PMO Specialist - Abu Dhabi Government Entity ( UAE National Talent )
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About the Role
A confidential Abu Dhabi government entity is seeking a PMO Specialist to manage the partnership portfolio's tracking, dependency, and reporting. The role requires 6-10 years of PMO experience, portfolio-level coordination skills, and fluency in English and Arabic.
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Responsibilities
- Builds and runs the PMO operating system: designs the master tracker, data standards, reporting, and dashboards spanning all initiatives across partnerships
- Manages dependencies and risk at portfolio level: maintains the portfolio risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies
- Drives the status cadence: runs the recurring data call across initiative owners and partner counterparts, consolidating updates into one accurate view
- Coordinates across the ecosystem: keeps interdependent workstreams aligned across units, without owning or executing any initiative
- Services the governance secretariat: prepares Board and Committee material, maintains decision and escalation logs, and drives follow through to closure
- Supports engagements: supports bilateral committee and working group preparation and logistics; produces Arabic language correspondence as needed, and supports coordination of travel and meeting preparation
Requirements
- 6–10 years experience in PMO, program, or portfolio coordination, ideally including standing up or running a PMO for a large, multi workstream program
- Portfolio level command of dependency, risk and milestone management across many concurrent initiatives
- Designs and operates PM/portfolio tooling and reporting (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Power BI); able to build, modify, and use the system
- Proven senior stakeholder management and influence without authority across many institutions
- Strong written communication with professional fluency in English and Arabic
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., business, engineering, project/program management, public policy, international relations)
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Role Purpose
- The PMO Specialist is the professional PMO backbone of the partnership portfolio. The role keeps a single, accurate picture of ongoing, interdependent initiatives, designing and running the tracking, dependency, and reporting machinery.
Responsibilities
- Builds and runs the PMO operating system: Designs the master tracker, data standards, reporting, and dashboards spanning all initiatives across partnerships.
- Manages dependencies and risk at portfolio level: Maintains the portfolio risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
- Drives the status cadence: Runs the recurring data call across initiative owners and partner counterparts, consolidating updates into one accurate view.
- Coordinates across the ecosystem: Keeps interdependent workstreams aligned across units, without owning or executing any initiative.
- Services the governance secretariat: Prepares Board and Committee material, maintains decision and escalation logs, and drives follow through to closure.
- Supports engagements: Supports bilateral committee and working group preparation and logistics; produces Arabic language correspondence as needed, and supports coordination of travel and meeting preparation.
Experience
- 6–10 years experience in PMO, program, or portfolio coordination, ideally including standing up or running a PMO for a large, multi workstream program
- Portfolio level command of dependency, risk and milestone management across many concurrent initiatives
- Designs and operates PM/portfolio tooling and reporting (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Power BI); able to build, modify, and use the system
- Proven senior stakeholder management and influence without authority across many institutions
- Strong written communication with professional fluency in English and Arabic
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., business, engineering, project/program management, public policy, international relations)
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