Director of Project Management

About the role

Requirements

• Qualifications & Requirements
• Work Experience: 10 to 12 years of progressive experience in project management, including at least 3 years in a managerial or leadership role.
• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Project Management, or Information Systems. A Master’s degree is strongly preferred.
• Language Proficiency: Complete fluency (written and spoken) in both Arabic and English.
• Required Skills & Competencies
• Leadership Skills: Outstanding capability in managing, directing teams, and leading strategic portfolios and programs.
• Methodological Knowledge: Advanced mastery of project governance frameworks (e.g., PMI, PRINCE2, PMO maturity frameworks) and organizational quality assurance.
• Analytical Ability: Advanced skills in risk assessment, prioritization, and managing complex dependencies across projects.
• Communication & Negotiation: High-level stakeholder management skills with the ability to effectively coordinate with executive leadership.
• Financial & Digital Literacy: High proficiency in project financial planning, KPI dashboard creation, and advanced utilization of digital project management software (e.g., MS Project, Primavera) and Business Intelligence (BI) tools.
• Now that the English profile is ready, how would you like to proceed? We can:
• Draft professional interview questions designed specifically to assess candidates against these requirements.
• Develop a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) matrix for evaluating the person in this role.
• Create a bilingual job advertisement draft for recruiting platforms (LinkedIn, Indeed, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Planning: Lead and direct planning and execution for all company projects and programs; approve project plans, timelines, workflows, resource allocation, and interdependencies; prioritize new projects with senior leadership.
• Governance, Risk, & Change Management: Develop project governance frameworks and portfolio management methodologies; manage risk and issue at portfolio level; evaluate and approve change requests; ensure compliance with policies and SOPs; update templates and guides for digital transformation and automation.
• Coordination, Monitoring, & Reporting: Manage coordination among project managers and departments; lead project performance reviews; prepare executive reports and KPIs; support decision-making.
• Financial Management & Control: Participate in budgeting; monitor spending; perform variance analysis and regulatory reporting as needed.
• Team Leadership & Talent Development: Lead and direct the team; allocate tasks; set performance targets; identify training needs and develop plans.

Skills

• PMO governance
• Portfolio management
• Risk management
• Change management
• Budgeting
• Financial variance analysis
• Executive reporting
• KPI development
• Project planning
• Resource allocation
• MS Project
• Primavera
• BI tools
• PMO maturity frameworks
• Strategic portfolio management