A leading organization in Qatar is seeking an experienced Senior PMO Manager to establish, strengthen, and drive enterprise-wide project governance, portfolio management, and strategic delivery excellence.
The successful candidate will bring experience from complex, matrixed organizations and demonstrate a proven ability to manage high-value transformation initiatives, executive stakeholder engagement, and PMO maturity enhancement.
Candidates with experience from Fortune 500 organizations, multinational corporations, leading consulting firms, or large-scale infrastructure, energy, aviation, and technology organizations are strongly preferred.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the Project Management Office (PMO) function and oversee portfolio governance.
- Establish and implement project management frameworks, standards, and methodologies.
- Monitor strategic initiatives, project performance, risks, dependencies, and resource allocation.
- Prepare executive-level reporting, dashboards, and portfolio reviews.
- Facilitate decision-making forums, steering committees, and executive governance meetings.
- Drive cross-functional alignment across business units and stakeholders.
- Support strategic transformation programs and enterprise-wide initiatives.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, budget, and quality expectations.
- Develop PMO capabilities, tools, processes, and best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Project Management, Finance, or a related discipline.
- 10+ years of experience in project management, portfolio management, PMO leadership, or transformation roles.
- Experience leading PMO functions within large multinational or Fortune 500 organizations.
- Strong knowledge of portfolio governance, project controls, risk management, and reporting.
- Experience supporting C-suite executives and senior leadership stakeholders.
- PMP, PgMP, PMI-PMOCP, Prince2, MSP, or equivalent certifications preferred.
- Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
Preferred Background
- Fortune 500 organizations.
- Management consulting firms (McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Strategy&, Kearney).
- Large infrastructure, energy, aviation, logistics, technology, or industrial organizations.
- Experience within the GCC or Middle East region is advantageous.
- Arabic-speaking candidates are strongly preferred.
