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About the Role
Takaful Emarat seeks a detail-oriented Project Manager to join its Medical Underwriting team. The role involves end-to-end project management, including planning, risk assessment, and stakeholder coordination.
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Responsibilities
- Own and actively manage assigned projects within the workstream, maintaining end to end accountability for timelines, delivery paths, and execution milestones
- Define granular project objectives, write Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), and detail technical and functional requirements in collaboration with the Project Owner
- Track day to day operational risks and issues, manage localized escalations, and proactively remove bottlenecks
- Support/manage the preparation of RFPs, manage project costs, and track day to day expenditures against specific project deliverables
- Coordinate cross functional stakeholder meetings, maintain rigorous communication across teams, and generate regular, data driven status and progress reports
- Reports directly to the Sr. Project Manager (PMO) for functional direction, deliverable reviews, and change request approvals
- Interacts daily with the PMO team to leverage governance templates, align on tracking metrics, and report portfolio data
- Escalate complex problems to the relevant stakeholder to ensure case/issue is closed efficiently and in a timely manner
- Participate in planning, scheduling and monitoring of simple project activities to ensure alignment to requirements
- Participate in managing the delivery of the project according to the project plan to ensure the delivery of project deliverables is within the agreed on time, budget, and quality
- Follow up and track progress of the project activities, reports, and deliverables ensuring compliance with plans and all requirements
- Ensure strict adherence to quality standards, framework compliance, and seamless operational readiness/integration within the business
Requirements
- 6 8 years' experience in project management
- IT and software experience
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, Business Administration, or related field
- PMP certified
- Fluent in Arabic with professional proficiency in English
- Experience with project management tools, mainly Jira
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Stakeholder management skills
- Presentation and reporting skills
- Vendor and contract management experience
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About Takaful Emarat
- Founded in 2008, Takaful Emarat Insurance PSC is one of the UAE’s leading providers of Shariah compliant Life and Health Takaful solutions.
- We offer a broad portfolio of individual and corporate products including protection, savings, and investment plans delivered through a variety of trusted distribution channels.
- We are looking for a detail oriented and analytical Project Manager to join our Medical Underwriting team.
Required Qualifications and Skills
- 6 8 years' experience in project management
- IT and software experience
- Preferred in insurance industry
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, Business Administration, or a related field
- PMP certified is a Must
- Fluent in Arabic with professional proficiency in English
- Relevant experience in IT project management, software development, or systems implementation including project planning and scheduling, risk assessment and mitigation, knowledge of software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall), quality assurance and testing coordination, experience w
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Stakeholder management
- Presentation and reporting
- Vendor and contract management
Responsibilities
- Own and actively manage assigned projects within the workstream, maintaining end to end accountability for timelines, delivery paths, and execution milestones
- Define granular project objectives, write Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), and detail technical and functional requirements in collaboration with the Project Owner
- Track day to day operational risks and issues, manage localized escalations, and proactively remove bottlenecks to keep the delivery engine moving
- Support/manage the preparation of RFPs, manage project costs, and track day to day expenditures against specific project deliverables
- Coordinate cross functional stakeholder meetings, maintain rigorous communication across teams, and generate regular, data driven status and progress reports
- Reports directly to the Sr. Project Manager (PMO) for functional direction, deliverable reviews, and change request approvals
- Interacts daily with the PMO team to leverage governance templates, align on tracking metrics, and report portfolio data
- Escalate complex problems to the relevant stakeholder to ensure case/issue is closed efficiently and in a timely manner
- Participate in planning, scheduling and monitoring of simple project activities to ensure alignment to requirements
- Participate in managing the delivery of the project according to the project plan to ensure the delivery of project deliverables is within the agreed on time, budget, and quality
- Follow up and track progress of the project activities, reports, and deliverables ensuring compliance with plans and all requirements
- Ensure strict adherence to quality standards, framework compliance, and seamless operational readiness/integration within the business
Why Join Us?
- At Takaful Emarat, you will play a critical role in strengthening our Sharia governance framework and ensuring the highest standards of compliance across the organization.
- This is an opportunity to contribute to a leading Takaful provider committed to integrity, transparency, and ethical business practices.
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