Associate Strategic Planning And Governance

Job Purpose

• Support the development, implementation, and monitoring of IT strategic plans and governance framework, project portfolio management initiatives across Aldar Group.
• Align IT capabilities with business priorities, maintaining architectural and governance standards, managing IT performance and contracts, and enabling digitization
  
  
  

• Assist in the development and periodic refresh of Aldar’s group-wide digital strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and federated governance principles.
• Support the formulation of digital objectives, initiatives, and performance metrics, ensuring business and technology alignment across entities.
• Contribute to the development of the annual IT budget, monitor expenditures, and highlight variances with corrective recommendations.
• Assist in the development and implementation of digital governance frameworks, policies, and procedures in alignment with Aldar Group standards.
• Support in organizing governance forums, monitoring IT compliance, and preparing materials for steering committees and executive reporting.
• Research and support development of EA methodologies and frameworks to promote platform interoperability and cohesive IT ecosystems across Aldar entities.
• Assist in managing IT commercial contracts, license agreements, and vendor relationships across group entities.
• Track IT service level agreements (SLAs), monitor vendor performance, ensure compliance with enterprise standards, and recommend service improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to the design and evolution of Aldar’s digitization framework covering ideation to realization stages across entities.
• Support in identifying and evaluating emerging technologies; assist in preparing business cases that assess feasibility, benefits, and implementation costs.
• Support change management, communication, and engagement efforts to enhance alignment on digital initiatives.
  
  
  

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, or a related field.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Exposure to enterprise IT environments and familiarity with frameworks such as COBIT, ITIL, TOGAF, or similar is an advantage.
  
  
  

• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Great understanding of policies, procedures & work methods
• Demonstrated skills in building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent organization skills