Project Manager – IT Infrastructure Abu Dhabi
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The Project Manager – IT Infrastructure is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering IT infrastructure projects that support the organization’s operational and business objectives.
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Overview
- The Project Manager – IT Infrastructure is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering IT infrastructure projects that support the organization’s operational and business objectives.
- The role focuses on internal environments, managing internal IT resources, coordinating infrastructure-related orders, and translating requirements from business departments into secure, compliant, and sustainable infrastructure solutions in close alignment with the Head of Infrastructure & Cyber Security.
- 1.
- Deliver end-to-end IT infrastructure projects including data center upgrades, server rooms, network and security enhancements, compute, storage, virtualization, backup, and infrastructure platforms.
- Convert approved business and operational requirements into clear project scope, schedules, budgets, and deliverables.
- Ensure projects align with IT strategy, architecture standards, and cybersecurity requirements.
2. Requirements Management & Business Coordination
- Act as the primary coordination point for infrastructure requirements from business and corporate departments.
- Work with stakeholders to clarify requirements, priorities, feasibility, and dependencies.
- Ensure requirements are approved through IT governance and aligned with infrastructure and security standards.
3. Resource Coordination
- Coordinate activities across IT infrastructure teams including network, systems, virtualization, storage, backup, and cybersecurity implementation teams.
- Manage schedules, task dependencies, and priority conflicts in coordination with IT management.
- 4.
- Alignment with Infrastructure & Cyber Security Leadership
- Work closely with the Head of Infrastructure & Cyber Security to ensure projects align with infrastructure strategy and cybersecurity posture.
- Apply security-by-design principles throughout project delivery.
- Escalate risks, issues, and cross-department dependencies appropriately.
5. Procurement & Order Management
- Coordinate infrastructure-related purchase requests for hardware, software, licenses, and renewals.
- Validate technical specifications and Bills of Materials (BoM).
- Track orders, deliveries, and dependencies with procurement and finance teams.
6. Governance, Risk & Change Management
- Ensure compliance with IT governance processes including architecture review, security approval, and change management.
- Identify, track, and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Manage scope, schedule, and cost changes through formal change control.
7. Quality, Security & Compliance
- Ensure infrastructure implementations comply with internal IT policies, cybersecurity requirements, and audit obligations.
- Coordinate security reviews and validations.
- Support internal and external audits by providing accurate project documentation.
8. Reporting, Documentation & Handover
- Maintain project charters, plans, schedules, RAID logs, and status reports.
- Ensure proper handover of completed projects to IT operations and support teams.
- Capture lessons learned and ensure documentation supports operational continuity.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related discipline.
Experience
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in IT project management.
- Proven experience delivering internal and external IT infrastructure projects.
- Experience working in government or semi-government environments is strongly preferred.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong understanding of enterprise IT infrastructure and cybersecurity domains.
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Strong coordination, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to operate independently at a G5 professional level.
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