  • Manage dependencies across key functions and with external suppliers and regulators.
  • Ensure quality deliverables and timely approvals, escalating issues as necessary.
  • Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and sustainability in practices, processes, and tools.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Minimum of bachelor's degree
  • Certification in PM delivery e.g. Prince2, PMP, Agile, Scrum preferred

Minimum Experience

  • Minimum of 5 years' experience in project management and cross functional project management experience, with a focus on school openings or similar largescale projects.

Job Specific Knowledge & Skills

  • Excellent communication in English, both verbal and written.
  • Demonstrated competency in project management and the execution of complex projects, critical to the delivery of business strategies and goals.
  • Ability to think ahead and anticipate changes and respond accordingly
  • Proactive and prepared at all times, ready to provide information to senior management at short notice
  • Ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships across the business.
  • Ability to work in a fast moving and, at times, intense environment
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence, negotiate, and manage conflicts effectively.
  • Demonstrated business and commercial acumen to identify opportunities for additional value to the business.
  • Advanced analytical and problemsolving abilities.
  • Ability to prioritize effectively and execute tasks in a highpressure environment.
  • Commitment to the organization's values and ethics to support a valuefocused culture.
  • Commercial acumen and experience with thirdparty vendor management.
  • Strong understanding of various project management methodologies (agile, scrum, waterfall).

What We Offer
Aldar Education is a family of world-class, child-centered, and innovative schools based in the UAE.

We educate students across our group of owned and managed schools and as we grow, so does our need for highly skilled, inspirational, and dedicated school and educational leaders.

We offer an attractive remuneration package including a range of benefits. Our future-focused learning model includes both students and staff, so we place a

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