Resident Project Manager — Abu Dhabi

As our resident delivery lead in the UAE, you own the full lifecycle of an enterprise-grade AI platform project for a major Abu Dhabi-based conglomerate — planning, milestones, risks and change management — run a weekly operating rhythm, and interface with senior client stakeholders, procurement, finance and business units.

Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain project plans and milestones; manage risks, issues and change to keep delivery on track;

Establish and run the weekly rhythm: meetings, unified kanban, minutes, weekly status reports;

Act as the primary on-site interface with client executives, procurement, finance and business units; run discovery, demos, acceptance and training;

Coordinate between the local delivery team and HQ backend teams to ensure resources and transparency;

Support local operations (visa, compliance, office) and commercial matters (contracts, payment milestones).

Skills

Qualifications:

8+ years in IT/software/digital project management, having independently led multi-stakeholder, cross-organisation projects;

Work experience in the Gulf / UAE;

Fluent in English and Chinese; Arabic is a strong plus;

Technically literate — able to review architecture, integration and AI application proposals and collaborate with engineers;

Legally able to work and reside in the UAE long term.

Nice to have:

Overseas delivery experience with Chinese enterprises (Huawei, CSCEC-affiliated, cross-border e-commerce, etc.) or with local Middle East government/enterprise digital projects; PMP or equivalent.