Senior Project Manager
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About the Role
The Arab Lens seeks a Senior Project Manager for a client delivering major projects in Doha, Qatar. The role leads complex, high-value initiatives, managing multidisciplinary teams, budgets, and governance.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the successful delivery of complex and high value projects
- Develop project execution strategies aligned with organizational objectives
- Manage project budgets, schedules, risks, and resource allocation
- Provide leadership to project teams and external contractors
- Ensure compliance with contractual obligations and regulatory requirements
- Conduct executive level project reporting and governance reviews
- Resolve critical project issues and stakeholder concerns
- Implement project management best practices and continuous improvement initiatives
- Manage project procurement and contract administration activities
- Mentor junior project managers and engineering teams
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline
- 12+ years of project management experience
- Proven experience leading major capital or infrastructure projects
- Strong commercial, contractual, and risk management capabilities
- Excellent executive stakeholder management skills
- Fluency in English is required
- Master's degree is preferred
- PMP certification is highly desirable
- Arabic would be considered an advantage
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Role Overview
- Our client is an established organization delivering major projects across the region and is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee high value, complex initiatives.
- The company is focused on delivering projects that support long term business growth while maintaining the highest standards of governance, quality, and operational performance.
Responsibilities
- Lead the successful delivery of complex and high value projects.
- Develop project execution strategies aligned with organizational objectives.
- Manage project budgets, schedules, risks, and resource allocation.
- Provide leadership to project teams and external contractors.
- Ensure compliance with contractual obligations and regulatory requirements.
- Conduct executive level project reporting and governance reviews.
- Resolve critical project issues and stakeholder concerns.
- Implement project management best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Manage project procurement and contract administration activities.
- Support organizational portfolio planning where required.
- Mentor junior project managers and engineering teams.
- Ensure successful project closeout and client handover.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
- Master's degree is preferred.
- 12+ years of project management experience.
- Proven experience leading major capital or infrastructure projects.
- PMP certification is highly desirable.
- Strong commercial, contractual, and risk management capabilities.
- Excellent executive stakeholder management skills.
- Fluency in English is required; Arabic would be considered an advantage.
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