Aasim Waqaas
PMO
Riyadh,KSA
Summary
Detailed orientated individual experienced in administrative procedures. Oversees day-to-day duties with strong planning and organisation skills to delivers projects in timely manner. Administrative leader experienced in business operations and team oversight. Seeks opportunities to improve processes, procedures and practices. Excels with minimal supervision and decisively approaches problems. Professional project management specialist with experience working with teams to accomplish short- and long-term project goals. Managed budgets and monitored project costs.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
PMO Manager
XAD Technologies LLC-Riyadh
Riyadh, KSA
09.2023 - Current
- Developing annual budgets based on strategic initiatives and objectives across all channels and programs while ensuring alignment with overall company financial targets
- Drive strategic management of identified projects, to ensure that projects are aligned to customer needs, and enterprise business goals
- Participate in strategic planning and implementation
- Plan for high risk project strategic initiatives and ensure correct duration estimated tasks
- Assess company's operational and strategic performance
- Align processes, resources-planning and department goals with overall strategy
- Develop plans to materialize strategy and analyses business proposals
- Oversee, identify plan deviations and recommend resolution for project manager
- Monitor performance and determine improvement areas by developing key performance
- Tracking monitoring and reporting of ongoing projects to management and across organization.
- Monitored health and safety measures for guaranteed compliance.
- Defined project scope, milestones and task allocation to establish and maintain clear progress plans.
Project Management Office Manager
XAD Technologies LLC-Dubai
Dubai, UAE
03.2020 - 08.2023
- Participating in meetings with external stakeholders such as investors, partners, and suppliers
- Monitoring and measuring company's performance against set targets
- Reviewing and analysing data to identify areas of opportunity for improvement
- Conducting research to identify new opportunities for growth in existing markets or development of new markets
- Evaluating effectiveness of marketing campaigns to determine whether goals are being achieved.
- Coordinating with members of executive team to ensure that all departments are working towards same goals
- Conducting evaluations of new technologies to determine their viability within company's operations
- Preparing reports detailing progress towards goals, identifying obstacles to success, and recommending solutions
- Collaborate with strategic planning leadership as well as across internal departments
- Develop and conduct feasibility studies
- Provide continuous support to strategic management and planning teams in overseeing and managing specific tasks related to strategic initiatives and development
- Ensure that project milestones and goals are met
- Monitoring & Reporting on project portfolio progress.
Project Coordinator
Myson Engineering & Services (Pvt) Ltd.
Islamabad, Pakistan
07.2018 - 01.2020
- Oversee, identify plan deviations and recommend resolution for project manager
- Monitor performance and determine improvement areas by developing key performance indicators for critical department metrics
- Complete ad hoc assignments to support capital transmission project delivery
- Create and execute internal controls and offer Internal Auditor services to assure controls
- Support Project Management Office Supervisor in project financial management and divisional reporting.
- Resolved project-related issues promptly, preventing disruptions in workflow.
Project Controller and Coordinator
Multitek Engineering & Services (Pvt) Ltd.
Lahore, Pakistan
07.2017 - 06.2018
- Oversee, identify plan deviations and recommend resolution for project manager
- Monitor performance and determine improvement areas by developing key performance indicators for critical department metrics
- Complete ad hoc assignments to support capital transmission project delivery.
- Controlled expenses, advising on efficient use of resources to minimise unnecessary costs.
Site Engineer
ZOOM Engineers
Islamabad, Pakistan
07.2016 - 06.2017
- Coordinated contractors, subcontractors and labourers to deliver on projects.
- Estimated labour and material requirements to enable accurate budget planning.
- Documented daily progress, incidents and issue resolutions for accurate site records.
- Checked technical drawings for adherence to standards, maintaining operational compliance.
- Oversaw selection and requisition of materials.
- Increased safety ratings by identifying and resolving severe structural issues.
Education
Ph.D. - Business Administration & Strategy
European Institute of Management And Technology (EIMT)
05.2026
Master of Science - Electronics and Telecommunications
The University of Surrey
10.2016
Skills
- Microsoft Office (10 years)
- Project management (6 years)
- Program management (3 years)
- Strategic planning
- Schedule management
- Customer relationship building
- Physical resource management
- Cost control
- Agile project management
- Risk Management
- Key stakeholder engagement
- Budgeting and forecasting
Certification
PRINCE2 Certification, 05/01/24, 05/01/27, GR656326126AW
Languages
English - Expert
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeWork Location
HybridImportant To Me
Work-life balancePersonal development programsCompany CultureTimeline
PMO Manager
XAD Technologies LLC-Riyadh
09.2023 - Current
Project Management Office Manager
XAD Technologies LLC-Dubai
03.2020 - 08.2023
Project Coordinator
Myson Engineering & Services (Pvt) Ltd.
07.2018 - 01.2020
Project Controller and Coordinator
Multitek Engineering & Services (Pvt) Ltd.
07.2017 - 06.2018
Site Engineer
ZOOM Engineers
07.2016 - 06.2017
Ph.D. - Business Administration & Strategy
European Institute of Management And Technology (EIMT)
Master of Science - Electronics and Telecommunications
The University of Surrey
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