Associate Director - Delivery Shamal Holding

Project Delivery & Execution

• Oversee end-to-end delivery of multiple real estate development projects, ensuring adherence to scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
• Lead infrastructure delivery and master planning activities, ensuring integration of urban planning principles, infrastructure development, and authority approval processes into project execution.
• Manage and coordinate consultants, contractors, and suppliers to ensure alignment with project goals.
• Ensure compliance with local regulations, codes, and company policies throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitor project performance and implement corrective measures to address risks, delays, or cost overruns.
• Recommend and initiate value engineering exercises to achieve time and cost savings wherever applicable within Shamal. Monitor project development and recommend delay mitigation measures.
• Manage and assure compliance with Shamal internal policies, governance frameworks, and quality standards related to project execution.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the key point of contact for internal stakeholders, authorities, and external partners.
• Provide regular project updates and reports to senior management.
• Collaborate with asset management, finance, legal, and operations teams to ensure smooth transition from development to operations.
• Manage and coordinate with Project stakeholders whilst implementing change controls including costs, time and variation procedures to effectively monitor / control project development maintaining budget and timelines.
• Provide the link between all project stakeholders and liaison with Authorities and project stakeholders within Shamal.

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, mentor, and support project managers and delivery teams.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Support capacity building within the development delivery function.
• Drive team leadership and development across multidisciplinary project teams.

Financial & Risk Management

• Monitor project budgets, cash flows, and financial forecasts.
• Manage procurement processes in coordination with procurement & contracts teams.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure successful delivery.
• Conduct regular performance review of project development and establish project risk register to recommend /initiate risk mitigation measures wherever necessary.