Job Purpose:
Develop and oversee ADCG's strategic project charters and plans, track timelines and performance against targets, establish a Project Management framework with supporting engagement initiatives and strategy, and align workstreams to ensure efficient project delivery.
Core Responsibilities:
- Participate in early evaluations of projects to understand the strategic objectives, particularly within construction, real estate, and large capital projects.
- Provide the early voice on project planning, risks, and challenges across the full development lifecycle (design, tendering, procurement, execution, QA/QC).
- Develop a comprehensive project plan (in conjunction with corporate and subsidiary teams) which includes all work stream and functional team tasks to achieve success:
- Define Project Strategy and Guiding Principles
- Determine Project Governance
- Develop & Monitor Risk Management Plan
- Develop & Monitor Integration Plans
- Develop & Monitor Communication Plans
- Develop & Monitor Staffing & Retention Plans
- Develop & Monitor Legal Plans
- Capture Project Lessons Learned
- Participate in project budgeting activities
- Monitor and report project financial aspects
- Monitor and report on integration and synergy plans
- Lead all aspects of project plan working with a team of functional champions from across the Group companies.
- Work closely with the real estate subsidiaries, ensuring alignment and driving timely delivery of projects to the expected quality standards.
- Monitor status and rapidly identify risks and issues pertaining to a project, succinctly communicate those issues to the appropriate teams, and work the issues to resolve before project value deteriorates.
- Report on progress to the executive management and key stakeholders and be the single point of contact for all stakeholders.
- Manage stakeholder relationships; identify and establish partnerships with stakeholders to build support and secure sponsorship.
- Develop PMP best practices for ADCG.
- Manage other cross-functional project teams of various sizes based on company need; proactively communicate integration issues as they arise and provide follow-up on outstanding items with appropriate team members.
- Communicate project priorities, monitor, and escalate unresolved issues.
- Assist in developing strategies and action plans to improve and standardize all aspects of the project.
- Identify and implement technology and services to enable process changes and implement them throughout ADCG and its subsidiaries.
- Develop & update PM framework, Policies, Procedures.
- Monitor and control project budgets.
Strategic responsibilities:
- Ensure that ADCG has a sound PM plan linked to its vision and mission that meets stakeholder requirements and manage the systems to continuously review PMO performance and take timely action to review the plan and the process as required to enhance results.
- Apply deep engineering knowledge (preferably Civil Engineering) to ensure technical and operational rigor across all capital projects.
- Embed quality assurance and quality control standards across project design, development, procurement, and execution stages to ensure compliance and operational excellence.
- Provide technical oversight and ensure alignment of project execution with industry best practices in construction and real estate.
Experience and Qualification:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (preferably Civil), Project Management, Business, or related discipline; Master's degree preferred.
- 10+ years experience in construction, real estate, or capital projects, with at least 7 years in project management within the construction domain.
- Proven ability to deliver complex projects end-to-end, from strategy and planning through to execution and performance tracking.
