Senior Project Manager

ROLE OVERVIEW

 

The appointed individual will be part of Miral’s DTD Portfolio Department, ensuring that new projects and change initiatives for new business units are aligned with Miral’s overall strategy and Digital and Technology strategy. The role requires effective planning and prioritization to optimize technology resources and deliver maximum business value. The Project Manager will provide a holistic view of project progress by leading initiation, planning, execution, and closure activities. The role is also responsible for efficient resource management to drive successful outcomes, working with multiple stakeholders to ensure deliverables remain within agreed scope and budget. In addition, the role recommends digital technology strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organizational outcomes, identifying issues, assessing trends, and anticipating future requirements.

 

ROLE SCOPE

 

Project Management

• Review project proposals or plans to determine a time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements and the assignment of available departmental resources to various project phases.

• Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.

• Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle and confer with project staff to outline a work plan.

• Act as a coach to junior project managers, executives and others who need assistance and advice regarding project management practices.

• Establish a work plan and staffing for project activities, iterations or phases, and arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.

• Analyze project proposals to determine a time frame, funding limitations and appropriate processes for accomplishing projects.

• Review/approve the work plan of an external service provider or consultancy contracted to execute the project.

• Implement a project communication plan.

• Conduct risk assessment and mitigation.

• Monitor project activities, ensuring the currency, quality and integrity of information, while providing consistency in content and “look and feel” across the organization.

• Ensure that project goals are in line with business objectives.

• Ensure that project goals are achieved.

• Assign duties and responsibilities to project personnel and define the scope of their authority.

• Direct and coordinate the activities of project personnel to ensure projects progress on schedule and within budget.

• Review status reports prepared by project personnel, and modify schedules or plans as required.

• Establish standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation.

• Benchmark project management performance continuously to identify the potential for improvements and increase capability in project and portfolio management.

 

 

Technical Knowledge

• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure components and the onboarding of new technology assets.

• Solid knowledge of OSI model layers and LAN/WAN network environments.

• Strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing, switching, and subnetting.

• Hands-on experience with network hardware and software from vendors such as Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, and Fortinet.

• Experience using network monitoring and management tools such as SolarWinds, Nagios, Riverbed and PRTG.

• Familiarity with network security principles, practices, and technologies, including firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and endpoint security.

• Experience with enterprise backup and disaster recovery solutions.

• Deliver network infrastructure projects, including upgrades, migrations, and expansions, while ensuring timely completion and adherence to budget and quality standards.

• Maintain accurate documentation of network configurations, diagrams, and procedures, while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.

• Strong knowledge of UPS and electrical systems required to support IT data centres and network rooms.

 

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

 

Education and Qualifications

 

• ITIL v4

• PMP/Prince 2/Six Sigma

• BS in Computer Science

• Cisco Certification CCNA or higher

 

Years of Experience

 

• Five years of progressively responsible IT experience, with sensitivity and commitment to business problem solving

• Five years of successfully managing complex projects

• Five or more years of BU or BU-facing experience, with sensitivity and commitment to business problem solving

• Experience in leading diverse teams

• Experience and ability in using “soft skills” or “people skills”

• Five + years of managing Infrastructure Projects for large scale enterprises

 

Knowledge, Languages and Skills

 

• Distinctive blend of business, IT, financial and communication skills. This blend is vital because this is a highly visible position with substantial impact.

• Ability to adapt to new circumstances in a changing business environment.

• Good understanding of current and emerging technologies, and of how other enterprises are using them to drive digital business.

• Ability to support a tactical resource plan by mapping future demand to forecast project completions in the project portfolio.