Strategic Projects Manager - CEO Office

Job Title: Strategic Projects Manager – CEO Office

Location: Dubai

Reports to: CEO

Company Overview

SUMWON STUDIOS is a fashion brand group, with an innovative and creative approach to developing & designing direct-to-consumer fashion brands for a diverse global customer base.

The current brands we run are MISSGUIDED, SUMWON, AiiRZ and KiZN. Our team of talented designers, trend forecasters, and industry experts collaborate seamlessly to bring our vision to life.

We leverage our expertise in market research, consumer insights, and design excellence to create brands that resonate with consumers. We are proud to have forged a strategic and exclusive relationship with one of the largest fashion retailers in the world. This partnership enables us to expand our reach and distribute our brands to a global audience of over 150 million customers. Where others perceive limits, we perceive opportunities.

We're building our team - ready to challenge everything and embrace bold, new-age thinking. We honour and celebrate individuality, building an international space where everyone can feel inspired and thrive.

About the Role

The Strategic Projects Manager will lead and drive the Group’s key initiatives across portfolio monitoring, business excellence, and efficiency projects, leveraging extensive experience at the intersection of eCommerce, finance, and strategy. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of managing complex, cross-functional projects with C-level visibility, cultivating stakeholder relationships, and adapting rapidly across diverse organizational structures. Responsibilities include monitoring a portfolio of major group projects, providing insights and strategic recommendations, directly managing high-impact business excellence initiatives, and implementing project management best practices and governance frameworks. The candidate’s background in strategy, corporate development, investor relations, and operational execution, demonstrated through leading business planning, commercial reorganizations, assortment expansions, and platform revamp projects at top eCommerce companies, align strongly with this role.

What you'll do

• Monitor and track the Group’s major project portfolio, ensuring alignment with business priorities and identifying risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities for acceleration.
• Prepare insights, progress updates, and strategic recommendations for leadership.
• Directly manage and deliver high-impact Business Excellence initiatives, from planning through execution, ensuring timelines, budgets, and quality standards are met.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, senior executives, and external partners to drive project success and measurable business outcomes.
• Develop, implement, and continuously refine project management frameworks, methodologies, and governance standards across the Group.
• Lead and facilitate knowledge-sharing, training sessions, and community engagement to build a strong project management culture.
• Translate project and business data into clear performance decks, dashboards, and reports for C-level stakeholders.
• Apply financial, strategic, and operational expertise to evaluate project feasibility, ROI, and impact on overall business performance.
• Identify and integrate AI tools and data-driven solutions to improve project monitoring, reporting, and execution efficiency.
• Provide ad-hoc support on strategic initiatives, corporate development opportunities, or investor-related projects where required.

What you’ll bring

• Extensive project management expertise.
• Strategic and financial acumen.
• Strong background in consulting and corporate strategy.
• Proven ability to engage with C-level executives and boards.
• Portfolio management (PPM) experience.
• Execution methodology expertise.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills.

What we'll bring

• 25 working days of annual leave, going up to 30 working days after 1 year
• 30% employee discount on all SUMWON STUDIOS brands
• Learning and development opportunities
• Company social events
• The coolest colleagues you can find

Why Join Us?

• SUMWON STUDIOS is redefining fast fashion with a forward-thinking approach. Join a creative, ambitious team, and help us build a brand that resonates.