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Senior Project Manager

WSP in the Middle East
Dubai, UAE
Full-time
Mid-Senior
Onsite
Discovered 6 days ago
Programme and project managementProject governanceDesign managementCommercial managementRisk managementChange management
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Job Description

Lead delivery of complex, multidisciplinary projects across WSP Middle East’s Integrated Design & Delivery business.

Drive project performance from planning and design management through delivery and client handover.

Responsibilities

  • Lead planning, execution, and delivery of major aviation, infrastructure, and mixed-use development projects.
  • Manage multidisciplinary design and delivery teams across engineering, architecture, planning, and specialist disciplines.
  • Act as the primary client interface with clients, authorities, contractors, and key stakeholders.
  • Drive project governance, programme controls, risk management, and commercial performance.
  • Ensure delivery meets scope, schedule, budget, quality, and HSE requirements.
  • Lead project reporting, resource planning, and financial management activities.
  • Coordinate internal and external stakeholder engagement.
  • Mentor and develop project managers and technical teams.
  • Support business development activities, strategic pursuits, and client engagement initiatives.
  • Champion collaboration, innovation, and technical excellence.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
  • Minimum 20 years of relevant project and programme management experience.
  • Proven delivery experience on large-scale aviation, airport, transportation, infrastructure, and mega-development projects.
  • Extensive Middle East experience is highly desirable.
  • Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, commercial management, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.
  • Experience leading multidisciplinary design and delivery teams.
  • Excellent communication, leadership, and client management skills.
  • PMP, PRINCE2, RICS, APM, or equivalent certification is advantageous.

Key Competencies

  • Strategic leadership.
  • Programme and project management.
  • Client relationship management.
  • Commercial acumen.
  • Stakeholder engagement.
  • Design management.
  • Risk and change management.
  • Team leadership and mentoring.

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