Project Manager - Dubai

Project Manager to join our diverse and growing team in Dubai. Agile, Consultancy and Client Facing!

Valtech Dubai is hiring a Project Manager with extensive experience of delivering Digital Projects in a consultancy environment, to join our growing and diverse team.

As a Project Manager at Valtech you will need to be able to walk the line between the customer needs, the Project team’s needs and Valtech’s needs. That means you will be accountable for ensuring that the work being delivered by the team on the ground is in line with our commercial agreements and agreed commercial outcomes.

In order to do this you will need to manage expectations and risk both internally and externally and be prepared to have difficult conversations and hold others to account where necessary.

What you will be doing:

• You will be managing delivery of a project, or multiple projects within a single account, from participation in pre-sales to inception and through its full lifecycle.
• Manage delivery in collaboration with client stakeholders, ensuring appropriate tracking, reporting and governance.
• Accountable for successful outcome both for Valtech and the customer. Support and enable a cross-functional team (which may include customer staff) through all aspects of product development.
• Coach both client and Valtech team members in effective Agile practices and principles.
• Build and manage multi-functional project teams across multiple delivery centres with budgetary management responsibilities.
• Lead various client-focused activities from bid phase of project to delivery.
• Continuous approach to planning, forecasting, estimating and managing uncertainty.
• Ensure collaboration and communication between the team and focus on delivery of most valuable work.
• Manage dependencies, constraints and overcome obstacles.

Minimum Requirements:

• Practical experience in accountability and delivery of Agile projects in a digital transformation environment.
• Solid knowledge of Agile principles, tools and techniques.
• Consulting and client facing experience in a digital transformation environment.
• Commercial awareness and experience of managing budgets.
• Experience of full Software Delivery Lifecycle.
• Experience of strong customer engagement and stakeholder management.
• Experience of dealing with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Experience of working on customer sites with co-sourced teams.
• Experience of delivery across a wide range of products and services.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Expertise:

• Experience in travel & hospitality.
• Competencies in composable technologies and platforms.
• Delivered multiple projects valued at US$500k+.

Meet the team:

In this role you will be working with a multi-disciplinary agile project team. Internally this will be made up of everyone needed to deliver a complex digital solution: from Business Analysts and Architects to Creatives and Developers. Critically to this role you will be working closely with our customers stakeholders at every stage of the delivery.

What can you expect from us:

At Valtech you’ll become part of our exceptional team of more than 6,500 talented innovators, design thinkers, marketers, creatives, and engineers. We interact across countries, disciplines, trades, roles and teams. We are consultants before anything else and take ownership of our own work, clients, and careers. We provide everyone with a large degree of freedom - in return, we expect an equally high degree of accountability and dedication. We transform by doing and are insanely passionate about improving the end user experience.

We have from our very beginning always worked hard on providing everyone within our organisation the opportunity to grow and transform their job opportunities and career paths across the world. From graduates to seasoned professionals who are experts in their field. Valtech will always be recognised not just for the quality of the work we deliver, but for all the amazing people that make it happen. We don’t just talk about how to get things done; we really do transform by doing.

Here at Valtech we’re big believers that our staff are our most important asset, and as such we want to make sure we look after you. As well as all the usual corporate benefits (hybrid & flexible working, 25 days holiday, Visa sponsorship, phone, laptop, comprehensive healthcare, annual return flight, end of service benefit etc), we pride ourselves on our commitment to continuous learning and development, which means you’ll have a clear growth and development path, alongside access to professional coaching and online learning courses.

You’ll be joining an inclusive and diverse workforce, working on truly exciting projects with collaborative teams at a local and global level, with a big focus on health and social well-being.