Manager Project Management

At EDGE bold ideas are engineered into technologies that protect, improve and save lives. Headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, EDGE is a leading advanced technology group working at the forefront of defence and emerging technologies. Spanning more than 35 specialised companies and multiple centres of excellence, we are purpose-built to move fast. Free from heavy legacy processes, we give our people the autonomy, accountability, and agility to bring breakthrough technologies from concept to reality.

Based in Abu Dhabi, a globally connected hub at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, EDGE is home to a truly multicultural community where bold ideas thrive, and the future is shaped. Together, we are shaping the future.

A PMO Project Manager a specialized professional responsible for delivering strategic initiatives while embedding standardized governance, processes, and methodologies across Directed Energy portfolio. The Project Manager plans, executes, and delivers corporate projects within scope, budget, and time constraints. This role ensures that all projects strictly adhere to the PMO's governance structure, utilizes standardized tools, and directly aligns with the company's long-term strategic goals

• Maintain project controls and track key metrics (KPIs) regarding baseline vs. actual schedule variance and quality.
• Ensures that all vendor agreements, service-level agreements (SLAs), and statement of works (SOWs) strictly align with project goals, risk limits, and financial budgets
• Monitor vendor performance against contractual deadlines, tracking delivery dates, milestones, and quality thresholds
• Control contract scope creep. If a project changes, the PMO PM ensures contract amendments go through formal approvals so costs don't spiral out of control
• Prepare weekly or monthly progress reports for steering committees and senior leadership.
• Manage individual project budgets, forecast actual costs against planned baselines, and calculate monetary risks
• Manage the full project lifecycle from project charter initiation to closing and documenting lessons learned.
• Lead the project activities that includes scheduling, planning, and final acceptance of documentation prior to Factory/Site Acceptance Testing (FAT/SAT), TRR and other related tests.
• Collaborate closely with end user and internal stakeholders to understand technical requirement and specification. Regular meeting with suppliers, and keep up to date with installation status
• Ensure all project management reporting data complies with corporate and state security regulations, avoiding leakage of restricted technical parameters

• Minimum 7 years in defense industry with demonstrated experience working within agile or hybrid development cycles.
• Typically 5+ years of hands-on project management experience, ideally operating within a structured corporate PMO environment
• Bachelor’s / Master’s in Engineering, or other technical fields.
• Certification in Project Management (e.g., PMP) or System Engineering (e.g., INCOSE CSEP) is preferable
• Strong knowledge of system installation
• Strong supplier relationship, analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Deep understanding of the technical aspects of defense systems, including design, development and integration.

Launched in November 2019, the UAE's EDGE is one of the world's leading advanced technology groups, established to develop agile, bold and disruptive solutions for defence and beyond, and to be a catalyst for change and transformation. It is dedicated to bringing breakthrough innovations, products, and services to market with greater speed and efficiency, to position…