Project Manager - UAE National
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About the Role
Thales is seeking a Project Manager (UAE National) to oversee local project activities, delivery, commissioning, and customer interface in Abu Dhabi. Requires proven project management experience, PMP certification, and strong leadership skills in defence or related sectors.
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Responsibilities
- Manage the project to achieve contractual KPI
- Manage the local team
- Coordinate and complete the project on time within budget and within scope
- Set deadlines, monitor and summarize the project’s progress
- Provide project status, risks and issues reports for upper management
- Assume program interface with Thales Business Lines
- Ensure strong customer relationships
- Supervise and manage compliant delivery to ensure timely cash payments
- Provide a central repository for project data
- Lead and direct cross functional teams
- Capitalize on best practices and propose recommendations
Requirements
- Proven working experience as a Project Manager and at least 5 years of experience in a related area
- Excellent knowledge of management methods and techniques
- Highly organized and capable planner with excellent attention to details
- Bachelor degree in a related field
- Certification as a project management professional (PMP)
- Project Risk Management, statistical data analysis, program and portfolio management
- Budget and expense control
- Planning
- Proficiency in English – Arabic as a plus
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Job Objective
- The Local Project Manager plans, budgets, oversees and documents all the local aspects of the Project. The PM works closely with the upper management to make sure the scope and delivery of the Project is on schedule.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Managing the project to achieve contractual KPI.
- Managing the local team.
- Coordinating and completing the project on time within budget and within scope.
- Setting deadlines, monitoring and summarizing the project’s progress.
- Project Reviews: Providing project status, risks and issues (preparing reports for upper management regarding project’s status).
- Assuming program interface with Thales Business Lines.
- Ensure strong customer relationships (manage the interface between Thales, the Customer, and the End Users).
- Supervise and manage the compliant delivery of all required items to ensure timely cash payments from the Customer, as per the Contract.
- Providing a central repository for project data (contractual, technical, financial).
- Providing a centralized management structure for the project management functions.
- Leading and directing cross functional teams to deliver the project within the constraints of schedule, budget and resources.
- Capitalizing on best practices and proposing recommendation and improvement.
Work Experience Requirements
- Proven working experience as a Project Manager and at least 5 years of experience in a related area.
- Excellent knowledge of management methods and techniques.
- Highly organized and capable planner with excellent attention to details.
Qualification, Certification & Educational Requirements
- Bachelor degree in a related field.
- Certification as a project management professional (PMP).
- Project Risk Management, statistical data analysis, program and portfolio management.
- Budget and expense control.
- Planning.
- Proficiency in English – Arabic as a plus.
Preferred Skills
- Must be an appropriate organizational fit for the Thales culture, that is, exhibit the Thales values of Compliance, Respect, Innovation, Responsibility, Teamwork.
- Ability to meet cost, time and quality objectives when delivering projects.
- Strong communicator; able to build strong relationships and convey complex issues concisely and accurately.
- Effective presentation and negotiation skills.
- Good time management skills with a problem solving attitude.
- Analytical skills: Ability to solve problems, analyzing data and making decisions affecting the project.
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast paced team environment while maintaining accuracy and efficiency.
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