Manager - IT Strategic Sourcing & Development - 24000081
United Arab Emirates
Closing Date: Mar 31st 2024
MAIN OBJECTIVE OF ROLE To define, drive and manage the IT people sourcing strategies to ensure the availability of required skills and numbers while optimizing resource costs, as well as to oversee the development of IT skills in alignment with evolving business and IT skill requirements.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Formulates plans and expenditure budgets to plan, manage, and implement a resourcing strategy aligned with both short and long-term requirements for projects, application support, and enhancements, ensuring the maintenance of strong collaborative working relationships with Senior IT Managers.
Conducts a benchmark analysis of current practices against industry standards, and establish, and strive for continuous improvement in all resource allocation and training processes.
Develops and manages training and hiring plans to manage the gap between the required skills and those that are immediately available.
Facilitates the arrangement of appropriate generic development plans and establishes the training strategy in collaboration with HR Business Partners and L&D Department.
Sponsors new initiatives to enhance the skills of IT Project Managers, Architects and Software Engineers.
Oversees the acquisition of new contract resources, as well as of permanent employees, for the Project Management (PM), and Software Engineering (SE) pools.
Ensures efficient and cost-effective management of contract resources.
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED Minimum Education Level
Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree (3+ years)
Education Specific Requirement (if applicable)
Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field
Certifications (if applicable)
PMP or Prince II; SaFe Agile
Languages
Fluent in English
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED Years with Qualifications
8
Professional Experience
Experience in the project accounting and line management responsibility of 500+ staff, ideally within a resource management environment.
Major account management experience gained in both multinational and multicultural environments would be an added benefit.
Systems Knowledge (if applicable)
Industry standard development methodologies
SaFe agile practice
Awareness of emerging technologies
CORE COMPETENCIES
Customer Focus
Teamwork
Effective Communication
Personal Accountability & Commitment to achieve
Resilience and Flexibility (Can do attitude)
LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
Inspiring & Developing Others
Decision Making
Strategic Thinking
Business Acumen
ISR REQUIREMENTS Reads and complies with the ISR policies of the Company and diligently reports any weakness or incidents to the respective Line Manager or the Information Security team. Completes all required ISR awareness sessions and follows associated guidelines in the day-to-day business operations.
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