Al Ghurair
Senior Manager, IT Projects
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 10 - 15 yrs
Job expiry date: 12/11/2026
Job overview
Date posted
28/09/2026
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 30,000 - 40,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
10 - 15 yrs
Seniority
Senior Manager
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
12/11/2026
Job description
Enterprise application projects across GBS, ERP, CRM, HCM, finance apps, SaaS, integrations and workflow platforms are delivered end to end by this Senior Project Manager, based at Office Tower 4, Al Ghurair Centre. Each initiative starts with choosing the right delivery method, whether agile, waterfall or hybrid. Governance is set up early, covering steering cadence, decision forums, change control, RAID standards and acceptance criteria. Vendors are held to SOW deliverables and SLAs, with milestone payments, budgets, contracts and procurement tracked closely. Discovery workshops, requirements, UAT cycles, defect triage and business sign-off all run through you. Data migration, cutover runbooks, rollback plans and go-live checkpoints are planned carefully, followed by training, knowledge transfer and hypercare. A matrix team of analysts, developers, integration engineers, QA, business SMEs and vendors works to clear outcomes and a defined RACI. Every delivery is also viewed through automation, AI and data analytics, and templates such as BRD/FRD, UAT packs and cutover checklists are standardised. Expect to bring 10+ years delivering application programmes with ownership of scope, schedule and budget, a Bachelor's in IT and PMP or PRINCE2 plus an Agile certification such as CSM, PSM or SAFe.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Own the delivery strategy for assigned programmes and application projects, selecting agile, waterfall or hybrid methods
- Establish project governance, including steering cadence, decision forums, change control, RAID standards and acceptance criteria
- Manage dependencies across applications, integrations, data and shared platforms
- Partner with Business, Architecture, Security and Data teams so solution designs meet enterprise standards
- Lead vendor delivery against SOWs and SLAs, tracking delivery quality, commercials and escalations
- Track milestone payments, programme plans, budgets, contracts, procurement and steerco updates
- Assess every delivery for automation, AI and data analytics opportunities
- Facilitate discovery workshops and document functional and non-functional requirements, scope and baseline plans
- Coordinate design, build and configuration, integration, environment readiness and release planning
- Execute the UAT approach, test cycles, defect triage, entry and exit criteria and business sign-off
- Plan data migration, reconciliation, cutover runbooks, rollback and go-live readiness checkpoints
- Deliver service transition through training, knowledge transfer, SOPs, runbooks and hypercare
- Maintain project controls, including weekly status, RAID logs, dependency tracking and escalation
- Direct a matrix delivery team with a clear RACI and regular ceremonies
- Standardise delivery templates such as BRD/FRD, user stories, UAT packs and cutover and handover checklists
- Strengthen change control, environment management and dependency mapping to improve release predictability
- Enforce a definition of done covering documentation, monitoring requirements and service transition readiness
Experience & skills
- Hold a Bachelor's degree in IT
- Possess PMP or PRINCE2 certification
- Offer an Agile certification such as CSM, PSM or SAFe
- Bring a minimum of 10 years delivering programmes, application projects or changes with ownership of scope, schedule and budget
- Demonstrate experience delivering enterprise application implementations, ideally 15 years (preferred)
- Manage vendors and cross-functional delivery teams effectively
- Apply structured governance and PMO reporting practices