Senior Project Manager - Oil & Gas Digital Transformation

About the role

Quorum Software, a provider of digital technology for business workflows in the oil and gas sector, is hiring a Senior Project Manager for its Middle East Professional Services organization. The role sits in Abu Dhabi and is hybrid. It combines hands-on project management of individual projects with program strategy planning and relationship building, using agile methods in a fast-paced, international environment.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and manage large, complex, enterprise-level projects, including planning, scoping, cost estimation, scheduling, resourcing, technical design, quality control, user training and closure.
• Run project status and working meetings and prepare progress reports.
• Manage project risks and issues, correct deviations from plans and integrate multiple agile teams with other departments.
• Coach the team, remove roadblocks, support team development and hold teams accountable.
• Manage customer expectations, stakeholder communications and project governance.
• Champion process improvement and best practices for Agile project management.

Required profile

• University degree, preferably engineering or business.
• Proven track record of software or web development projects delivered with Agile methods, including 3+ years as a Project Manager.
• Experience overseeing multi-function teams of developers, business analysts and QA personnel.
• Experience with budgeting, execution or program management processes.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.
• Ability to travel internationally 30-50% and a valid passport; no visa sponsorship offered.

Required skills

• Knowledge of software development life cycles, Agile and traditional project management, blended appropriately.
• Change management, business architecture and business process management.
• Programming skills (SQL, C++, C#, Java, VB or similar) and systems architecture understanding.
• Preferred: MBA, oil and gas or upstream experience, and PMI-ACP, CSM, PMP, PgMP or PRINCE2.