Senior Associate - PMO
aldar
Abu Dhabi
Posted Jul 31, 2026
- Other
- Aldar Corporate
Job description
**JOB PURPOSE** • Drive successful implementation of the EPMO team’s strategy, services and deliverables • Establish frameworks and standards for Project and Program Management • Support delivery and monitoring of ad hoc strategic and special projects **ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES** ▪ Support the end-to-end process of the identification, development, prioritization and implementation of the highest impact / most strategic projects and programs in the organization ▪ Establish frameworks to manage initiatives, including methodologies, tools, and organizational structures ▪ Prioritize initiatives for implementation and ensure alignment with the strategy ▪ Determine key steps and milestones for implementing initiatives in coordination with the Business Owners ▪ Identify the interdependencies between initiatives, and manage risks and escalation on the singular and aggregate levels ▪ Report project progress, achievements interdependencies, risks and challenges to Management ▪ Manage the assigned EPMO manpower to the initiatives and conduct regular manpower planning and allocation ▪ Set up priorities to tasks and categorize them according to previously set standards ▪ Maintain the organizational structure and roles within the initiative's ecosystem ▪ Provide support to the business owners and sponsors in uplifting the quality of project plans and other project & initiative artifacts ▪ Review quality, performance reports and perform Quality Assurance on all initiative's deliverables/outputs ▪ Manage and monitoring change requests and ensure that they adhere to the approved policies ▪ Define the training needs of the initiative teams, recommend the necessary training courses, and monitor the effectiveness and results of these courses ▪ Support in the delivery and monitoring of ad hoc strategic and special business projects ▪ Conduct research, analysis and other strategic activities in collaboration with the Strategy team as required by the business from time to time **QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE** **RELATED YEAR OF EXPERIENCE:** • Min of 4+ years of experience in Project Management Office Role • Experience of managing the complete lifecycle of a project with project teams of 5 to 25 people **FIELD OF EXPERIENCE**: • Experience in managing PMO the Real Estate sector or corporate departments in a holding strucuture • Led implementations from ideation to post closing of initiatives in discplines such as CX, Procurement, HR, Marketing, Data, Innovation and Process Improvement **TECHNICAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS** • Project Management • Leadership Skills • Strategic Planning • Research and Analysis • A.I. prompting and document production skills are highly advantageous **QUALIFICATION** Bachelor’s degree in Business Management or other relevant fields