2 828 IT Manager jobs in the United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | Posted on 06/20/2025

We’re partnering with a leading sovereign wealth fund to find a highly analytical and commercially astute Senior Manager / Manager – Investments with a strong background in consulting or private equity. The ideal candidate will bring robust reporting and strategic analysis skills to support investment decision-making and contribute to high-impact portfolio management and deal execution initiatives.

Review and Assess Investment Materials

Evaluate board materials, management presentations, and investment papers.

Prepare insightful questions and challenge underlying assumptions and strategic logic.

Strategic and Financial Analysis

Interpret financial statements to identify key trends, opportunities, and risks.

Translate quantitative findings into strategic business insights.

Risk and Gap Identification

Critically assess board packs to spot inconsistencies, gaps, or areas requiring clarification.

Identify key risks and commercial issues within proposed investments.

Deal Evaluation & Execution Support

Provide support across the full deal lifecycle: due diligence, financial modelling, and legal structuring.

Assess strategic alignment and financial viability of new investment opportunities.

Perform valuation analyses using various methodologies (DCF, comparables, precedent transactions, etc.).

Stakeholder Engagement

Collaborate with internal teams and external advisors to drive investment execution.

Communicate recommendations and findings effectively to senior leadership and board members.

Bachelor's degreein Finance, Economics, Business, or related field; MBA or CFA is a plus.

6–10 years ofexperience in management consulting, private equity, investment banking, or arelated field.

Proven experiencein reviewing high-quality board materials and management reports.

Strong financialmodelling and valuation skills.

Excellentanalytical, critical thinking, and communication abilities.

Track record ofsupporting end-to-end deal processes.

• Manager – Information Technology (Database & BI)

This role is responsible for managing, optimizing and securing databases, as well as designing and implementing BI solutions to drive data-driven decision-making. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in database management, data analytics, reporting, and BI tools, along with leadership capabilities to oversee a team and collaborate with stakeholders across the organization.

Database Management:

• Overseeing the design, implementation and maintenance of enterprise databases, ensuring high availability, performance and security
• Managing database backups, recovery strategies and disaster recovery planning
• Optimizing database performance through tuning, indexing and query optimization
• Ensuring data integrity, compliance, and security, adhering to industry standards and best practices
• Collaborating with IT and business teams to integrate databases with applications and reporting systems

Business Intelligence & Data Analytics:

• Developing and maintaining BI dashboards, reports and data visualizations to support business decision-making
• Analyzing data trends and providing actionable insights to enhance operational efficiency and business performance
• Managing ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes for data integration from multiple sources
• Ensuring BI tools and platforms are optimized, scalable, and aligned with business objectives
• Working with stakeholders to define KPIs and reporting requirements
• Collaborating with senior management to develop data governance policies and BI strategies
• Staying up to date with emerging database technologies, BI trends and industry best practices
• Driving automation and process improvements to enhance database and BI system efficiency

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science or a related field
• At least 7+ years of experience in database administration and business intelligence
• Proven experience with SQL databases (SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.) and BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau or QlikView
• Strong expertise in SQL scripting, query optimization and database performance tuning
• Hands-on experience with ETL processes, data warehousing and data modeling
• Proficiency in BI tools, data visualization and reporting
• Knowledge of cloud database solutions (Azure SQL, AWS RDS, Google BigQuery, etc.) is a plus
• Familiarity with machine learning and predictive analytics is an advantage
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong leadership and team management abilities
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, data-driven environment

Purpose

The role will be part of the Project Management Office (PMO) within the EA & PMO area whose mission is to move IT closer to the business building a trustworthy relationship between IT and the different business units and transforming IT into a tool of developing and executing the business.

The responsible Project Manager within the IHS Group will make sure that each assigned project is delivered on time within budget and scope. With high quality and in accordance with the project goals.

The overall goal for the role is to coordinate the delivery of the project with the different Business Stakeholders (Business Owners Customers) and IT units (BPMs EA Infrastructure Application Managers QA etc).

The role requires frequent travel to Nigeria and other IHS markets for long and short stays depending on the Project needs.

• This position will make sure that each assigned project is delivered on time within budget and scope. As well high quality and in accordance with the project goals.
• The role requires frequent travel to Nigeria and other IHS markets for long and short stays depending on the Project needs.
• Developing project scopes and objectives involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
• Planning: Responsible to develop a project plan in both waterfall and agile
• Budget Control: Responsible for monitoring the assigned budget for each project.
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the execution of projects.
• Capacity Management: Ensure resource allocation.
• Follow up development.
• Coordination of development and implementation among the different Teams.
• Manage the relationships between different stakeholders such as:
  • Customers
  • Vendors
  • Business Units
  • Architecture
  • Development
  • Infrastructure
  • QA
  • Others
• Perform risk management in conjunction with the above-mentioned stakeholders.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation: Reporting Communication Strategy Stakeholder Management Planning & Budgeting
• Assumes responsibility for solving problems.
• Communicate effectively across all levels engaging and inspiring at senior levels internally and externally.
• Cultural awareness within a multi-cultural Corporate environment

Qualifications

Functional

• Certified in at least one PM methodology (PMP Prince2 etc.)
• Knowledge of Agile Project Management
• Overall understanding of IT (Architecture Development Infrastructure)

Behavioural

• Motivate staff and create a space where they can ask questions and voice their concerns in a transparent fashion.
• Develop productive relationships with business leaders across the organization to influence how applications can enable new sources of value
• Cooperation/Teamwork: Works harmoniously with others to get a job done; responds positively to instructions and procedures; able to work well with staff co-workers peers and managers; shares critical information with everyone involved in a project; works effectively on projects that cross functional lines; helps to set a tone of cooperation within the work group and across groups; coordinates own work with others; seeks opinions; values working relationships; when appropriate facilitates discussion before decision-making process is complete.
• Judgment: Makes sound decisions; bases decisions on fact rather than emotion; analyses problems skilfully; uses logic to reach solutions.
• Problem Solving: Anticipates problems; sees how a problem and its solution will affect other units; gathers information before making decisions; weighs alternatives against objectives and arrives at reasonable decisions; adapts well to changing priorities deadlines and directions; works to eliminate all processes which do not add value; is willing to take action even under pressure criticism or tight deadlines; takes informed risks; recognizes and accurately evaluates the signs of a problem; analyzes current procedures for possible improvements; notifies supervisor of problems in a timely manner.

Additional Information

Organizational Competencies

Customer Focus - People demonstrating this competency understand & exceed our customers needs. They develop trusted reliable & collaborative relationships. They are consistently operating to the highest standards of service & delivery.

Innovation - People demonstrating this competency constantly seek new & improved ways to deliver our products & services. They champion engineering & skills development and work to create a collaborative and supportive operating environment.

Integrity - People demonstrating this competency are open & honest in everything they do. They support financially & environmentally sustainable growth. They make socially responsible decisions and treat their stakeholders with respect.

Be Bold - People demonstrating this competency are thorough in analyses & decision-making. They are courageous in expanding existing markets & developing new ones. They confidently pursue appropriate financial returns and are forward-thinking and ambitious.

Sustainability - People demonstrating this competency are constantly seeking to create positive impact in the communities we serve.

Our Vision

IHS is committed to improving the quality and availability of telecommunications infrastructure the lifeline for an increasingly connected world. We are dedicated to helping create a sustainable future for the communities in which we operate and our sustainable strategy is structured around four pillars: ethics and governance environment and climate change education and economic growth and our people and communities.

Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

About SJ Group:

Surbana Jurong's Roads & Highways team is delivering next-generation transport infrastructure across the Middle East - from major expressways and urban arterials to intelligent transport systems and sustainable mobility corridors.

As part of our Infrastructure + Energy business line, this team is central to designing smart, resilient, and sustainable infrastructure that supports regional transformation programs like UAE Vision 2031 and Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030 .

• Lead design delivery for roads, highways, and civil infrastructure projects from concept to IFC stage.
• Manage design teams and coordinate multi-disciplinary inputs.
• Ensure compliance with project specifications, authority standards, and quality requirements.
• Engage with clients and stakeholders, providing strategic and technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support proposal development, work-winning, and business growth initiatives.

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Civil Engineering.
• 12-18 years of experience in roads and civil infrastructure design and management.
• Proven leadership experience managing large-scale design projects in consultancy environments.
• Strong technical acumen with design software and authority processes.
• Client-facing and project management experience within the UAE/GCC is essential.
• PMP, Chartered Engineer, or equivalent certification preferred.

At SJ, we combine global best practices with local delivery excellence. You'll collaborate with visionary engineers and project leaders who are reimagining infrastructure for a sustainable, connected world.

We offer a platform for career advancement, cross-border exposure, and continuous learning , backed by one of the world's leading urban, infrastructure, and engineering consultancies.

At Surbana Jurong, we put talent, hard work, teamwork and a fun workplace together to approach problems and solve them creatively and collaboratively. Join us in making a positive impact on the world!