Program Manager

منذ 11 ساعات

Abu Dhabi, الإمارات العربية المتحدة IDEMIA Public Security دوام كامل

Job description:

  • Act as the customer’s primary management point of contact, building trusted relationships, gathering feedback and driving customer satisfaction and continuous improvement
  • Lead and align cross-functional teams across engineering, supply chain, purchasing, legal, finance, sales, partners and suppliers to deliver agreed scope, schedule, cost and quality
  • Plan and govern programme execution using IDEMIA’s Programme Management System, including tollgates, governance reviews, KPI monitoring and management reporting
  • Own programme financial performance, including revenue and cost forecasting, margin tracking, invoicing accuracy, cash-flow milestones and financial risk management
  • Identify, assess and manage programme risks and dependencies; define mitigation plans and escalated where additional support or decisions are required
  • Ensure contractual compliance throughout the lifecycle of the programme, including amendments, claims, obligations, deliverables and change control
  • Lead change-request activity for assigned programmes, working with Sales and internal teams to shape scope, prepare commercial and financial offers, and support pricing and negotiation
  • Contribute to pre-sales activities and programme transition where required, ensuring commitments are realistic, commercially sound and operationally deliverable
  • Provide clear, concise programme reporting to senior management, highlighting progress, financial performance, key decisions, risks and required actions
  • Support account growth by identifying delivery-led opportunities, customer needs and areas where additional services or solutions can create value

Profile description:

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Information Technology or a related technical discipline
  • Minimum 5 years of programme or complex project management experience, ideally within technology, systems integration, biometrics, security, public safety or a related environment
  • Proven experience managing complex programmes directly with government or public-sector customers is essential within the Middle East
  • Strong programme-management fundamentals, including risk management, governance, KPI dashboards, milestones and executive reporting
  • Fluent Arabic and English are essential; French is an advantage
  • PMP, PRINCE2 or Agile certification is welcome but not essential
  • Based in Abu Dhabi, with regular presence at customer sites (typically 2–3 days per week), and willingness to travel approximately 20–30% across the Middle East depending client requirements

What success looks like

  • Customers see you as a trusted, credible and proactive programme partner
  • Programmes are delivered with clear governance, strong financial control and early visibility of risks
  • Commercial commitments, contractual obligations and cash-flow milestones are actively managed rather than reactively escalated
  • Change requests and account-growth opportunities are identified, shaped and progressed in close coordination with Sales
  • Internal stakeholders have clear visibility of programme performance, decisions and priorities