Job description

The PMO Lead (Project & Programme Management for Mixed-Use Development) at Mace in Muscat, Oman is responsible for leading PMO implementation for a large-scale mixed-use development comprising residential, retail, and public realm infrastructure. The role involves delivering projects to agreed outcomes on time, within budget, and to defined quality standards while providing day-to-day leadership, coordinating stakeholders, managing risks and change, and ensuring delivery against KPIs and internal fee expectations. The PMO Lead oversees a multidisciplinary PMO team including MoHUP and Mace employees and is responsible for portfolio management across consultancy or client environments. The role includes managing and stepping into multiple PMO disciplines such as assurances (Health and Safety (H&S), quality, sustainability, Worker Welfare), commercial functions including procurement, project controls, design and delivery through centralized standards and data validation, as well as knowledge transfer and training, stakeholder management, and communications. The position requires oversight of discipline leads, continuous improvement initiatives, and deliverables issued upstream or externally. The PMO Lead is also responsible for managing the Mace prime contract and delivering client-facing presentations at ministerial level. The role demands expertise in project management, project controls, commercial management, financial oversight, stakeholder engagement, and sustainability, including knowledge of carbon impact analysis on project delivery within property or infrastructure sectors.