IT Project Manager

Job Purpose

Oversee all aspects of a project from conception to completion, ensuring it meets goals within budget and timeline, lead cross-functional teams to deliver projects on time, within scope, and within budget.

Key Accountability Areas

Drive Development & Monitor Execution of Business Plan:
- Ensure project goals align with the business plan objectives
- Develop detailed project plans in sync with the business plan timelines
- Allocate resources effectively to support project and plan execution
- Communicate project progress and impacts on the business plan to stakeholders
- Identify and mitigate risks that may affect project and plan success
- Track project progress against milestones and KPIs, taking corrective actions as needed
- Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards and align with the business plan
- Maintain project documentation and provide regular updates to stakeholders
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and apply lessons learned to future projects.

Performance Reporting & Operation Reviews:
- Gather relevant data on project performance and operational metrics
- Analyze performance data to identify trends, strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement
- Prepare comprehensive reports summarizing project and operational performance, including key findings and recommendations
- Present performance reports to stakeholders, including senior management, with clarity and professionalism
- Collaborate with stakeholders to develop action plans based on performance insights to address deficiencies and capitalize on strengths
- Establish mechanisms for ongoing feedback and review sessions to ensure continuous improvement
- Identify opportunities to streamline processes and enhance operational efficiency based on performance reviews
- Maintain accurate documentation of performance reports, action plans, and outcomes for future reference and accountability
- Maintain accurate documentation of performance reports, action plans, and outcomes for future reference and accountability
- Adapt reporting and review processes as necessary to meet changing project and operational needs.

Management of Committees and Working Groups:
- Establish committees and working groups according to business needs following alfanar standard governance practices
- Activation of established committees and working groups through proper organization of their meetings / gathering and proper preparation of agenda and documentation of MoM and supporting / following-up agreed upon action to be executed and closed.

Other:
- Coordinate between PMO and GIT to prepare the PPM
- Ensure proper security activities are planned & executed (awareness, training, etc.)
- Drive preparation of GIT plans and assets analysis
- Ensure monitoring of proper governance for GIT activities related to company vision
- Play an active role in IT business continuity management (planning, testing & reporting)
- Play liaison channel between support functions for GIT and GIT e.g. Audit, Systems, etc. in needed information and alignments.
- Ensure proper activities are in place for IT stock management.

Role Accountability
- Ability to recruit, recognize and cultivate high performers and expose them in order to create a robust second line of management.
- Ability to recognize low performance and help or release them.
- Ability to treat people equally without any discrimination.
- The managers only assessment criteria being performance leading to delivery of required results.
- Ensure availability of delegation of authorities matrix to order to have sufficient delegations as per company policy.
- Must take full responsibility for his operation as per the job description and the required deliverables from this position, taking into consideration the general company guidelines.
- Able to anticipate problems and make the necessary proactive steps to prevent them
- Ability to take necessary and proper timely decisions.
- Deliver the required results in timely manner with required quality and cost.
- Must make a tangible difference to his area of operation. and exceed business expectations.
- Able to transform the corporate goals into business plans.
- Able to Plan, follow-up and execute those plans, whether they are annual or development plans.
- Monitor the plan performance and initiate action to strengthen results and take the corrective action accordingly.
- Provide periodic work progress reports.
- Responsible for monitoring and control budgets and expenses to achieve the optimum cost efficiency.
- Develop the organizational structure according to the current requirements taking into consideration future and development plans.
- Ensure availability of job descriptions for all job roles and deploy them.
- Develop, coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seeking automations opportunities as much as possible.
- Should be conversant and able to navigate through IT solutions especially those relevant to his job and business.
- Promote the automated systems and using them fully, to spread its culture.
- Quality is considered as alfanar prime competitive advantage as such, managers are expected to act accordingly.
- Adapt to new and alternative techniques, technologies, management structures, and business models.
- Ensure a safe, secure, and legal work environment as per the standard regulations.

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