Project Manager - Cloud & Infrastructure Delivery

Overview

About Us

The Opportunity

Program & Delivery Management

• Lead end-to-end delivery of cloud infrastructure and platform programs
• Define project scope, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and resource plans
• Manage multiple delivery workstreams including Infrastructure, Networking, Security, Platform Services, QA, and Operations
• Track project progress, dependencies, and inter-team alignment to ensure timely delivery
• Ensure delivery objectives are achieved within agreed scope, timelines, and quality standards

Governance & Change Management

• Establish and manage governance forums and delivery review processes
• Ensure proper change management, release governance, and deployment controls are followed
• Define and enforce project delivery standards, documentation requirements, and sign-off processes
• Maintain visibility of project risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation plans
• Ensure adherence to organizational governance, compliance, and operational policies

Risk & Quality Management

• Identify, assess, and manage technical, operational, and vendor-related risks
• Ensure quality assurance, performance validation, and security gates are achieved
• Drive production readiness activities including soft launch, go-live approvals, and operational acceptance
• Monitor post-release platform stability and coordinate stabilization activities when required
• Ensure continuous tracking and resolution of project delivery issues

Vendor & Stakeholder Management

• Manage vendors and external partners under milestone-based or T&M delivery models
• Ensure vendor accountability for delivery timelines, scope, and quality outcomes
• Act as the primary coordination point between business, technical, operational, and external stakeholders
• Provide regular status updates, executive reporting, and project governance reporting to leadership teams
• Facilitate effective communication across cross-functional delivery teams

Technical Oversight

• Demonstrate strong understanding of:
• Compute infrastructure including VMs, hypervisors, and capacity planning
• Networking technologies including VPCs, routing, subnets, firewalls, security groups, load balancing, and EIPs
• Storage technologies including block, object, backup, and disaster recovery solutions
• Platform services including monitoring, logging, IAM, and automation frameworks
• Collaborate closely with engineering and architecture teams to ensure:
• Architecture alignment
• Proper deployment and configuration management
• Early identification and mitigation of technical risks
• Manage project delivery and release tracking using Jira and Microsoft Project

Operational Readiness & Transition

• Ensure operational readiness including runbooks, support processes, and monitoring capabilities
• Coordinate transition and handover activities to operations and support teams
• Oversee onboarding readiness and service enablement for customers and stakeholders
• Support production rollout planning and operational stabilization activities

(a) Required Skills / Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline
• Minimum 8 years of experience in IT project or program management
• Proven experience delivering cloud infrastructure, cloud platform, or data centre programs
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts and cloud platform technologies
• Experience managing large-scale, cross-functional technology delivery programs
• Strong knowledge of project governance, change management, risk management, and delivery methodologies
• Experience working with Jira for release planning, delivery tracking, and project management
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Project
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and reporting skills
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving capabilities

(b) Preferred Skills / Qualifications

• Experience with cloud platforms such as:
• OpenStack
• Microsoft Azure

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• Familiarity with:
• Virtualization technologies including VMware, KVM, and Hyper-V
• Networking concepts including TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, and load balancers
• Container platforms such as Kubernetes and OpenShift
• Understanding of DevOps methodologies and CI/CD pipelines
• Certifications such as:
• PMP
• PRINCE2
• ITIL Foundation or higher
• Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, or equivalent)
• Experience operating within hyperscale, enterprise, or regulated cloud environments
• Ability to manage complex multi-team delivery environments with high attention to detail and governance

What Working at Core42 Offers

• With a diverse team of 1,100+ employees from 68 nationalities, we foster an inclusive, innovative, and collaborative environment.
• At Core42, we foster a culture grounded in trust, accountability, and high performance.
• We are united by our values: Grit, Passion, and Impact, driving transformative outcomes for our clients and communities.
• Competitive salary package aligned with skills and experience
• Performance-based annual bonus
• Exclusive Esaad and Fazaa discount card benefits
• Comprehensive family medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Access to premium learning and development platforms
• Opportunities to work on cutting-edge AI, cloud, and digital infrastructure technologies