Manager – Strategic Performance and Project Management

Location: Dubai, UAE
Employment Type: Full-time
Work Arrangement: On-site
Contract Type: Limited Contract (Outsourced) – 1-Year Contract

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Manager – Strategic Performance and Project Management to support strategic planning, institutional performance management, and project management functions within a public-sector environment.

The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing strategic and institutional performance initiatives while supporting project management and PMO activities. This role requires strong analytical capabilities, leadership experience, stakeholder management skills, and the ability to develop high-quality reports, dashboards, and executive presentations in both Arabic and English.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee strategic and institutional performance management activities.
• Manage and quality-assure project management and PMO-related workstreams.
• Support the development and implementation of strategic plans, objectives, initiatives, and performance frameworks.
• Develop, review, and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and organisational targets.
• Analyse performance data and monitor progress against strategic objectives and initiatives.
• Develop dashboards, reports, and executive-level presentations.
• Prepare and review strategic performance reports and documentation in both Arabic and English.
• Coordinate with multiple departments, senior stakeholders, external organisations, and cross-functional teams.
• Support project monitoring, reporting, data analysis, and system-based performance tracking.
• Contribute to business-process analysis, process mapping, documentation, improvement, and operational-efficiency initiatives.
• Ensure the quality, accuracy, and consistency of performance reports, dashboards, and strategic documentation.
• Work effectively with existing organisational systems, reporting platforms, and digital tools.

Mandatory Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Strategy, Public Administration, Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of eight years of relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience in both:
  • Strategic and institutional performance management.
  • Project management and/or PMO functions.
• Proven ability to lead, supervise, and quality-assure multiple workstreams.
• Strong experience in:
  • Strategic planning.
  • KPI development and review.
  • Target setting.
  • Performance analysis.
  • Monitoring strategic objectives and initiatives.
  • Dashboard development.
  • Executive reporting.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Practical experience using Power BI, including:
  • Data modelling.
  • DAX.
  • Dashboard development and reporting.
• Experience using strategy, performance management, Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), business intelligence, or similar reporting systems.
• Strong analytical, stakeholder-management, communication, presentation, reporting, and documentation skills.
• Full professional fluency in both Arabic and English.
• Ability to draft, review, and present professional reports and presentations in both languages.

Highly Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience within government, semi-government, or public-sector organisations.
• Experience managing institutional performance across multiple departments or organisational units.
• Experience in business-process analysis, documentation, improvement, process mapping, re-engineering, and operational-efficiency assessments.
• Experience working with EPM platforms and enterprise performance-management systems.
• Previous UAE public-sector experience.
• Experience within the social development sector.

General Requirements:

Candidates should:

• Be comfortable working with multiple departments, senior stakeholders, external organisations, and cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrate strong analytical, communication, presentation, stakeholder-management, and documentation capabilities.
• Be able to prepare and review professional documentation in both Arabic and English.
• Be proficient in the relevant digital tools required for the role.
• Be able to quickly learn and work with the organisation’s existing systems and platforms.
• Support data entry, analysis, reporting, dashboard development, project monitoring, and system-based performance monitoring as required.
• Be available for a full-time, predominantly on-site assignment during official working days and hours.
• Hold, or be eligible to obtain, the necessary UAE visa, sponsorship, and labour documentation.
• Comply with all applicable confidentiality, information-security, conduct, and organisational policies.
• Successfully complete the end client’s profile review and approval process before deployment.

Why Join?

This opportunity offers experienced professionals the chance to contribute to high-impact strategic performance and project management initiatives within a dynamic public-sector environment in Dubai.