Expert - (Project Management - Executive Affairs )

Job Purpose:

Support governance of project portfolios, assuring alignment with Dubai/RTA strategies, ensuring projects are executed with high quality from start to finish. Offer strategic advice, monitor performance, and coordinate with partners to maintain compliant, efficient, and results-driven delivery.

Lead excellence and performance initiatives for the CEO Office. Coordinate directives, programs, committees, data/AI workstreams, and resilience. Deliver evidence-based insights, benchmarking, and process improvements aligned with RTA priorities.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Strategy

• Ensure projects are aligned with the RTA and Dubai Strategic plan,
• Serve as the primary advisor to the CEO on portfolio priorities and benefits realization.
• design and implement an advanced portfolio governance framework to ensure strategic alignment
• Provide strategic advice to the CEO on International opportunities and best practice in portfolio governance framework implementation,
• Analyse strategic gaps and provide recommendation on that support corporate excellence and RTA targets.
• Prepare strategic study to be reported to EAS CEO.
• Provide recommendation on Strategic Partnerships opportunities area of development and investment opportunities.
• Participate/ Lead strategic committees and contribute to corporate policy development; propose enhancements to existing ones.
• Ensure projects are complying with governance framework and corporate standards are applied.
• Develop strategic initiatives that ensure sustainability and corporate development.
• Coordinate corporate partnerships, memberships, and participation in external forums/agreements; follow up on outputs and performance commitments.

Operations

• Supervise the overall progress of projects at different stages.
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  Monitor Program/Project performance, report deviations and recovery actions to the CEO.
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• Coordinate and monitor sector projects, including risk/challenge analysis and performance tracking; prepare progress and completion reports.
• Review change orders for sector projects, analyse root causes and justifications, ensure need and data validity, and submit recommendations and reports to the CEO and concerned units.
• Follow up application of value management principles during project phases and measure project benefits.
• Manage communication and relationships with government/semi-government entities and external partners.
• Lead CEO meeting preparation and ensure readiness of required briefs, documents, and presentations.
• Manage project-related complaints and suggestions with internal entities to timely closure.
• Review project budget and associated resource utilization.
• Evaluate human and technical resourcing across sector projects; propose restructuring or targeted support as needed.

Product/Process Improvement

• Analyze performance reports and statistical data to identify challenges and propose actionable solutions.
• Assist in developing the sector-level KPIs and enhance monitoring/measurement systems for transparency and accountability.
• Assist in dissemination of pioneering practices and lessons learned from projects in the sector.
• Guide the benchmarking of sector performance against global best practices and lead continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Provide recommendations on AI initiatives (including Proof of Concepts and use-case validation); ensure compliance with corporate documents.
• Simplify business processes and implement organizational improvements that enhance efficiency and quality.
• Develop and pilot improved project-management methods that increase flexibility and effectiveness.
• Assist in creating initiatives that strengthen sector efficiency and sustainability; explore opportunities to establish new projects or affiliated entities.
• Promote a culture of innovation and motivate departments to adopt cutting-edge solutions.

Job Qualifications & Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor's/ master's degree in civil engineering/ business administration

Experience:

• 16+ years of experience including managing complex portfolios/ programs and cross-entity projects

Qualification:

• Certifications such as PMP, CMPAI, PRINCE2; Program Management Professional (PMP); Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Required Competencies:

• Governance, Risk & Excellence Programs
• Operational Excellence & Service Innovation
• Policy Analysis and Development
• Project Management
• RTA Business Context
• Strategic Planning & Execution Management
• Vision-Setting & Strategic Foresight
• Strategic Project Tracking