Assoc. Director - AAGI P&C Organization Management - Central Project Office

About the Role

Support the CPO Head in managing and controlling the company’s project portfolio in accordance with defined processes and procedures. Responsibilities include supporting project initiation, business case development, prioritization, approval, change control, completion, and monthly progress reporting to ensure overall portfolio success. The role strengthens project management capability across the organization, may act as Project Manager and/or PMO for assigned projects, and requires strong portfolio governance, management reporting, coordination capabilities and strong English communication to lead discussions with senior management and international stakeholders. The role also tracks project benefits and value realization as well as project progress, cost, and resource utilization.

Responsibilities

• Support the CPO Head in managing the company’s overall project portfolio and align portfolio processes with corporate strategy.
• Collect, maintain and validate accurate portfolio data; analyze and evaluate projects to support prioritization decisions and apply tools/templates for portfolio planning.
• Define transparent prioritization criteria, recommend portfolio selections to CPIC for budget approval, and communicate selection outcomes to stakeholders.
• Monitor and control portfolio performance; collaborate with project managers to ensure delivery within scope, time, cost and quality; track progress, risks, issues and dependencies; consolidate portfolio status reports and prepare submissions for governance forums.
• Monitor budget and resource utilization against approved plans; collaborate on resource allocation and support project rescheduling while incorporating investment and capacity constraints into prioritization.
• Prepare executive dashboards, portfolio reports and management summaries; lead and facilitate portfolio review meetings with C-level and international stakeholders; capture actions, decisions and follow-ups.
• Promote and enforce standard program and project management frameworks, provide consultancy and professional support to project stakeholders on planning, requirements gathering, scheduling, communication, issue resolution, cost tracking, financial reporting and change management.
• Act as Project Manager and/or PMO for assigned projects: prepare pre-study, feasibility and business case documentation; define high-level requirements, acquire resources, manage stakeholders, identify and mitigate risks, develop detailed project plans, manage deliverables and escalate issues as necessary.

Qualifications

• Proven capability in portfolio governance, management reporting and coordination to enhance transparency, discipline and decision-making.
• Experience implementing and promoting project management methodologies, standards, tools and templates across an organisation.
• Strong English communication skills (spoken and written) to lead discussions with senior management and international stakeholders.
• Ability to track expected benefits versus actual value realization and highlight gaps, and to provide structured portfolio insights for management decision-making.