Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
A (SC) Security Cleared, accomplished Prince2 Project Manager for 18 years, an Agile Practitioner, and a technical background with 23 years in British Telecom and 29 years’ experience and a proven track record in delivering projects within the telecommunication and networking sector. Experience in end-to-end project delivery, with strong governance defining and agreeing project scope and deliverables. Providing a tailored communication strategy to create and maintain strong relationships across diverse cultures and roles. Providing a structured approach and a framework to enable clear, repeatable and measurable processes to obtain common goals. Creating an achievable program of works and setting expectations to reduce delays that could impact time scales and budgets. Always assisting to identify opportunities for increasing margin and business growth. Recognised as an influential leader who can direct large and technical teams and manage stakeholder expectations at senior management and director level.
Responsibilities • Drove successful project capture and business growth by strategically leading new opportunities from early engagement through to contract award, aligning solutions with organisational objectives and customer requirements. • Translated complex business needs into structured delivery plans by analysing Business Needs documents and developing detailed Request for Information (RFI) responses, including financial modelling, resource planning, and realistic delivery timelines to support bid development. • Secured investment approval at board level by crafting clear, insight-driven presentations, to articulate value, risk, and delivery confidence. • Established a tailored Project Lifecycle Management framework by embedding governance controls, stage gates, and audit mechanisms, ensuring consistent oversight and compliance throughout the full project lifecycle. • Led multi-disciplinary delivery teams across infrastructure, networking, and cyber security by implementing structured planning, baselined schedules, and clear success criteria, ensuring alignment and delivery against complex objectives. • Maintained strong governance and regulatory compliance by aligning delivery practices to defined standards, clearly structuring roles and responsibilities, and embedding both quality assurance and quality control processes across all projects. • Strengthened delivery assurance and continuous improvement by integrating regular reviews, audits, and feedback loops, enabling proactive issue resolution • Introduced a Program Tracker bringing all business teams together. Current Projects o $5.5M Portfolio of Security Projects to align with Global Cyber security Standards (GCSS), including Intermediate Certificate Authority, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Protective monitoring, Microsegmentation, Password Management, Security Automation and Response (SOAR), Privilege Access Management and Sandbox & Forensic Capability.
Responsibilities Responsible for the planning activities to define milestones, reserve resources, coordination with multiple vendors/services providers, coordinating project activities, resource scheduling, contractual compliance, customer satisfaction, and maximization of profitability of project. Avaya UC and CC. Product Knowledge – Avaya Aura CM, SM, SMGR, SBCE, AES, CMS, Messaging, AMS, AAEP, WFO, CC Elite. Experience in dealing with third party provided services. Compliance, Vulnerability testing, Penetration testing and remediation resolution and planning. Implementing IT Security and Compliance platforms using Qualys and Anti-virus software. Ability to multitask and manage priorities and escalations based on project deliverables & revenue. Avaya Cloud, Hybrid Cloud and Private Cloud solutions. Skills include Building and maintaining relationships with customers, encouraging collaboration. Leading technical teams with regular meetings defining responsibilities and improving business engagement with empowerment. Monitoring and controlling customer engagement using stakeholder management. Contract Management, reviewing design and technical documentation. Risk and issue management, identification, categorising in terms of impact and probability and monitoring of planned and unplanned events. Understanding the customers risk appetite to assist support decision making, demonstrated with RAID logs regularly reviewed, and updated. Stakeholder management at senior management and director level – identify, analyse and manage stakeholders at different levels, both within and 3rd party suppliers and contractors, to achieve programme/project objectives. This includes communications planning and execution and tailoring of engagement strategies and techniques. Managing program / project budget using Earned Value Management, burn down / up charts, cost / project variance and impact on margin.
Responsibilities o Products include: Fibre to the Premise (FTTP).. o Coordinate and manage design partners to create a buildable design using Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA). o Create achievable plans based on infrastructure challenges taking into consideration routing logic through urban and rural areas. o Manage build partners assisting with potential impact on plans such as road / traffic / bridges / blocked drainage. o Creating mitigation plans with local authorities and subcontractors to ensure minimum impact to overall deadlines. o Manage any change to original scope, ensuring Change Management processes are defined and acted upon. o Coordinate and manage build partners to ensure strict deadlines are achieved and standards are met. o Ensure H&S procedures are followed for site surveys, audits and completions of civils works. o Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors providing a flawless execution of projects. o Create and manage the relationship with local authorities to assist in quality of LA submissions and permits. o A risk strategy is followed to identify, assess, understand the impact and create a remediation plan. o Ensure lessons learned are captured to ensure Continuous Improvement. o Monitor and report of deliverable in terms of build completions. o Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget. o Develop project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility. o Ensure resource availability and allocation. o Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs. o Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques. o Report and escalate to management as needed. o Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders. o Perform risk management to minimize project risks. o Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors. o Create and maintain project documentation.
Transporting and delivering goods and/or items to clients or business in a safe, timely manner. Examining and/or reviewing orders before and after delivery to make sure that orders are complete, charges are right, and clients are satisfied. Helping with the loading and unloading of materials from the delivery vehicle. Building and maintaining a healthy relationship with clients by answering any questions they may have. Ensuring correctness, examining and validating invoices and sales orders, examining delivery trucks, and assuring the transporting process is safe and secure.