Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE (onsite)
Contract Type: 12-Month Extendable Contract
Job Overview
We are seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead and deliver complex IT initiatives across ERP, infrastructure, and enterprise applications environments. The successful candidate will have strong experience working with systems integrators and IT services organizations, managing end-to-end project lifecycles in dynamic enterprise settings.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage full project lifecycle: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders, vendors, and external systems integrators to ensure project objectives are achieved.
- Develop detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource allocation strategies.
- Monitor project risks, issues, and dependencies; implement mitigation strategies.
- Ensure adherence to governance frameworks, IT policies, and compliance standards.
- Manage third-party IT service providers and systems integration partners.
- Oversee change management, user acceptance testing (UAT), and post-implementation support.
- Provide regular project status reporting to senior management and steering committees.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Minimum 810 years of IT project management experience.
- Strong background working within systems integrator or IT services environments.
- Experience managing multi-vendor and multi-stakeholder environments.
- Solid understanding of project management methodologies (PMI, PRINCE2, Agile, or hybrid models).
- PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification preferred
