Darwinbox Hiring for Project Manager – Middle East (Dubai) Job at Dubai Full Time

Darwinbox is Asia’s fastest-growing HR technology platform. Brainchild of alumni from world’s most distinguished organizations (McKinsey, EY, Google), we are the preferred choice of 500+ global enterprises to manage their 1 Million+ employees across 60+ countries.

We’re designing the future of work by building world’s best HR tech, driven by a fierce focus on employee experience and customer success and continuous, iterative innovation. Founded in 2015, we now serve 1.5M+ employees in 650+ enterprises, and that includes massive conglomerates to unicorn startups, like Zilingo, Tokopedia, SBS Transit, MatchMove, Mitra Adiperkasa, JG Summit Holdings, Indorama, plus leading global brands like Nivea, Starbucks, Sephora, AXA, Cigna, T-Systems, and Calvin Klein. We’re backed by marquee investors like TCV, Salesforce, Sequoia, Lightspeed Ventures, and others. But most importantly, we’re growing at a phenomenal pace, and that means exponential growth and learning opportunities for you, plus a band of passionate and fun people to work within a place where your ideas take precedence over your designation.

• Contribute to managing end-to-end implementation project life cycle, driving optimization of operating models

• Capture project health metrics, maintaining a central repository for all projects and project information that provide insights into processes and frameworks that work

• Conduct governance calls for ongoing projects and ensuring project commitments are being met by Darwinbox’s implementation team as well as the Client’s implementation team

• Ensure SOP adherence, time-logging, effectively making use/ driving adoption of Project Management tools and methodologies

• Review/prepare Project Plans for implementation projects and monitor resource allocation

• Stakeholder Reporting – Preparing status reports, highlighting risks to the project timelines, proactively escalating potential red flags, and recommending mitigation solutions

• Track Project Closure / Handover activities to downstream teams.

• B. Tech or an equivalent degree

• Arabic speaking is a must

• MBA or an equivalent degree is preferred but not mandatory

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to work under pressure and adaptable to change

• Excellent time management and problem-solving skills

• Proficiency in MS Office tools

• 5-7 years of prior experience in a project management role is preferred

• Any experience in MS SharePoint, MS Power Automate, Excel Macros, Project Management Tools like JIRA, Zoho Projects is an added advantage

• Any Project Management (PMP/ Prince2/Agile CSM) or Agile certification is preferred