Senior Manager - Project Delivery

Since its inception in 2000, our client has emerged as a prominent and fast-growing retail group serving markets across the Middle East. The organization partners with world-class fashion and lifestyle brands, delivering globally inspired products and experiences to discerning consumers throughout the GCC. Guided by a vision to become a leading regional gateway for international retailers, the company has successfully built a broad portfolio across diverse consumer categories. Its collaborative approach with global brand partners, combined with extensive market expertise and a customer-first mindset, has enabled sustained growth and ongoing expansion across the region. Today, our client remains well-positioned to capitalize on emerging opportunities within the dynamic Middle Eastern retail market.

Responsibilities:

• Execute assigned company BTS projects in accordance with the approved business plan, project brief, contract requirements, baseline programme, budget, quality standards, and Project Delivery procedures.
• Prepare and coordinate 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.
• Monitor 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.
• Review contractor and consultant execution, mitigation, recovery, and acceleration plans; track agreed actions and escalate delays, constraints, or underperformance requiring Project Lead or senior management intervention.
• Coordinate 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.
• Track project commitments, actual expenditure, cash flow, payment applications, variations, claims, and forecasts against the approved budget; verify supporting information and promptly report potential cost exposure.
• Administer project risks, issues, changes, and decisions using approved company registers and governance processes, ensuring impacts on scope, programme, cost, quality, and handover are recorded and escalated.

Requirements:

• 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.