Senior Associate - PMO

JOB PURPOSE

• Lead the EPMO’s A.I. transformation and project manage the Group’s strategic A.I. initiatives
• Drive successful implementation of the EPMO team’s strategy, services and deliverables
• Support delivery and monitoring of ad hoc strategic and special projects

Please note, this role is for a UAE national only

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Project manage the Group’s most strategic A.I. initiatives from business case to deployment, coordinating Business Owners, Technology teams and vendors
• Lead, hands-on, the EPMO team’s A.I. transformation by developing new tools, automations and products that enhance productivity and management insights
• Design, build and maintain A.I. agents and automated workflows, ensuring adoption, data governance and continuous improvement
• Establish frameworks to manage initiatives, including methodologies, tools, and organizational structures
• 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
• 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
• 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:

• 6 years in PMO, technology delivery or A.I. / software engineering roles

FIELD OF EXPERIENCE:

• Built and deployed A.I. tools, agents or automations into business use
• Led implementations from ideation to post closing of A.I. initiatives
• Experience in managing PMO in the Real Estate sector or corporate departments in a holding structure

TECHNICAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

• A.I. agents and tools development (LLMs, RAG, prompt engineering)
• Coding in Python and SQL; APIs and data integration
• Proficiency in Copilot Studio, Power Automate, Power BI and Azure
• Project Management, Agile delivery and Strategic Planning
• Stakeholder management, Research and Analysis

QUALIFICATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar
• A.I. and PMP certification are advantageous