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Aboud Alshahrani

Aboud Alshahrani

Riyadh,KSA

Summary

SENIOR MANAGEMENT PROFILE Enterprise PMO, Strategy and Execution, Performance, Portfolios & Program Management, Risk Management, Committees & Corporate Governance, Business excellence Corporate Planning and Business Development.

EXECUTIVE SYNOPSIS High caliber, accomplished, resourceful Industrial Engineer with 15+ years of rich diverse experience covering strategy management & performance, enterprise project management (EPMO), business excellence, governance, portfolios & program management and planning and business development. Proven competence of managing national level, mission critical transformation programs driving efforts to deliver predefined vision, objectives and goals.

Work History

Secretariat Executive Director

National Incentives Committee, MISA
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
09.2022 - Current
  • Verifying proposed/designed incentives from different sectors/ investors to support in achieving the high ambitious target of National Investment Strategy (NIS) to reach GFCF of 12.4 Trillion by 2030 and contributed with the team to unlock an investment value of 235 Billion for both FDI's & DDI's within 2 years time period.
  • Being as a Deputy Secretary General of the National Incentives Committee that led by H.E Minster of Investment
  • Devised and implemented long-term strategy to drive progress in key areas.
  • Championed organizational values and operational standards to inspire staff belief in long-term vision.
  • Review and provide guidance on various activities of the General Secretariat including governance, financial reports, presentations, meeting packages, minutes, correspondence, justifications for disbursement, etc
  • Oversee coordination between committee leadership, as well as other internal and external stakeholders as per the governance
  • Review, escalate and support resolution of identified risks and issues
  • Oversee the development of governance policies, processes and procedures for the General Secretariat
  • Managing the general performance of the General Secretariat.
  • Crafted development plans to introduce changes or improvements to central operations for successful change management.
  • Boosted productivity levels by automating routine tasks and implementing digital technologies.
  • Trained and mentored managers to cultivate cohesive leadership team.
  • Demonstrated cross-functional leadership to manage 26 management staff across 3 departments.
  • Offered expertise and guidance in EPMO, Governance and Financial Analysis while supervising management team.
  • Managed team performance, celebrating successes and identifying areas to improve.
  • Cultivated strong work culture and high standards to drive employee retention and performance.
  • Maintained smooth operations through careful management of office workflow and administrative processes.

EPMO Head

KIDANA Development Company
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
12.2021 - 08.2022
  • Project Management Governance, establish the EPMO role and operating model Set standards for project management capabilities, success measurement criteria, methodologies, templates, tools to be used, etc
  • Create a ‘Centre of Excellence' to nurture project management practitioners and share knowledge of industry best practices
  • Working closely with the steering committee, executive committee to develop the required governance to ensure the reflection of their requirements and guidance's to the business direction and performance
  • Inform and manage the negotiation and awarding committee
  • Projects Monitoring & Reporting
  • Summarize and report overall portfolios, programs status progress through dashboarding
  • Manage the issues, risks, and dependencies, required to articulate mitigations, resolutions plans and drive path forward for high-level work items and work with service delivery leaders/owner to take corrective action as needed
  • Oversee Project Managers for the delivery of projects/programs on time, within the scope and on budget and ensure the alignment with the overall business case, integration, implementation
  • Provide strategic recommendation and action plans to enhance the success of portfolio/program/projects
  • Handled negotiations with outside vendors and service agencies to meet group needs.
  • Led and managed administrative staff to maintain smooth daily operations.
  • Coordinated hiring, recruitment and training strategies to build successful administrative team.
  • Represented organisations at seminars, conferences and business events.
  • Translated senior management directives into actionable front-line policies and implemented changes with staff.
  • Developed organisational policies for administrative oversight and internal controls.
  • Drafted procedural statements and guidelines for company-wide use.
  • Analysed and resolved complex resource management issues for optimised scheduling.
  • Streamlined processes to improve and optimise office operations.
  • Maintained smooth-running business operations by delegating priorities to staff abilities.
  • Designed and implemented training to further develop staff based on business goals.


Project Management Office Director

Royal Private Affairs
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
04.2017 - 12.2021


  • Chairmen of Risk committee during the pandemic in 2020.
  • Reengineered and improved effectiveness of the processes assuring on time high quality service delivery.
  • Plan and execute the Risks Management Plan where the most sophisticated place has been created to equip the Saudi governors and ministers during the covid-19 pandemic.
  • Plan and organize the visit of top worldwide leaders such as Mike Pompeo, Jared Kushner, Tony Blair, Iraq President…etc in NEOM
  • Support and contribute in G20 by planning and executing the required services to organize the event for most of Saudi ministers' who participated in the event
  • Reduced costs by allocating site resources and subcontractors for strict budget controls.
  • Managed desires and expectations for key stakeholders across numerous high-value projects.
  • Chaired project governance reviews and resolved challenges.
  • Determined project schedules and kept projects on track using proactive adjustments to workflow.
  • Submitted performance feedback to stakeholders, keeping project teams on track.
  • Led meetings with department executives to review project status, drafting action plans to deliver proposed changes.
  • Achieved high client satisfaction through consistent delivery and communication.
  • Improved operations by generating project status reports and identifying issues for corrective action.
  • Designed project presentations and reports for executive teams.
  • Trained and mentored junior team members, leveraging previous experiences in boosting project progress.
  • Managed scopes and deadlines using different project management methods.
  • Negotiated with suppliers to reduce costs.
  • Led and motivated talented project teams, achieving targets within stipulated deadlines.
  • Used monthly estimates vs actuals data to keep project financials on track.
  • Deployed Business Transformation Frameworks and respective methodologies and instilled project disciplines within projects and wider team.
  • Produced Key Program Indicator (KPIs) to successfully measure performance.
  • Implemented program and project governance standards for project deliverables.
  • Elaborated action plans with program teams to drive performance improvements.
  • Organised resource allocation process, providing overall workload and capacity analysis.

Program Director

National Water Company, NWC
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
10.2011 - 03.2017
  • Drove the transformation by continual improvements in the organization's project management manual (PMM) as per ISO 9001 for delivering long time growth of NWC
  • Chaired the award and negotiation committee at the City Business Unit (CBU) level
  • Developed governance, processes, procedures, KPIs and improvement metrics as member of the NWC continuous follow up committee
  • Identified best practices, formulated process evaluation strategies and authored Risk and Value Workshop Manual for the corporate projects department
  • Enabled establishment of Project Management Offices (PMO) in NWC HQ and CBUs
  • Setting up the PMO with a contract value 88 Million.
  • Developed the corporate projects department manual and governance and mapped gaps in processes, procedures and KPIs for reaching international standards and advance to the next generation in project management and governance
  • Cultivated relationships with community groups, project stakeholders and funding sources, maximising programme outreach.
  • Delivered high value programs in challenging situations using AGILE methodology.
  • Resolved programme issues and initiated appropriate corrective action, maintaining programme integrity and quality.
  • Aided senior leadership by collecting and analysing data, generating reports for continuous improvement or corrective action planning.
  • Focused on programme's consistency and coherence with corporate, technical and specialist standards.
  • Identified gaps in programme, initiating extra activities and management interventions.
  • Managed the organization of NTP workshops across KSA as part of the Saudi National Transformation Program (NTP) aligned to Saudi Vision 2030 for delivering strategic plans for enhancing organizational capacities, designing simplifying and standardizing processes and defining business challenges, objectives, KPIs and initiatives to drive future growth
  • Represented NWC in the steering committee of the Waad Al-Shamal City Development with members from stakeholders including NWC, Public Investment Fund (PIF), Ministry of Energy Industry and Mineral Resources, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Ma'aden), Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON), Saudi Electricity Company, Saudi Railways Company (SAR) and Saudi Ports Authority
  • Allocated common resources and skills within programme's individual projects, reporting progress at regular intervals to Project VP.
  • Set team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance for optimum results.
  • Collaborated with other managers and senior programme stakeholders, providing leadership and clear direction.
  • Identified, assessed and planned programmes, managing dependencies and interfaces between projects.
  • Acted on feedback and business reviews, assessing company progress against KPIs and introducing strategies for continued profit growth.
  • Eliminated learning gaps and provided instruction on conflict resolution.
  • Facilitated programme-level discussions and workshops to achieve clear direction on key issues and priorities.
  • Renegotiated contracts with existing vendors for improved costs and timely results.
  • Moderated disputes and grievances between parties with goal of speedy and fair conflict resolution.
  • Assessed, formulated and proposed changes to ongoing programmes, providing strategic directions for clients and stakeholders.
  • Coordinated programme projects and management of interdependencies with oversight of risks and issues.

Team Leader

Solid Waste Management Company
02.2010 - 04.2011
  • Asset Logistics Optimization by Developing Optimizer system to Analysed the problem of collection and transportation of bulk brush trash in the City of San Antonio by applying Operations Research methodologies and developed a logistics optimization model for the city's solid waste management department using CPLEX coding programme.

Analyst

Saudi Electricity Company
Riyadh
07.2007 - 05.2008
  • Worked with a multi-disciplinary team and coordinated with suppliers, manufacturers ‘distributors, warehouses and end users for end-to-end supply chain planning and control
  • Contributed to the process reengineering for streamlining existing systems based on SAP modules to meet future needs.

Education

Leadership - Leadership Development

Harvard Business School
USA
01.2021 - 04.2021

Diploma of Education - Strategy Execution

Harvard Business School
USA
08.2021 - 10.2021

Diploma - Corporate Governance

King Khalid University

Master's Degree - Industrial Engineering

St. Mary's University

Bachelor's Degree - Industrial Engineering

King Khalid University

Diploma - Finance

Harvard Business School
USA
09.2023 - 11.2023

Skills

  • Complex problem solving
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Key performance indicators
  • Detail-orientated
  • Engaging leadership style
  • Financial administration
  • People-oriented
  • Excels in team leadership
  • Multi-tasking ability
  • Financial Industry Computer Systems Loan Accountant
  • Integrative negotiation
  • Change management
  • Strategic consultancy
  • Complex negotiation
  • Business scaling
  • High-value project management
  • KPI management
  • C-suite experience
  • Business planning
  • Financial management
  • Problem solving skills
  • Operational management
  • Deliverables oversight
  • Business development
  • Business analysis
  • Operations management
  • Strategic thinking

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Accomplishments

  • Saudi Arabia Airlines, Jeddah KSA: studied/analyzed the process related to HR planning at the HQ and participated reengineering of Human Resources Management processes, Jun 2005 - Aug 2005
  • PRO BONO
  • A philanthropist, who is involved in developing vision objectives and initiatives, setting KPI targets for training & mentoring the staff of a non-profit organization
  • Aided fundraising for the charity of disabled people in 2010 in USA by developing a system with the private sector.

Affiliations

Professional Engineer, Saudi Council of Engineers Member, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) CERTIFICATIONS

Certification

PMP, RMP, P3O, KPI, BSC, GRC

Timeline

Diploma - Finance

Harvard Business School
09.2023 - 11.2023

Secretariat Executive Director

National Incentives Committee, MISA
09.2022 - Current

EPMO Head

KIDANA Development Company
12.2021 - 08.2022

Diploma of Education - Strategy Execution

Harvard Business School
08.2021 - 10.2021

Leadership - Leadership Development

Harvard Business School
01.2021 - 04.2021

Project Management Office Director

Royal Private Affairs
04.2017 - 12.2021

Program Director

National Water Company, NWC
10.2011 - 03.2017

Team Leader

Solid Waste Management Company
02.2010 - 04.2011

Analyst

Saudi Electricity Company
07.2007 - 05.2008

Diploma - Corporate Governance

King Khalid University

Master's Degree - Industrial Engineering

St. Mary's University

Bachelor's Degree - Industrial Engineering

King Khalid University

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