Associate Program Manager Job📣 إعلان

About the Role

Elm Company is seeking an Associate Program Manager to join our team in Riyadh. This full-time role is central to leading and managing project and program delivery activities, ensuring objectives are met within agreed timelines, budgets, scope, and available resources. The position contributes directly to Elm’s strategic and operational goals by driving structured delivery, managing risks, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring project execution aligns with approved policies, procedures, and governance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the identification and definition of program and project objectives, success criteria, and acceptance measures.
• Develop comprehensive execution plans that align with organizational goals, stakeholder expectations, and approved priorities.
• Prepare and manage program and project budgets based on approved scope, resources, and delivery requirements.
• Track program and project costs, monitor budget utilization, identify variances, and recommend corrective actions to support cost efficiency.

Program and Project Execution

• Lead assigned program and project delivery activities to ensure execution within agreed scope, timeline, budget, and quality standards.
• Utilize project management methodologies, tools, and governance practices to track milestones, deliverables, and dependencies.
• Coordinate delivery activities across workstreams to ensure progress, alignment, and timely completion.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks that may impact program or project delivery, and resolve or escalate issues and roadblocks.
• Conduct program assessments, including risk analysis, resource allocation review, and timeline validation.
• Act as a coordination point between business and technical teams to facilitate smooth collaboration.

Stakeholder Engagement and Communication

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including executives, department heads, project teams, and business owners.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders to gather requirements, validate expectations, and ensure alignment throughout the program lifecycle.
• Communicate project updates, progress, risks, and decisions clearly to relevant stakeholders and governance forums.
• Foster collaboration among project team members, business stakeholders, and supporting functions.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• 6 - 8 years of relevant experience in project management, program management, project delivery, service delivery, or a related industry.
• Demonstrated experience in leading complex projects or programs, managing budgets, controlling delivery performance, coordinating stakeholders, managing risks and issues, and preparing executive-level reports.

Compliance and Continuous Improvement

• Monitor project and program performance against approved plans, KPIs, milestones, and deliverables.
• Ensure project documentation, updates, and governance requirements are maintained accurately and consistently.
• Support compliance with project management standards, reporting cycles, and internal approval processes.
• Conduct program and project evaluations to assess outcomes, identify lessons learned, and drive continuous improvement.
• Prepare comprehensive reports including progress updates, key metrics, achievements, challenges, risks, and recommendations, presenting them to management and relevant stakeholders.
• Comply with all relevant departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures, and instructions, as well as safety, quality, environmental, and information security practices and standards.