Infrastructure Project Manager
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About the Role
Dautom seeks an experienced Infrastructure Project Manager to manage infrastructure, solution development, and delivery projects for the Sharjah Digital Department.
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Responsibilities
- Manage multiple related projects directed toward the customer's strategic business and organisational objectives
- Initiate, plan, schedule, estimate, forecast, coordinate, control, manage, and deliver all activities across projects
- Establish and maintain overall project success criteria including time, cost, technical performance parameters, and quality benchmarks
- Review, approve, and maintain all project documentation
- Build credibility, establish rapport, and maintain proactive communication with stakeholders at multiple levels
- Serve as the primary point of contact between project teams, technical leads, business owners, and senior leadership
- Prepare and present regular project status reports, executive dashboards, and steering committee updates
- Lead risk management and issue tracking activities
- Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks; maintain a risk register and escalate critical issues
- Manage change requests and scope variations through a formal change control process
- Drive adherence to project methodology standards (PMI/PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile/Scrum) across all project phases
- Coordinate with technical architects, solution developers, and infrastructure teams to ensure deliverables meet specifications
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of project management experience
- At least 4 years managing IT infrastructure or digital transformation projects
- PMP or PRINCE2 certification mandatory
- Proven experience managing infrastructure, cloud, or enterprise solution delivery projects in a government or large enterprise environment
- Proficiency in MS Project, Jira, Confluence, or equivalent PM tools
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
- Agile/Scrum certification (CSM, PMI ACP) preferred
- Familiarity with ITIL frameworks is an advantage
- Arabic is an advantage
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Role Overview
- The Project Manager is responsible for managing infrastructure, solution development, and solution delivery projects within the portfolio of the Sharjah Digital Department (SDD).
- The incumbent will ensure all projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with SDD's strategic objectives through rigorous governance, stakeholder engagement, and delivery discipline.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible and accountable for the coordinated management of multiple related projects directed toward the customer's strategic business and other organisational objectives.
- Effectively initiate, plan, schedule, estimate, forecast, coordinate, control, manage, and deliver all activities across projects and related release initiatives.
- Establish and maintain overall project success criteria including time, cost, technical performance parameters, and quality benchmarks.
- Review, approve, and maintain all project documentation, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and alignment with SDD standards.
- Build credibility, establish rapport, and maintain proactive communication with stakeholders at multiple levels, including those external to the organisation.
- Serve as the primary point of contact between project teams, technical leads, business owners, and senior leadership.
- Prepare and present regular project status reports, executive dashboards, and steering committee updates.
- Lead risk management and issue tracking activities, managing the day to day operational aspects of projects proactively.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks; maintain a risk register and escalate critical issues in a timely manner.
- Manage change requests and scope variations through a formal change control process, assessing impact on schedule, budget, and quality.
- Drive adherence to project methodology standards (PMI/PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile/Scrum as applicable) across all project phases.
- Coordinate with technical architects, solution developers, and infrastructure teams to ensure deliverables meet specifications and acceptance criteria.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of project management experience; at least 4 years managing IT infrastructure or digital transformation projects
- PMP or PRINCE2 certification mandatory; Agile/Scrum certification (CSM, PMI ACP) preferred
- Proven experience managing infrastructure, cloud, or enterprise solution delivery projects in a government or large enterprise environment
- Proficiency in MS Project, Jira, Confluence, or equivalent PM tools; familiarity with ITIL frameworks is an advantage
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills; Arabic is an advantage
Salary & Notice Period
- Salary up to 30 K AED
- NP 30 Days
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