Senior Manager - Project Delivery

About WhiteCrow

We are global talent research, insight, and sourcing specialists with offices in the UK, USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Dubai, and India. Our international reach has helped us to understand and penetrate specialist markets at a global level. In addition to this, our service is also extended to complement our client’s in-house talent acquisition teams.

About our client

Our client is a leading Dubai-based diversified investment group with a strong portfolio spanning real estate, hospitality, leisure, entertainment and other strategic sectors. The organisation plays an important role in supporting Dubai’s growth and development, with a focus on creating innovative, sustainable and future-ready destinations and experiences.

As a Senior Manager - Project Delivery, you will be responsible for...

• Executing assigned company BTS projects in accordance with the approved business plan, project brief, contract requirements, baseline programme, budget, quality standards, and Project Delivery procedures.
• Preparing and coordinating Job Requisitions and project initiation requirements for consultants, contractors, enabling works, and specialist services in collaboration with Development, Design, Procurement and Contracts, Commercial, and other relevant functions.
• Monitoring day-to-day construction progress, critical path activities, procurement schedules, design deliverables, material approvals, manpower, equipment, and site productivity against the approved programme and VOWD targets.
• Reviewing contractor and consultant execution, mitigation, recovery, and acceleration plans; tracking agreed actions and escalating delays, constraints, or underperformance requiring Project Lead or senior management intervention.
• Coordinating the resolution of technical queries, RFIs, design interfaces, constructability matters, mock-ups, material submissions, and site issues while protecting approved design intent, quality, cost, and delivery milestones.
• Tracking project commitments, actual expenditure, cash flow, payment applications, variations, claims, and forecasts against the approved budget; verifying supporting information and promptly reporting potential cost exposure.
• Administering project risks, issues, changes, and decisions using approved company registers and governance processes, ensuring impacts on scope, programme, cost, quality, and handover are being recorded and escalated.

What you already have...

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline; a relevant master’s degree is preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or an equivalent recognized project management certification is preferred.
• Strong practical knowledge of developer-side project execution, construction management, contract administration, programme and cost control, quality, HSE, authority approvals, testing and commissioning, handover, DLP, and project close-out.
• Sound knowledge of UAE building codes, Dubai construction regulations, statutory approvals, utility requirements, and applicable environmental and quality standards.
• Minimum 10–12 years of relevant experience in construction and project delivery, including 4–6 years managing the execution of large-scale or multidisciplinary real estate projects.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in site execution, contractor and consultant coordination, programme recovery, cost and change control, authority interfaces, testing and commissioning, handover, and close-out; UAE developer-side experience is strongly preferred.