Portfolio Manager - IT - Emiratisation

Job Purpose

At Emirates, we believe in connecting the world, to and through, our global hub in Dubai; and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers ‘Fly Better’. Join us in Cosmopolitan Dubai as a Portfolio Manager - IT - Emiratisation and make your mark on the aviation world by taking our products to the next level!

Join our Agile Delivery team on a mission to create technology solutions that enhance customer experience and drive revenue growth. We focus on leveraging agile methodologies to deliver innovative and secure technology quickly and efficiently. If you are passionate about delivering value, embracing agility, and leading projects in a dynamic environment, we invite you to apply and become a key player in our journey to drive the success at Emirates Group.

As a Portfolio Manager - IT - Emiratisation you will design, implement and foster the maturity of the Portfolio Management Office best practices in collaboration with Delivery practice experts to enable strategy & investment funding decisions, portfolio operations and governance across portfolios. The practice will drive successful and timely delivery of IT programme and project commitments to the business and support cross-portfolio reporting to senior management and executive leadership. Collaborate with relevant capability owners within IT to provide business support on tools, process training, coaching, mentoring and quality assurance. Foster maturity of the portfolio management capability through improvement initiatives that align with the organisation s standards and strategic objectives.

• Drive change in the ways of working in collaboration with Delivery practice experts and IT Portfolio Leads and by building strong relationships with managers, executives and other key stakeholders to transform the traditional portfolio management into a Lean portfolio management practicing objective milestones and lean budgeting principles.
• Act as a communication and advisory liaison regarding delivery practice, process compliance, and financial governance and build a strong partnership between portfolio management, Product Delivery Managers and Product Delivery heads (VPs) in governing the delivery of commitments to the business.
• Implement framework for funding governance in collaboration with Finance stakeholders, track performance across portfolios and provide data-driven insights to senior stakeholders.
• Support preparation of the annual IT investment budget with scenario planning and decisions in collaboration with executives, Business Owners, Portfolio stakeholders, and Enterprise Architects while ensuring alignment to the business objectives, strategy themes and technology roadmap.
• Design and implement a consistent approach to maintaining schedule, resources, budget and metrics for managing portfolio performance to defined goals. This includes driving consistent processes and practices that are being adopted and championed across portfolios including capacity plans, tracking expenditure and recovery of costs on an ongoing basis.
• Establish systems and reporting capabilities in collaboration with the Tooling team to ensure smooth deployment of the approved investment funding. Provide direct support to people operations in hiring and flexi-sourcing the right skills at the right time based on the demand management process.
• Drive transparency by enabling faster and more informed decision-making through higher data visibility and data-driven insights. This would include timely and accurate reporting of investment performance and communications (e.g. guidelines, governance decisions/process) to stakeholders.
• Lead a team of IT Portfolio Leads, leveraging their knowledge and relationships with managers, executives, and other key stakeholders to drive new ways of working. Transform the traditional portfolio management capability to support multiple delivery models based on an industry-standard framework.
• Collaborate with HR, P&L, Finance and other Business PMOs on governance, processes, and tools to drive knowledge sharing, synergies and efficiencies across Emirates Group.
  
  

Qualification

Qualifications

• Degree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent)
  
  

Experience

• Information Technology, Portfolio Management Office 8+ Years
  
  

Knowledge/Skills

• Degree in Information Technology, Business Management.
• Professional certifications in recognised process improvement and knowledge management frameworks (i.e., Lean Six Sigma, CCMI, or equivalent) are strongly preferred.
• Portfolio/programme management supporting CMMi for traditional and SAFe (or equivalent framework) for Lean delivery models.
• Portfolio management experience in supporting delivery of business IT solutions with financial governance and tracking the delivery of tangible value.
• Proven leadership in leading enterprise or IT-wide portfolio management with strong people management skills.
• Strong written and spoken English communication skills, negotiation skills, and ability to interact with all levels in the organisation.
• Well-versed in tools like Planview, JIRA for Lean Portfolio Management of technology projects and programmes.
  
  

Emirates Group, is an international organisation with employees from over 170 nationalities, we encourage applications from across the globe. Your application journey begins by applying via the Emirates Group Careers website. Please ensure your CV is up to date for our talent acquisition team to review your profile. If you meet the criteria of the role, you will then be invited to complete a HireVue video interview, to share more about your experience and your career aspirations. If you are shortlisted, you will then be invited to interview with our hiring managers. If you are successful, your recruiter will reach out to you with an offer and then our Onboarding team will ensure a smooth transition to your new role at Emirates Group.

Salary & benefits

Join us in a management role and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary. On top of our generous travel benefits, including discounted flights and hotel stays around the world, this managerial role also has an excellent leave and healthcare package. That’s on top of transport benefits, life insurance and more. Find out what it’s like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city in the Dubai Lifestyle section of our website www.emirates.com/careers.

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