Emiratisation Talent Acquisition Executive

LINQM is looking for a Technical/Functional Project
This contractor position reports to the UIT Project Management Office (UIT PMO), working with a group of technical project managers assembled into multidisciplinary teams to complete a broad range of critical University-wide technology ; The project manager is responsible for managing large and complex technical projects leveraging project management best practices to drive continuous improvement and ensure consistent, high-quality ; The project manager is expected to weigh the interests of multiple stakeholders, act with the highest professionalism, and exercise independent judgment and ;
Core Duties*
Project Management (60%)
Perform the full range of project management cycle: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and Independently lead and direct projects requiring high levels of functional integration and involving multiple disciplines to be
Direct development of an action plan, and estimate requirements for resources, including management, labor, materials, and time required to complete
Facilitate discussions and negotiations to drive recommendation and
Develop and help execute comprehensive change management strategy and communication plan relative to project scope and stakeholders; orchestrate and lead change management methodologies underlying project
Responsibilities include but not limited to: charter origination; scope identification and shaping scope definition; manage stakeholders, constituents and disciplines across Stanford and beyond, including local cities/counties; risk-manage, control and report on risk associated with more complicated projects, affecting division or program as it relates to their project portfolio; project complexity involves synthesizing complex technical data and driving
Adapt to tools, methodologies, and practices used by the UIT
PMO Process, Methodology and Tools (40%)
Administer the UIT PMO project intake process and procedures including coordinating project qualifications and demand management, creating resource plans, and evaluating resource
Assist with PPM/PMO process improvement initiatives as defined in the PMO
* Other duties may also be assigned
Qualification:
Education and Experience
Bachelor's degree in a related field and five years of related experience in management of projects with extensive size/complexity and moderate performance risk, including project planning, scheduling, tracking, and budgeting, or combination of education and relevant
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Highly effective written and oral communication skills to address a wide variety of
Ability to productively assemble, engage, and lead cross-functional
Demonstrated project management ability to employ integration, scope time management, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk, and procurement
Ability to balance customer expectations with project
Demonstrated resilience, diplomacy, influence, relationship building, and problem solving skills in a variety of
Keen grasp of interpersonal and impact
Depth of knowledge in technical discipline/domain needed to deliver
Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Proven experience with Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid project management methodologies strongly
Knowledge of project management tools and software development lifecycle (SDLC) strongly
Strong analytical skills and attention to
Proven experience in developing and maintaining complex and integrated project plans with proper work breakdown structure (WBS) strongly
Proven experience in people, change, risk, and conflict management strongly
Proven ability to build relationships and motivate cross-functional teams to achieve results in a consensus driven environment strongly
Ability to lead and direct a team of internal and external technical and business staff, and align technical needs with business goals strongly
Solid leadership, negotiation, persuasion, and facilitation skills strongly
Ability to navigate stressful situations and make/negotiate decisions on complex problems strongly
Solid experience with MS Office tools (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Visio), Smartsheet, ServiceNow Project Portfolio Manager (PPM), Zoom, Slack and Jabber are strongly
Experience with Oracle E-Business Suite
Experience with PeopleSoft Student and HR Administration
Understanding of Telecom service delivery ( paging, TDM, VoIP, PBX, Call Manager) and Telecom vendors such as Cisco, Nortel is a
Experience with managing IT technical infrastructure, application and system integrations
Knowledge of quality assurance and testing practices
Knowledge of data integration across different technical platforms
Understanding of Web application architecture and the technology tiers that support them, system architectures, application integration, and object oriented languages
Certifications and Licenses
Project Management Professional (PMP) certified completion of a Project Management Certificate program, or certification in
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) completion or certification in process is
ITIL Certification desired