Senior Project Manager (AI Program)
Summary
Oversee AI program workstreams in Dubai, tracking a vendor’s delivery against designs, managing acceptance, defects, and rework from design gate through UAT to release.
Strengthen delivery capacity on a 24-month government AI program in Dubai. You run assigned workstreams and use-case waves inside the AI Program Management Office, track a system integrator's delivery against accepted designs, and manage acceptance, defects, and rework. This role starts on client activation: shortlisted candidates receive a confirmed start date once the client confirms. Full time, onsite at the client's premises in Dubai.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and run assigned workstreams or use-case waves, from design gate through UAT to release
- Track system integrator delivery against accepted designs; manage acceptance, defects, and rework
- Maintain workstream plans, RAID entries, and progress reporting into the PMO rhythm
- Coordinate across architecture, security, change, and analysis so gates are met on schedule
- Deputize for the AI Program Manager in delivery meetings when required
Requirements
- PMP certification (required); PRINCE2 or Agile certifications are an advantage
- 8+ years of project management on technology projects, with 2+ years on AI, data, or automation deliveries
- Experience managing vendor deliveries against fixed scopes and acceptance criteria
- Project planning, dependency management, and progress tracking across parallel workstreams
- Vendor and deliverable management: acceptance tracking, defect and change control
- Strong written English; professional Arabic is an advantage
- Competitive salary package
- Medical insurance
- Annual leave and benefits per UAE labour law
- Work on a flagship federal government AI program