Assistant Digital Projects Manager

Job Description

Responsible for planning and coordinating the management of complex business-critical digital projects for ATM. Take a cross functional leadership role to ensure that business plans are being executed well across all organizational units and, where applicable, with 3rd parties. Ensure that projects are well planned and delivered within scope and on time and budget.

• Conduct project planning for assigned work streams following the Agile methodology including:
• Plan, document, execute and manage projects through all the phases including close-out
• Managing tasks, deliverables and milestones
• Identify and track project issues, risks, decisions and action items
• Perform daily/weekly status updates and update team dashboards
• Manage changes to plans through change controls and re-baselining processes
• Plan & schedule meetings as necessary, create agendas and documenting minutes
• Help prepare work stream deliverables and submit them ensuring adherence to quality standards
• Manage cross team dependencies help identify and remove impediments and elevate to AGM Digital when necessary
• Proactively establish good working relationships with all project team members and representatives of all impacted organizations
• Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends and project metrics
• Identify need for initial or supplemental project resources
• Focus on quality and delivering the highest business value in the shortest time
• Help resolve conflict(s), as and when required
• To be hands‑on in driving the delivery of critical business initiatives, managing all aspects of the project such as project planning, requirements definition, risk management, communication, and implementation planning
• Identify innovative solutions to project deadlocks and resolving issues and constraints through consensus and sound judgment
• Utilize best practices and tools for project execution and management
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Lead all delivery related meetings and activities of the project team
• Maintain awareness of all issues facing the project, and working with stakeholders to develop solutions
• Encourage, support, and guide continuous improvement of people (team), products and processes

• Education/Certification and Continued Education
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of technical education and work experience
• Years of Experience
  • Three to five years of Project Management experience
  • Good understanding of project and program management with good experience in a fast paced environment taking a product through its complete lifecycle using Agile methodologies
  • Ability to balance a practical, real world approach with an Agile philosophy to complete tasks in a timely manner
• Knowledge and Skills
  • Strong management skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Strong people management skills
  • Strong problem solving skills
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Strong negotiation skills
  • Strong understanding of regional market as well as international context
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office
  • Preferably proficient in Autoline
• Languages
  • English
• Additional Requirements
  • Required to commute across regions within the UAE