Who we are:

At Wunderman Thompson we exist to inspire growth for ambitious brands. Part creative agency, part consultancy and part technology company, our experts provide end-to-end capabilities at a global scale to deliver inspiration across the entire brand and customer experience. We are 20,000 strong in 90 markets around the world; our people bring together creative storytelling, diverse perspectives, inclusive thinking, and highly specialized vertical capabilities to drive growth for our clients. We offer deep expertise across the entire customer journey, including communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology. What you will be doing: We are looking for an experienced digital project lead to join our team on a contract-based role. You will be responsible for supporting and driving projects from planning to delivery; drive scheduling, strategic planning, issues resolution, and scope definition for end-to-end projects, including tracking of development and test cycles across all relevant engineering and business teams, and to drive the daily change control and communication strategy. You should be an excellent communicator and comfortable managing multiple tasks. you also need to be a team player and have a problem-solving aptitude.
Who you are:

• A builder | Entrepreneurial attitude couple with a strong business acumen. Ability and appetite to bring people together. Innate ability to marshal people and create gravity around ideas.
• Open and collaborative | Our team is close-knit and supportive, and we are working with a lot of unknowns – you must champion of team environments that are comfortable and encouraging.
• Optimistic and resilient | Dig in and figure out how to work around problems. Yes and why not posture. Takes care of self and team. Balance needed to maintain stamina and positivity.
• Ego-less | We all wear the hats that need wearing, it's a mentality that makes the team successful.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• In defining scope and cost of work - making sure quotes and budgets are considered and accurate, time frames are workable, project scopes are clearly defined, and the necessary skills and resources are available and allocated to the project.
• In keeping projects on track, by guiding production briefs from concept through to clear deliverables, creating clear task lists, tracking issues and coordinating team status meetings and reports, resulting in clear actions and communication to keep all stakeholders informed of the project's progress
• In collaborating with the clients: defining visions, explaining complex ideas, managing expectations, and presenting SOW work iterations etc.
• In tracking projects' financial performance, and escalating any scope creep that impacts on delivery deadlines and profitability
• In completing project recons and ensuring the delivery of issue logs and post-project reviews to drive continuous learning and improvement.
• In supporting management with new business development across the region.
• Provides project management, leadership, and subject matter expertise for a team in support of corporate technology systems
• Responsible for management of the entire project lifecycle from project definition/scope through implementation

Knowledge & Experience

• Experience working with a Product Owner to ensure work is prioritised, clear goals are set, and expectations are managed
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in project management or a related field (preferably in the UAE) ideally Arabic speaking.
• Progressive experience managing multiple large-scale, enterprise level infrastructure projects including service design and product delivery.
• PMP and/or ITIL Certification desired but not required
• Experience in Infrastructure technologies
• Understands project scope and customer expectations.
• Understands resource and revenue planning/forecasting.
• Proficient in software scheduling tools and applications.
• High level project management process competencies.
• Strong proficiency in MS office (excel, word, power point), Adobe Writer, Visio, MS Project, basic Windows environment, and internet business application usage.
• Proven negotiation skills.

What we can offer you: We don't settle for people who can just do the job, we look for people that go beyond that and always push our thinking to be better than yesterday. We believe that this is what makes our agency a great place to be – a space where you're never far away from the best minds to learn from. We want you to be comfortable and proud every day of the week and have created an open and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. We don't want you to just fit into our culture, we want your uniqueness and diversity of background to add to it and make this an agency where we all have a real sense of belonging and purpose. We are a community. Our focus is on keeping teams connected and engaged whether we're in the office or working from home, putting people's wellbeing first, ensuring every person has access to our learning and development programme and building an inclusive workplace. Your career development is important to us. Thrive will provide you with the framework and support needed to reach your career aspirations. There really is no shortage of opportunities here for the right person that is prepared to roll their sleeves up, get involved and collaborate with those around them to deliver the best work for our clients and our agency.