Digital Project Manager

Job Description

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Digital Project Manager to join a leading digital consultancy in Dubai.

Here you would join up with a team of talented Developers, Designers and Strategists to help brands with their digital transformation journeys.

Experience:

– Sitecore (or similar Enterprise level platforms and experience running Enterprise level Digital transformation projects)

– Salesforce (or similar marketing tools and systems, CRM, Composable architecture and experience running a programme of work)

– Project planning tools like Smartsheets, Jira, Confluence and Slack (or high-functioning governance of alternative similar tools)

– 5 years experience

– Proficient English

Desirable:

– Google Analytics, GTM and other forms of data-driven tools, how to use and analyse them

– Optimization programmes of work and associated practices and tools, e.g. A/B testing

– Technical Project Management skills, awareness of solution architecture, enterprise architecture and technical digital strategy

– Business Analysis, writing functional specification documents

– Understanding and implementation of Digital Strategy

– Digital agency background

– English/Arabic speaker

Core Functions:

– Manage projects and programmes of work in a waterfall, Agile or hybrid model

– Manage projects that include discovery, strategy, user experience, creative design, front-end development, backend development, QA, deployments and maintenance

– Complete SoWs and CRs and similar documents

– Assist in developing accounts, supporting new business by budget and revenue requirements

– Manage key stakeholder expectations and client dynamics

– Prepare project/programme timelines, sprint cadence and project RACI documentation

– Schedule and host Agile ceremonies

– Coach and mentor teams into following Agile best practices

– Prepare capacity and velocity metrics for teams ahead of sprint planning activities

– Administrate task management (in Jira or client software)

– Forecast and communicate resourcing needs prior to project start and throughout the project life cycle

– Report on project/programme burn and forecast costs

– Identify risks and manage a risk log

– Manage an active decision log throughout the project/programme lifecycle

– Prepare mitigation plans as needed

– Manage scope by flagging, coordinating and responding to requests for changes

– Review and analyze team time entry on a weekly basis. Take any action required (question unexpected time entry, identify burn-out or bench time and communicate/adjust accordingly)

– Prepare and schedule weekly client status calls and reports

– Present bi-weekly internal project health to leadership

– Set up and manage projects and programmes of work in JIRA and Confluence

– Control project allocations, team timecards and all associated data and reports in FinancialForce

– Follow-up with team members regarding to-dos identified in a meeting recap or during a daily scrum

– Capture meeting notes and action items and track items to completion

– Prepare meeting agendas, document recaps

– Generate and understand various reports

Attributes:

You must be a strong leader that can communicate well, remain calm under pressure, with the ability to work well both independently and as part of a team. You must be driven and an excellent problem solver with high attention to detail.

If this sounds like you, please send us an application today!