Confidential
Doha, QatarPosted 1 weeks ago
Senior Project Manager Job Description: We are seeking a seasoned Project Manager to lead transformational, national-scale initiatives in the financial and tax domains. You will manage multi-year, multi-million-dollar programs spanning digital tax systems, e-invoicing frameworks, legal harmonization, and national stakeholder engagement—ensuring alignment with strategic national goals. Key Responsibilities: • Project Planning & Execution: Lead the planning, execution, and successful delivery of multi-year mega projects, ensuring alignment with national priorities. Develop and manage project plans, communication plans, and an escalation matrix to address issues and stakeholder expectations. • Day-to-Day Project Management: Oversee the day-to-day operations of demanding, large-scale projects, ensuring effective coordination across workstreams, including: • Information Systems: Oversee the development and implementation of different-sized information systems projects (SML). • Legal & Polices Frameworks: Oversee the development and implementation of different-sized polices and legislation frameworks and ensure projects comply with national tax laws and financial regulations. • Awareness Campaigns: Lead national campaigns designed to increase public awareness of TAX systems and e-frameworks. • National Rollout Management: lead the phased implementation of national tax reform initiatives, ensuring alignment across technical, legal, and public engagement workstreams, with strict adherence to timelines and performance milestones. • Task Breakdown & Work Packages: Break down large-scale tasks into manageable work packages for efficient execution, tracking, and delivery. • RACI Matrix Management: Define and manage a RACI matrix (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed) to clarify roles and responsibilities across all project stakeholders. • Risk & Issue Management: Identify and manage project risks and issues proactively, ensuring mitigation strategies are in place and timely resolutions are achieved to keep the project on track. • Stakeholder Communication: Maintain strong, clear communication with key stakeholders, including government bodies, legal teams, IT departments, and external consultants, providing regular updates on project progress. • Budget & Resource Management: Manage multi-million-dollar project resources, ensuring budgets are adhered to and resources are allocated efficiently. • Escalation Management: Handle escalations and conflict resolution to keep projects on schedule and within scope. • Reporting & Progress Tracking: Monitor project progress, ensuring deliverables are completed on time and to the required quality standards, providing regular status updates to senior management and stakeholders. Qualifications: • Bachelor’s Degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field (Master’s preferred). • PMP/Prince2 certification or equivalent is highly desirable. • 15+ years of experience managing large, complex projects in the financial, tax, or public sectors. ERP experience is preferable. • Preferred experience implementing national financial and tax regulations, including e-invoicing mandates and Tax systems. • Proven experience in rolling out national agenda projects over multiple years, with a track record of managing projects of significant scope and scale. • Ability to work effectively in demanding project environments, handling day-to-day project management tasks, including the development of project plans, communication plans, and an escalation matrix. • Strong ability to deconstruct complex initiatives into actionable work packages using best practices in RACI, risk mitigation, and stakeholder alignment. • Strong understanding of risk and issue management, with the ability to develop mitigation strategies and handle complex project risks. • Excellent stakeholder management skills with a proven ability to coordinate diverse entities, including government, legal, and IT teams. Preferred Experience: • Experience in managing national-level projects, particularly in the financial or taxation sectors. • Expertise in delivering multi-year national agenda rollouts and implementing financial systems and regulations at a national scale. • Experience with awareness campaigns targeting national audiences. • Knowledge of information systems integration related to FinTech and public sector solutions. Show more Show less
Bachelor’s Degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field (Master’s preferred). PMP/Prince2 certification or equivalent is highly desirable. 15+ years of experience managing large, complex projects in the financial, tax, or public sectors. ERP experience is preferable. Preferred experience implementing national financial and tax regulations, including e-invoicing mandates and Tax systems.
Lead the planning, execution, and successful delivery of multi-year mega projects, ensuring alignment with national priorities. Develop and manage project plans, communication plans, and an escalation matrix. Oversee day-to-day operations across workstreams, including information systems projects (SML). Oversee development and implementation of policies and legislation frameworks in compliance with national tax laws and financial regulations. Lead awareness campaigns to increase public understanding of TAX systems and e-frameworks. Manage phased national rollout of tax reform initiatives with adherence to timelines and milestones. Break down large-scale tasks into work packages; define and manage a RACI matrix. Identify and manage project risks and issues with mitigation strategies. Maintain stakeholder communication with government bodies, legal teams, IT departments, and external consultants. Manage multi-million-dollar project resources and budgets. Handle escalations and conflict resolution. Monitor progress and provide regular status updates to senior management and stakeholders.
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