Program Manager - Principal
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About the Role
TALENTMATE is seeking a Principal-level Program/Engagement Manager for its Consumer Goods, Retail and Logistics practice. The role involves leading large-scale digital transformation programs, PMO activities, and multi-vendor coordination.
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Responsibilities
- Oversee design and delivery of complex learning programmes, ensuring high standards of quality, timeliness, and measurable impact
- Maintain structured RAID management and drive timely resolution of issues and dependencies
- Lead globally distributed teams, leveraging offshore delivery and vendor partnerships effectively
- Run PMO routines, including status reporting, dashboards, executive summaries, and delivery health checks
- Drive governance, risk management, and continuous improvement across delivery portfolios
- Design and run the portfolio governance model (charters, RACI, decision rights, escalation paths, MBRs/QBRs, steering committees)
- Lead PMO standards (methodology, planning, RAID, benefits, change control, dependency management)
- Institute risk frameworks, control libraries, and quality gates; run independent health checks and tollgates
- Contribute to proposals, work breakdown structures, estimates, and solution documentation
- Provide delivery inputs into commercial models, timelines, and staffing plans
- Participate in project walkthroughs, demos, and client discussions as required
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in PMO leadership and digital transformation program management
- Proven ability to lead multi million dollar, multi country transformation programs
- Experience with S/4HANA, Oracle, and Salesforce implementations
- Strong executive presence and influencing skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English
- Arabic proficiency is an advantage
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Job Overview
- Program / Engagement Manager – Principal level in Business Consulting practice for Consumer Goods, Retail and Logistics (CRL).
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee design and delivery of complex learning programmes, ensuring high standards of quality, timeliness, and measurable impact.
- Maintain structured RAID management and drive timely resolution of issues and dependencies.
- Lead globally distributed teams, leveraging offshore delivery and vendor partnerships effectively.
- Run PMO routines, including status reporting, dashboards, executive summaries, and delivery health checks.
- Drive governance, risk management, and continuous improvement across delivery portfolios.
- Design and run the portfolio governance model (charters, RACI, decision rights, escalation paths, MBRs/QBRs, steering committees).
- Lead PMO standards (methodology, planning, RAID, benefits, change control, dependency management).
- Institute risk frameworks, control libraries, and quality gates; run independent health checks and tollgates.
- Contribute to proposals, work breakdown structures, estimates, and solution documentation.
- Provide delivery inputs into commercial models, timelines, and staffing plans.
- Participate in project walkthroughs, demos, and client discussions as required.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in PMO leadership and digital transformation program management, including implementing governance structures across multi vendor, cross functional teams.
- Proven ability to lead and support multi million dollar, multi country transformation programs from strategy through execution.
- Demonstrated experience delivering end to end digital transformation initiatives, including S/4HANA, Oracle, and Salesforce implementations.
- Strong background managing core consulting programs such as IT strategy development, enterprise roadmaps, and process transformation, leveraging tools like Celonis, Signavio, ARIS, or equivalent.
- Experience leading large, global, cross functional teams within matrixed and multi vendor environments.
- Strong executive presence and influencing skills, able to engage credibly with senior stakeholders and support strategic decision making.
- High personal impact, resilience, and gravitas, with the ability to guide stakeholders through major change initiatives.
- A pragmatic, solution oriented approach, capable of simplifying complexity and delivering sustainable, outcome focused solutions.
- Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining high quality across all deliverables.
- Skilled at facilitating collaboration and motivating teams to achieve shared goals and high performance.
- Effective at identifying, managing, and mitigating risks and issues to ensure successful client outcomes.
- Comfortable operating independently and in fast paced, ambiguous environments, maintaining clarity and structure.
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