PMO Officer-UAE Central Bank and local regulatory in Banking domain

Overview

Role Overview

• The PMO Officer Supports The Bank’s Enterprise PMO Operating Model, Providing Governance, Reporting, And Delivery Controls Across All Business And Technology Initiatives.
• The Role Ensures That Programs And Projects Across Retail, Corporate, Operations, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Finance, And Support Functions Are Delivered In Alignment With:
• Approved PMO standards and methodologies
• UAE regulatory and supervisory expectations
• Bankwide strategic priorities and risk appetite
• The PMO Officer enables senior management to make informed decisions through accurate, timely, and consistent portfoliolevel insights.

Alignment To Enterprise Pmo Operating Model

1. Portfolio Level

• Consolidated view of all bank initiatives
• Strategic alignment, prioritization, dependencies, and capacity visibility
• Regulatory and audit transparency
• Program Level
• Governance of grouped initiatives delivering strategic outcomes
• Dependency and milestone coordination
• Benefits tracking and risk oversight
• Project Level
• Execution tracking against approved scope, schedule, budget, and quality
• Consistent application of delivery and reporting standards
• The PMO Officer Supports All Three Levels, Ensuring Data Integrity And Governance Discipline.

Uae Regulatory & Governance Expectations

• The Role Explicitly Supports Compliance With UAE Central Bank And Local Regulatory Expectations, Including:
• Evidence of controlled delivery, governance, and accountability across initiatives
• Traceability of decisions, approvals, and changes for regulatory and audit reviews
• Transparent tracking of initiatives linked to:
• + Regulatory remediation
• + Supervisory observations
• + Audit findings
• Alignment with internal risk management, compliance, and operational resilience practices
• Support for periodic and adhoc regulatory reporting and management attestations
• The PMO Officer ensures that delivery governance supports regulatory confidence without being a compliance owner.

Key Expectations

• Support consistent application of the bank’s PMO governance framework
• Enable transparency and control across all portfolios and programs
• Ensure management reporting meets executive and regulatory quality standards
• Coordinate effectively across Business, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Finance, and Operations
• Proactively identify delivery risks and dependency conflicts

Enterprise Program & Project Support

• Support governance of multiple concurrent initiatives across the bank
• Maintain consolidated plans, milestones, and dependency maps
• Ensure initiatives align with approved charters and funding decisions
• Support transitions between project phases and closures

Governance, Risk & Control

• Apply and enforce PMO standards, methodologies, and templates
• Support stagegate reviews, steering committees, and management forums
• Maintain RAID logs and track mitigation actions
• Ensure documentation and audit artefacts are complete and current

Reporting & Executive Visibility

• Produce portfolio, program, and projectlevel reports
• Prepare executive dashboards highlighting:
• + Delivery health
• + Risk exposure
• + Financial and schedule variances
• Ensure reporting accuracy, consistency, and clarity

Financial & Resource Tracking

• Support tracking of project budgets and forecasts
• Monitor vendor milestones and delivery dependencies (where applicable)
• Support capacity and resource demand tracking
• Highlight budget or resourcing risks early

Pmo Operations

• Maintain the central enterprise project repository
• Coordinate project onboarding, reporting cycles, and closures
• Validate data quality before submission to senior management

Stakeholder Coordination

• Act as a coordination point between:
• + Business Owners
• + Project Managers
• + Technology
• + Risk, Compliance, and Finance teams
• Track governance actions and follow up on commitments

Delivery Assurance & Continuous Improvement

• Perform delivery health checks and identify control gaps
• Support postimplementation reviews and lessons learned
• Contribute to the evolution of PMO processes and tooling

Tools, Methodologies & Documentation

• Experience with enterprise PMO and reporting tools, including:
• + MS Project
• + JIRA
• + Confluence

+ Excel & PowerPoint

• Familiarity with Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid delivery models
• Strong documentation skills:
• + Project plans
• + RAID logs
• + Steering packs
• + Portfolio dashboards

**Soft Skills & Attributes**

• Strong organizational and coordination capability
• High attention to detail and data integrity
• Professional communication with senior stakeholders
• Ability to work across multiple functions and priorities
• Proactive, structured, and deliveryfocused mindset
• ****Qualifications (Preferred)****
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Technology, or related discipline
• PMP, Prince2, Agile, or PMO certifications are an advantage
• Experience in a UAE bank or regulated environment is strongly preferred
• Skills: uae,pmo,regulatory