Program Director

DXC Technology is seeking an accomplished Program Director to lead the delivery of a large-scale, complex technology transformation program in the UAE. This is a senior leadership position with end-to-end accountability for program strategy, governance, delivery, financial performance, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and benefits realization.

DXC Technology helps global companies run their mission-critical systems and operations while modernizing IT, optimizing data architectures, and ensuring security and scalability across public, private and hybrid clouds. The world's largest companies and public sector organizations trust DXC to deploy services to drive new levels of performance, competitiveness, and customer experience across their IT estates.

We are looking for an experienced senior program leader capable of operating effectively at both strategic and operational levels. Apply now to join our team in Abu Dhabi!

Company Overview

DXC Technology helps global companies run their mission-critical systems and operations while modernizing IT, optimizing data architectures, and ensuring security and scalability across public, private and hybrid clouds. The world's largest companies and public sector organizations trust DXC to deploy services to drive new levels of performance, competitiveness, and customer experience across their IT estates.

Quick Details

• Salary Range: Market Competitive
• Job Type: Full-time
• Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Experience: 12+ years of project/program management experience, including at least 5 years in senior program leadership positions.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end leadership and accountability for a large-scale transformation program.
• Define and communicate the program vision, strategy, objectives, roadmap, and delivery priorities.
• Lead multiple interconnected projects, workstreams, program managers, project managers, technical teams, and delivery partners.
• Ensure successful delivery against agreed scope, schedule, budget, quality, and business outcomes.
• Establish clear ownership, responsibilities, priorities, and performance expectations across the program.
• Lead recovery and remediation activities for critical delivery challenges where required.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale, complex, multi-year technology or digital transformation programs.
• Strong experience managing multiple projects, workstreams, dependencies, vendors, and delivery teams.
• Proven experience engaging with C-level executives, senior leadership, Steering Committees, and Executive Sponsors.
• Strong program governance, risk management, financial management, and delivery assurance capabilities.
• Experience managing multi-million-dollar program budgets.
• Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, influencing, and problem-solving capabilities.

Benefits

• Previous experience delivering complex transformation programs in the UAE or wider GCC region is preferred.
• Experience leading complex technology transformation, systems integration, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, or digital modernization programs.
• Recognized program/project management certification such as PgMP, PMP, MSP, PRINCE2, SAFe, or Agile is advantageous.
• Postgraduate qualification is advantageous.
• Strong understanding of delivery environments requiring high levels of governance, security, confidentiality, and stakeholder management.