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Project Director

Full time at a Laimoon Verified Company in UAE
Posted on December 26, 2024

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Casual dining restaurant group currently in the market to appoint a Projects Director.AccountabilitiesWorks within the established PMO framework to deliver multiple projects.Applies established project management principles and processes to smoothly deliver successful projects: (to include project planning, leading and motivating the project team, project tracking and reporting, resource and task allocation, risk and issue identification and tracking)Creates and documents clear project briefs, plans, milestones, scope and resource requirements.Clarifies requirements and agrees clear success criteria and measurement protocols.Provides cost and time estimates.Assesses resource requirements and skill sets required to meet project goals.Tracks project progress against project plans and adjusts plans, where necessary, to ensure effective completion in line with success criteria.Reports on the status of projects.Drives issue resolution through appropriate issue and risk tracking and facilitating issue closure. Escalates appropriately.Tracks costs and maintains project budgets.Coordinates requests for change to key project metrics, e.g. scope, cost or resource requirements.Maintains an understanding of other technology and/or business change initiatives outside of the current in-flight projects, to ensure alignment and integration.Builds relationships with the key stakeholders for each project, be that internal or external, confirming requirements and proactively reporting project progress.Manages stakeholder expectations, focusing on realising target business benefits for internal sponsors.Supervises and monitors the deliverables of project team members and suppliers to ensure on-time, on spec delivery.Skills And ExperienceGood knowledge of business systems in a commercial environment.Proven project management experience, ideally backed up with recognised standards-based qualifications.Ideally from a multi-site retail and/or hospitality background.Ability to tailor and apply best practice project management processes and tools to deliver your work.A track record in a demanding, fast-moving environment. Used to working across complex projects as well as running multiple workstreams.Clear verbal and written communications. Adept at producing simple plans, roadmaps and status updates.Excellent people management skills, able to motivate and coordinate a diverse project team, including external suppliers.BehavioursAbility to challenge and influence.Holds others accountable.Thinks clearly and analytically to identify the best business and technical options.Ability to manage and resolve potential conflict.Hits deadlines. A deliverer who puts plans into action and gets the job done.Well organised. Structured approach. Close attention to detail, with a high quality 'zero defect' mindset.Hands on. Flexible approach; willingness to do tasks outside of project management remit if required.Our client is looking for a candidate with experience in developing modern restaurant concepts.

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