Senior Manager

Senior Manager - Portfolio Management & Transformation Office

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE (Full-Time Onsite)
Contract Length: 18 Months
Start Date: 12 October (Immediate available candidates)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead portfolio management activities across multiple programme workstreams.
• Serve as the primary interface between transformation teams and the Transformation Office.
• Manage senior stakeholder relationships across consulting teams, client leadership, and executive sponsors.
• Architect and establish executive reporting frameworks for senior government leaders, including the Under-Secretary and Chairman.
• Develop high-impact dashboards, steering committee materials, and strategic decision-making reports.
• Drive portfolio governance, performance tracking, risk management, and issue resolution.
• Lead Value Realization Office (VRO) activities, ensuring benefits are measured, tracked, and reported effectively.
• Support Strategic PMO functions including programme planning, dependency management, governance, and reporting.
• Facilitate executive governance forums and portfolio review meetings.
• Ensure transformation initiatives remain aligned to strategic objectives and delivery timelines.

Required Experience

• 10-15+ years of experience in management consulting, programme management, transformation delivery, strategic PMO, or portfolio management.
• Strong consulting background with experience at Manager or Senior Manager level within a top-tier strategy or management consulting firm.
• Preference for candidates who have worked with MBB firms or equivalent Tier 1 consulting organisations.
• Proven experience leading large-scale transformation programmes and complex portfolios involving multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience producing and presenting executive-level reporting to C-suite, Board, or government leadership audiences.
• Strong expertise in programme governance, strategic planning, portfolio oversight, and risk management.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
• Experience working within government, public sector, sovereign entities, or large-scale enterprise transformations is highly desirable.
• Previous Middle East experience is preferred.

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