Associate Director - Project Delivery Holding Real Estate

Dubai Holding’s real estate business has developed strategic destinations and communities that offer unique and attractive lifestyle opportunities to meet the evolving needs of Dubai’s residents and visitors alike. As a master developer, we invest in sustainable infrastructure, accessibility, community amenities and family-focused facilities including community centers, mosques, schools, supermarkets and landscaping.

• Oversee the preparation and documentation of Job Requisition s, ensuring alignment with workforce plans and business objectives in collaboration with cross-functional departments.
• Guide project management strategies and delivery activities in coordination with Section Heads and Project Leads, ensuring company projects are executed efficiently and in line with the overall strategic plan.
• Oversee the management of multiple projects across the business, ensuring monitoring of progress and successful completion of projects while aligning outcomes with the company’s strategic objectives and growth priorities.
• Drive communication plans while ensuring its execution to effectively resolve any anomalies that may arise during Project completion phase.
• Manage actual cost verses budget on periodic basis and oversee financial reports/data related to project’s financial performance.
• Facilitate change requests to ensure that all parties are informed of the impacts on schedule and budget ensuring project delivery schedule is in alignment with business objectives.
• Lead efficient and compliant project management and budget management for multiple projects across the Company while imposing Projects delivery process within assigned budgets to ensure its timely completion.
• Support with the implementation of contractor's mitigation plan for the project along with execution plan, procurement, acceleration program and resources allocation to ensure that schedules are maintained within agreed time-frame.
• Support the commercial function throughout the client lifecycle, enhancing client relationship for projects and working closely with stakeholders in-order to plan, execute, and troubleshoot issues that arise on projects.
• Prepare user manuals, training materials, and other documents as needed to enable successful project implementation and turnover of the process or system to the clients.
• Collaborate closely with various Sectors to successfully execute technical assignments while meticulously assessing both anticipated and unforeseen risks and values.
• Oversee Statutory & Authorities compliance and ensure quality and engineering works are complied with standard norms and Company’s expectations.
• Navigate relationships including complex situations with clients and partners with professionalism and proactive problem-solving.
• Provide technical support to the commercial team for key activities in areas of technical focus related to projects.
• Analyze information and ensure that reports are consolidated for management review.
• Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and global best practices in project management and real estate development.

• Bachelor’s / master’s degree in Civil Engineering/ architectural engineering/ Construction
• Understanding of industry-specific delivery standards and technologies, statutory, regulatory, and quality compliance requirements relevant to project delivery.
• Min of 12-15+ years experience, including 8+ years of experience in a senior leadership/project lead role - managing large-scale/ multi-disciplinary projects and teams.
• Preferably 5+ years of experience with a developer.
• Well versed in using project programing software;
  Ms. Office suite - Power-point;
  Power BI for dashboards / reporting. Skilled in Primavera – preferred.
• Demonstrated skills in…