Job Description

Description

Head of Portfolio Planning - Strategy & Transformation - UAE

Job No: 573792

Location: UAE

Role Profile:

The Head of Portfolio Planning will be required to govern and manage Alshaya's strategic initiatives entry into the approved Portfolio and the validation of their benefits post implementation.

Portfolio Planning - Ensure that all projects within the portfolio are validated, approved and planned effectively to support a strategic portfolio that is aligned with medium to long term corporate objectives.

Portfolio Prioritisation - Formulate and continuously optimise a portfolio prioritisation methodology to ensure the right projects are being pursued in any given year from within the approved Portfolio

Business Case Development - Develop investment appraisal criteria to ensure all projects entering the portfolio have been suitably and equally assessed for their viability towards strategic objectives.

Investment Committee - Co-ordinate business case preparation process; Co-ordinate a regular Investment Committee at Corporate level to appraise proposed investment proposals for their entry into to the portfolio.

Benefits Realisation - Steer the benefit mapping process through the development of business cases to ensure the outcomes are well defined, clear and traceable post implementation.

The below Key Performance Areas include but are not limited to:

Collaborate with key stakeholders across Leadership, Divisional, IT and Finance, departmental Heads, Managers and other colleagues to drive the right programs and projects in support of corporate strategy.

Define and manage performance management framework (e.g. benefits tracking, business cases) including definition of KPIs / broader frameworks / dashboards

Be a single point of contact of support for the development of investment appraisals ensuring their preparedness ahead of Investment Committees'

Provide subject matter expertise on selected topics (e.g. strategy, project management, finance) as well as key issues and incidents

Facilitate knowledge transfer to business and IT teams to support BAU activities (post-go-live)

Proactively manage risks throughout the business case development phase to ensure risks of the resultant projects are identified and treated appropriately

Knowledge:

Budgeting

Forecasting

Portfolio & Project Management

Financial Modeling & Evaluation

Corporate Performance Management

Understanding of business functions and how they operate in a complex corporate environment

Experience:

More than 10 years

Skills:

Planning and organising

Leadership/Team working

Problem Solving & Decision Making

Influencing and negotiation

Business/situational awareness

Strategic Thinking

Additional role requirements:

Recognised Project Management Certification (PMP, MSP, etc...)

Familiarity with PPM tools like Clarity or Plainview (preferred)

Read more about Alshaya Group

Application close: 24 Nov 2022