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Job Description:

Project Director

Abu Dhabi, UAE

What You'll Be Doing:

Client and Stakeholder Management:

• Serve as the primary company representative with clients, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders, ensuring alignment with client requirements and company objectives.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, negotiating changes to scope, addressing concerns, and identifying opportunities for additional work.

• Collaborate with internal teams, including sales, marketing, product, finance, legal, and delivery, to ensure cohesive execution of projects and bids.

Integrated Program and Bid Planning:

• Oversee the development of comprehensive project and bid plans, including budgets, schedules, and execution strategies, ensuring alignment with client needs and organizational goals.

• Establish and implement key project and bid documents, such as the Project Execution Plan, Health and Safety Plan, Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan, and governance procedures.

• Lead the end-to-end bid process, from opportunity identification and pre-RFP activities to contract negotiation and renewal, ensuring timely and compliant submissions.

Execution and Delivery:

• Plan, direct, and supervise all business, technical, fiscal, and administrative functions of assigned projects, ensuring delivery within scope, budget, and schedule.

• Mobilize and manage cross-functional teams, leveraging internal resources and expertise to deliver high-quality outcomes.

• Monitor project and bid progress, identifying risks, resolving issues, and implementing corrective actions to meet or exceed performance goals.

• Ensure technical and commercial excellence through the application of Quality Assurance processes and regular reporting to management.

Strategic Leadership and Innovation:

• Develop and execute win strategies for bids, incorporating compelling win themes and value propositions that address client needs.

• Provide strategic input into opportunity qualification, solution delivery, and commercial discussions, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.

• Leverage AI tools and prompt engineering techniques to drive efficiencies in bid and program management tasks, including content creation, tone adjustment, and task automation.

• Stay informed about industry trends, competitive landscapes, and relevant legislation, ensuring compliance and innovation in all activities.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Facilitate regular meetings with project and bid teams to review progress, address challenges, and formulate action plans.

• Coordinate and prepare client presentations, ensuring alignment with bid strategies and project goals.

• Provide clear and concise communication to internal and external stakeholders, including senior leadership, to ensure transparency and alignment.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Proven ability to deliver winning, high-value projects and bids, with 20+ years of experience in solution selling, program management, and bid management within rail, transportation and infrastructure.

• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to manage and motivate office-based and virtual teams.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with experience engaging with senior-level stakeholders.

• Sound commercial understanding, profit and loss experience, and risk management expertise.

• Familiarity with internal governance procedures, competitive marketplaces, and the use of technology in program and bid management.

• Strategic thinker with the ability to integrate program and bid management responsibilities into a cohesive approach.

• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet challenging deadlines.

• Collaborative and adaptable, with a commitment to delivering quality outcomes and driving continuous improvement.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Experience of working in the Middle East.

• Parsons program and project management.

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

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