Assistant Vice President – IT Strategic Planning and Governance- ALDAR

 Assistant Vice President – IT Strategic Planning and Governance- ALDAR


JOB PURPOSE


Responsible for developing and maintaining IT Strategic Plans,  governance framework, IT policies,  budgets and service level agreements

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 


Develop and update Aldar IT strategy and strategic plans  including the objectives, KPIs, priorities and principles, in collaboration with the Aldar entities and key stakeholders

Develop and maintain Aldar DT governance framework, processes, policies, and procedures, in compliance with Aldar Group standards

Monitor the IT SLAs to ensure the quality of service, compliance with enterprise standards, end-user satisfaction, and analyze identified issues to feed into improvement initiatives

Manage utilization of Aldar IT budget through ongoing monitoring and analysis, and advise on the corrective course of actions to tackle any variances

Conduct periodical reviews for Aldar DT strategy, evaluate the progress, and advise on action plans and corrective actions to rectify any deviations

Monitor the implementation of identified strategic initiatives and objectives, ensuring minimal risk

Forecast demand based on the business requirements for platforms and applications to ensure optimal utilization of resources

Define and maintain the Delegation of Authority for Aldar IT Services

Oversee and manage the IT commercial contracts and licensing agreements with strategic partners for the group entities

Maintain Aldar IT’s vendor database and create a classification framework and continuously update it based on vendors performance, size, and other factors of importance

Set, negotiate, and manage service level agreements (SLAs) with vendors and the internal service providers

Manage end-to-end vendors performance in collaboration with the related entities by proactive monitoring of vendors performance and entities satisfaction

Support setting up of the governance committees and ensure their operations at the scheduled frequency

REPORTING LINES 


Report to: SVP – IT Strategic Planning and Governance


Internal Reports From: N/A


External Interaction: Stakeholders across Aldar group


FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY: 


Recommend or Approve Spend: N/A

KEY RESULT AREAS: 


Annual review of IT Strategy and Strategic Plans


Budget Planning and monitoring

SLA Management


Stakeholder Satisfaction

WORKING CONDITIONS: 


Regular working hours. Indoor Office

YoE/Qualifications/Skills 


RELATED YEARS OF EXPERIENCE


Min of: 6+ years of experience in the fields of IT Strategy and Governance,

YOE IN MANAGERIAL POSITION


Min of: N/A

FIELD OF EXPERIENCE


Private sector, consulting, with real-estate background preferred.

TECHNICAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS


Knowledge of IT Strategic planning, governance frameworks such as CoBIT, ITIL

Prior experience of working in a large diversified group in a similar role

Excellent leadership abilities and management skills with a proven record of strategic planning, scope, change management, and budget and resource management

Good conflict resolution skills, communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.

 

Qualifications

 

Bachelor degree in computer science or engineering


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Assistant Vice President –Digital Transformation - Project Management Office- ALDAR

 Assistant Vice President –Digital Transformation - Project Management Office- ALDAR


JOB PURPOSE


The AVP – Project Management Office is responsible for enhancing the delivery of IT projects by establishing, implementing and maintaining a standardised project management methodology, including relevant processes, policies, and tools.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 


Engages senior leadership and business partners to define the PMO mission, goals and operating model, and foster a project-management-oriented culture and mindset

Leads the identification and implementation of project management processes, methods, tools, guidelines and standards in order to establish a stable framework that supports all project teams and stakeholders to improve the probability of successful project delivery

Defines, manages and directs the needed end-to-end PMO work effort, which includes leveraging best practices and techniques in identifying, quantifying and tracking the realization of expected benefits defined in business cases

Ensure that investments and initiatives in project management services align with organizational strategy and priorities

Develop and manage project and program budget and cost, resource allocation, and reallocations

Prioritize programs and projects based on changing functional needs, resource capacity constraints, risk exposure, and interdependencies

Monitor PMO value metrics to make informed decisions that maximize returns across enterprise projects and programs

Provides ongoing coaching and mentoring to project managers

Facilitate and coordinate the efforts of senior leadership toward the establishment of the project portfolio definition, its structure and processes. This includes:

Demand management and strategic alignment of projects and programs

Portfolio categories and criteria

Evaluation, selection and prioritization

Execution, tracking and measuring the achieved results

Regularly reviews and evaluates opportunities to improve the project management best practices in order to achieve higher maturity in PPM

Leads the establishment of a project management community of practice to facilitate collaboration and best-practice sharing among project managers and key PMO stakeholders

REPORTING LINES 


Report to: SVP – IT Strategic Planning and Governance


Internal Reports From: N/A


External Interaction: Stakeholders across Aldar group


FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY: 


Recommend or Approve Spend: N/A

KEY RESULT AREAS: 


Updated Project Portfolio

% Projects completed on time

% Projects completed on Budget

Stakeholder Satisfaction

WORKING CONDITIONS: 


Regular working hours. Indoor Office

YoE/Qualifications/Skills 


RELATED YEAR OF EXPERIENCE


Min of: 8+ years of experience in the fields of Project and Portfolio Management,


YOE IN MANAGERIAL POSITION


Min of: N/A

FIELD OF EXPERIENCE


Private sector, consulting, with real-estate background preferred.

TECHNICAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS


Experience with one or more project management methodologies (for example, PMI PMBOK, PRINCE2 and agile).

Program management skills and experience, plus significant knowledge of project planning tools with evidence of practical application (which is highly desirable).

Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to develop and communicate the PMO vision,

 

Qualifications

 

Bachelor degree in computer science or engineering with industry certifications


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Sr. Associate - Information Security (Operations) UAE National- ALDAR Properties

 Sr. Associate - Information Security (Operations) UAE National- ALDAR Properties


JOB PURPOSE


•Review security logs such as applications, operating systems, databases and security systems/appliances, Anti-virus, Firewall, IPS, VPN, Privilege Access Management, etc.

•Co-ordinate with Security Operation Center team and IT Administrators to resolve identified security incidents promptly.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

•Seek out indicators of compromise and update security devices such as Firewalls, Web Application Firewalls, Email Gateway, SIEM etc.


•Work in coordination with Security Operation Center to monitor security logs of all technology assets to detect anomalies and threats.


•Investigate incidents and review security logs of critical business applications & infrastructure on regular basis.


•Assess current security state and provide actionable recommendations to strengthen the environment of Aldar & Group subsidiaries technology landscape.


•Identify & report security incidents promptly. Follow-up with IT Admins on the status of security incidents raised by Security Operation Center (SOC). Co-ordinate with Security Operation Center team and IT Administrators to resolve identified security incidents promptly.


•Keep up-to-date with latest IT security threats and enrich security tools (SIEM/ Firewalls, Web Application Firewalls, Email Gateway) with latest UAE / MENA region specific threat intelligence feed.


•Collate security incidents data & prepare Information Security Dashboard on regular basis.


•Administration &/or key role in managing below security tools such as -


- SIEM IBM Qradar


- Network Detection & Response (NDR) and


- End-point Detection & Response (EDR)


 

Qualifications

 

QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS


RELATED YEARS OF EXPERIENCE


Min of: 5 years of experience in a Security Assessments.


FIELD OF EXPERIENCE


Information Security


TECHNICAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS


•Strong communication and interpersonal skills

•Knowledge of Information Security Standards/Practices and regulatory/compliance requirements

•Technical proficiency in security-related hardware and software

QUALIFICATION


•Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a technical discipline relevant to IT Security

•One or more relevant security certifications preferred – SANS, (ISC)2, ISACA e.g., CISSP, CompTIA+


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Sr. Associate - Information Security (Assessments) UAE National- ALDAR Properties

 Sr. Associate - Information Security (Assessments) UAE National- ALDAR Properties


JOB PURPOSE


•Perform Cyber Security assessments of Networks, Systems, Websites & Portals (on-prem and cloud) in Aldar & Group subsidiaries.

•Perform White box, Gray-box and Black box Vulnerability Assessments and Penetration Testing (VA/PT) of.

 

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

•Ensure security controls are functional, fit for purpose and effectively mitigate the threats

•Assess current security state and provide actionable recommendations to strengthen the cyber environment of Aldar & Group subsidiaries technology landscape.

•Perform application security assessment of all Websites, Web Applications, Web services and Mobile Apps (iOS and Android), Wi-Fi Networks, hosted in Aldar & Group subsidiaries environment.

•Perform regular Vulnerability Assessments and Penetration Testing using various security tools such as - Burp Suite, Nmap, Nessus, Metasploit, Netsparker, SQLmap, Wireshark, Aircrack-ng, SOAP UI, FRIDA, Mobsf, Nipper, Checkmarks and Qualys Guard.

•Configuration audit of operating systems (Windows & Linux), firewalls, routers and switches.

•Assess and identify mitigation priority of identified vulnerabilities.  Co-ordinate with IT Administrators on closure of identified vulnerabilities.

•Coordinate with Security Operation Center (SOC) Teams to correlate identified vulnerabilities with device security logs/ alerts and assess the risk.

•Administration of security assessment tools such Qualys Guard.

•Coordinate 3rd party Vulnerability Assessments and Penetration Testing (VA/PT) activities.

 

 

Qualifications

 

QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS


RELATED YEARS OF EXPERIENCE


Min of: 5 years of experience in a Security Assessments.


FIELD OF EXPERIENCE


Information Security


TECHNICAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS


•Strong communication and interpersonal skills

•Knowledge of process frameworks : NIST, CIS, MITRE, ISO27001, OWASP Top 10.

•Technical proficiency in OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, Active and Passive Reconnaissance

QUALIFICATION


•Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a technical discipline relevant to IT Security

•One or more relevant security certifications preferred - CEH, OSCP, SANS GIAC Cyber Defense, SANS GIAC Cloud Security

 

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Vice President – Sustainability, ALDAR Group

 Vice President – Sustainability, ALDAR Group


Job Purpose:


Head up sustainability for Aldar Investments and its subsidiaries to lead sustainability strategy, delivery of the sustainability/ESG program, Carbon Neutrality, and develop the sustainability narrative. This is while ensuring alignment to the Group’s sustainability strategy.


Roles and Responsibilities:


Maintain an updated and relevant sustainability strategy, policies, procedures and management systems.

Lead the sustainability governance to ensure the buy-in to the sustainability strategy, on time and on quality implementation of the sustainability strategy in line with the leading practices and in conjunction with Group’s Sustainability team. This includes developing sustainability implementation plans, targets, and timelines.

Align with the government sustainability standards and codes across the various operations.

Optimize Asset Management Business’s sustainability strategy to ensure seamless alignment to asset management sustainability trends and leading practices visible in the region and globally with a deeper review of the socio-economic and environmental opportunities presented to Aldar with its enhanced Government relationships.

Push the Energy Efficiency and renewable energy agenda into the Investment operations.

Collaborate with functions and teams within the Investment business as well as across Aldar Group, as relevant, to deliver on sustainability requirements devising the best tools and systems to implement sustainability frameworks in financial appraisal and monitor sustainability performance actuals against targets.

Own, monitor, review, analyse, sign off and report the sustainability data across Investment Management operations and teams. And ensure sustainability data availability and reliability at Aldar Sustainability Data Management System.

Coordinate across the business to integrate sustainability requirements within the business standards, processes and financial appraisals.

Coordinator with the different Investment functions/teams on the implementation of Sustainability requirements; gather performance metrics and report periodically on the same.

Develop and implement sustainability related policies and programs; ensure integration of these policies and programs in all relevant operations.

Conduct sustainability-related risk assessments, identify the sustainability financial implications on the business and identify control measures.

Evaluate and approve proposals for sustainability projects, considering factors such as cost effectiveness, technical feasibility, and integration with other initiatives.

Identify opportunities for green initiatives and evaluate program effectiveness.

Lead and coordinate sustainability disclosure, reporting processes and assessments for Aldar Investment.

Build out tracking and reporting of all sustainability efforts within Aldar Investment; identify and partner with internal business units that contribute information towards sustainability metrics.

Instill sustainability in all investment papers and across all reporting.

Provide quarterly and annual collection, analysis and reporting of environmental sustainability data for Aldar Investment.

Work closely and proactively with key external stakeholders to implement and monitor strategic sustainability initiatives, represent Aldar Investment for sustainability externally and promote Aldar as a responsible company.

Sound knowledge of relevant legislation, building management systems, green buildings, and reporting processes relating to sustainability.

Knowledgeable about global best practice and advanced areas of thought leadership.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, required for one-to-one communication, delivering presentations and for conflict and dispute resolution.

Excellent writing skills for the preparation of complex strategies and technical reports.

Ability to create visual representations of data and progress

 

Qualifications

 

RELATED YEARS OF EXPERIENCE


Min of: 15 years of Real Estate / Asset Management experience in sustainability, energy management and audits, Estidama, sustainable/green buildings, and environmental management.


YOE IN MANAGERIAL POSITION


Min of: 5 years of managerial experience.


FIELD OF EXPERIENCE


Private sector, preferably Real estate or construction consultant industry

Demonstrated experience in asset management in sustainability, energy management and audits, Estidama, sustainable/green buildings, and environmental management.

Sustainability/ESG frameworks and reporting such as the GRESB, CDP, DJSI and GRI.

TECHNICAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS


Sound knowledge of relevant legislation, building management systems, green buildings, and reporting processes relating to sustainability.

Knowledgeable about global best practice and advanced areas of thought leadership.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, required for one-to-one communication, delivering presentations and for conflict and dispute resolution.

Excellent writing skills for the preparation of complex strategies and technical reports.

Ability to create visual representations of data and progress

QUALIFICATION


Bachelor degree in a related field including sustainability, engineering, environmental policy or a related field.


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