position

Project Manager

Doha, Qatar
Management
Full-time

Overview

What you need to do:

Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects. Plan project stages and assess business implications for each stage.Monitor progress to assure deadlines, standards, and cost targets are met.

Must haves:

Education

  • Master/bachelor’sdegree in computers or a related discipline

Management skills

  • Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.
  • Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
  • Monitor or track project milestones and deliverables.
  • Submit project deliverables, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
  • Assess current or future customer needs and priorities by communicating directly with customers, conducting surveys, or other methods.
  •  Initiate ,review, or approve modifications to project plans.
  • Schedule and facilitate meetings related to information technology projects.
  • Director coordinate activities of project personnel.
  • Develop implementation plans that include analyses such as cost-benefit or return on investment (ROI).
  •  Identify need for initial or supplemental project resources.
  • Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing.
  • Perform risk assessments to develop response strategies.
  • Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing , and summarizing information and trends.
  • Identify, review, or select vendors or consultants to meet project needs.
  • Develop and manage annual budgets for information technology projects.
  • Establish and execute a project communication plan.
  • Develop and manage work breakdown structure (WBS) of information technology projects.
  • Monitor the performance of project team members, providing and documenting performance feedback.
  • Coordinate recruitment or selection of project personnel.
  • Assign duties, responsibilities, and spans of authority to project personnel.
  •  Negotiate with project stakeholders or suppliers to obtain resources or materials.

         

Technology Skills

Exposure orexperience in the following category of technology applications

  • Access software
  • Industrial control software
  • Accounting software
  • Information retrieval or search software
  • Analytical or scientific software
  • Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem software
  • Application server software
  • Map creation software
  • Backup or archival software
  • Medical software
  • Business intelligence and data analysis software
  • Metadata management software
  • Calendar and scheduling software
  • Mobile location based services software
  • Communications server software
  • Network monitoring software
  • Computer aided design CAD software
  • Network security or virtual private network VPN management  software
  • Configuration management software
  • Object or component oriented development software
  • Customer relationship management CRM software
  • Object oriented data base management software
  • Data base management system software
  • Office suite software
  • Data base reporting software
  • Operating system software
  • Data base user interface and query software
  • Pattern design software
  • Data mining software
  • Portal server software
  • Desktop publishing software
  • Presentation software
  • Development environment software
  • Program testing software
  • Document management software
  • Project management software
  • Electronic mail software
  • Requirements analysis and system architecture software
  • Enterprise application integration software
  • Sales and marketing software
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Enterprise system management software
  • Transaction security and virus protection software
  • Expert system software
  • Transaction server software
  • File versioning software
  • Video creation and editing software
  • Financial analysis software
  • Web page creation and editing software
  • Graphical user interface development software
  • Web platform development software
  • Graphics or photo imaging software
  • Word processing software
  • Human resources software

 

General Skills

  • Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
  •  Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
  • Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
  • Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
  • Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
  • Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
  • Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
  • Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
  • Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
  • Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
  • Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
  • Systems Evaluation - Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
  • Active Learning -Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
  • Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
  • Negotiation - Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
  • Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
  • Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
  • Persuasion -Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
  • Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.
  • Management of Financial Resources - Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
  • Management of Material Resources -Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
  •  Learning Strategies - Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
  • Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.
  • Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
  • Operations Analysis - Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
  • Programming -Writing computer programs for various purposes.
  • Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
  • Science - Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
  • Technology Design -Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
  • Troubleshooting -Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
  • Operation and Control -Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
  • Equipment Selection -Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
  •  Installation - Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
  • Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
  • Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.