Strategic Project Manager

Job Purpose:

Responsible for managing mid and large-sized key projects (strategic and operational) to achieve RAKEZ and Ras Al Khaimah-wide objectives. This is both an internal and client-facing role often interacting with C-Suites.

Core Responsibilities:

• Assist with, and oversee the implementation of, the RAKEZ corporate strategy and key strategic projects, in line with overall Ras Al Khaimah and UAE strategy.
• Oversee the delivery of key projects and ensure delivery is within scope, timelines, and budget.
• Implement a mechanism to monitor key projects in the organization.
• Assist in prioritizing projects based on timeline, cost-benefit considerations, and capacity to achieve results within timeframes established.
• Monitor and ensure projects and initiatives are in compliance with relevant policies and standards.
• Monitor short-term and long-term plans; ensuring they are written, communicated, reviewed, and evaluated on a routine basis.
• Coordinate and conduct post-implementation reviews of projects to determine their effectiveness.
• Effectively communicate and engage with functional project teams and all relevant stakeholders (internal and external) to ensure effective and efficient delivery of all planned key projects.
• Manage all contracts and other project related commitments efficiently.
• Develop strong vendor relationships to ensure high quality of deliverables.
• Work with teams across RAKEZ (eg finance, IT, HR, Sales, Strategy, Marketing, etc), RAK Govt Partners (eg Marjan, RAK Ports, Al Hamra and RAK Properties) and Potential Investors
• Assist in managing the process of periodic management reporting on project status (i.e. schedule, costs, activities, opportunities and risks) to ensure visibility of project status to wider organization.
• Assist in managing status updates for key projects, ensuring full visibility on progress by Executive Management.
• Work with Enterprise Risk Management to assist with Risk Assessment analysis for key projects to ensure any risks and issues are resolved promptly and effectively.

Qualifications, Experience, & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in project management/business administration or an equivalent degree.
• Project Management Qualifications and Accreditations (PMP, PRINCE 2).
• Minimum 5 years of experience in previous roles in strategy, project management, and execution.
• Experience working with clients in an external facing role – sales, business development or consultancy
• Excellent program management and project management skills.
• Fluent in English (bilingual with Arabic is preferred).
• Excellent English writing skills and good at presenting ideas
• Good IT skills – Microsoft Packages such as PowerPoint
• Detail-oriented, efficient, organized and adaptable
• Responds well in fast-paced, high-pressure environment. Able to prioritize, work alone or as part of a team.
• Excellent communication skills with strong collaborative approach.
• Strong leadership, negotiation and conflict management skills.