Strategic Projects Manager

Role Overview

As the lead for strategic initiatives and corporate restructuring projects at the CEO's office, you will coordinate with multiple stakeholders and ensure progress through meticulous project management. You will support key activities such as special purpose vehicle (SPV) formations, unit de-linking, holding structure adjustments, and legal entity modifications, all within the real estate sector.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead projects involving corporate restructuring and strategic initiatives directly reporting to the CEO’s office.
• Collaborate with external parties such as consultants, legal experts, tax advisors, auditors, banks, regulatory authorities, and internal departments.
• Translate consultant recommendations into actionable tasks with clear ownership, deadlines, dependencies, and necessary decisions.
• Seek clarifications on project logic, assumptions, required documentation, risks, and timelines to ensure comprehensive understanding.
• Maintain and update master project trackers, action registers, decision logs, risk and dependency records, and provide weekly status reports.
• Coordinate follow-ups for task completion with various departments including Finance, Legal, Sales/Admin, Operations, IT/ERP, and consultants.
• Identify potential gaps, delays, and risks timely and escalate to the CEO with well-supported facts, consequences, alternative options, and suggested actions.
• Prepare precise minutes of meetings (MOMs), updates for the CEO, and notes for consultant follow-ups.
• Ensure all critical deliverables, approvals, documents, and decisions are properly recorded and auditable.
• Handle highly confidential business, legal, financial, and family-business related information with utmost discretion.

Required Qualifications and Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in fields such as Business Administration, Finance, Commerce, Law, Management, Engineering, or related disciplines.
• Preferred additional qualifications include an MBA, PMP/PRINCE2 or project management certifications, LLB, CS, or credentials in corporate services or governance.
• A minimum of 8 years experience managing strategic or corporate restructuring projects, including at least 3 years within the UAE or GCC region.
• Relevant industry experience in real estate, coordinating cross-functional strategic initiatives from a head office perspective.
• Proficiency with advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and project tracking software like MS Project, Monday.com, Smartsheet, Asana or similar. Experience with ERP or CRM systems is advantageous.

Competencies and Skills

• Strong discipline in project management and tracking processes.
• Ability to interpret consultant advice into concrete action plans involving multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent business acumen and sharp logical reasoning skills paired with great attention to detail.
• Capability to ask probing questions, identify informational gaps, and professionally challenge unclear or ambiguous inputs.
• Demonstrated experience in cross-departmental coordination involving Finance, Legal, Sales/Admin, Operations, and IT/ERP teams as well as external advisors and senior leaders.
• Effective follow-up and escalation skills combined with a focus on closure of tasks and objectives.
• Proficient preparation of minutes, decision logs, dashboards, and updates for executive leadership.
• Strong communication skills in English and Arabic, both verbal and written, suitable for interacting with the CEO, executives, consultants, lawyers, and advisors.
• Dynamic, confident, assertive, professionally presentable, and commercially pragmatic demeanor.
• High degree of confidentiality and professional maturity in handling sensitive information.

Languages

• Fluent spoken Arabic and English.
• Strong written communication skills in English for documentation and presentations.

Working Conditions and Other Details

• Workweek: Sunday through Friday, approximately 5.5 days totaling nine hours daily from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM, adaptable based on project or client demands.
• Location: Based in Ajman, UAE, with flexibility to travel within UAE and GCC regions as project requirements dictate for coordination at offices and with authorities.
• Benefits and Allowances: Provided according to company policy and UAE labor laws.
• Performance Bonuses: Awarded as per company policy based on performance.