Eyad Zamel , PfMP®, PgMP®, PMP®, PRINCE2®

Senior PMO Manager | Project & Portfolio Management

Salary / Daily rate

Arar Saudi Arabia

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Skills

Testing & QASAP ERPOracle

Languages

ArabicEnglish

About me

Intro

Strategic PMO Expert with 20+ years establishing and optimizing PMOs across UN, government, and enterprise sectors. Led $100M+ portfolios, delivered digital transformation programs at Saudi Central Bank, and achieved $50M annual cost savings through process re-engineering. Specialized in PMO setup, governance frameworks, and strategic alignment using PMI/PRINCE2 methodologies to drive organizational excellence.

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Work experience

PMO Manager

Confidential

Feb 2021 - Mar 2024

3 years 2 months

Al Qurayyat Saudi Arabia

- Set up PMO (Project Management Office) for NEOM Energy in Saudi Arabia, and Fichtner Consulting Engineers headquarters in Germany. - Adopted Project/Program methodology, defined PMO governance framework including polices/processes/procedures, PM best practices, PM Handbook and standards using (PMI's PMBOK & PRINCE2). - Conducted PMO Maturity Assessment, and prepared PMO enhancement implementation roadmap.

PMO ( Project Portfolio Management Office) Manager

NRRC | هيئة الرقابة النووية والإشعاعية

Oct 2020 - Oct 2021

1 year 1 month

Al Qurayyat Saudi Arabia

- Set up a new PMO (Portfolio Management Office) for Nuclear & Radiological Regulatory Commissions , and adopted Project/Program/Portfolio methodology. - Established PMO operating model including (functions, services, roles and responsibilities). - Defined PMO governance framework including polices/processes/procedures, PM best practices, PM Handbook and standards using (PMI's PMBOK & PRINCE2).

Head of PMO (Program Management Office)

Saudi Central Bank – SAMA

Jan 2015 - Oct 2018

3 years 10 months

Riyadh Saudi Arabia

- Setup & Managed PMO (Program Management Office). - Defined PMO governance framework including polices/processes/procedures, PM best practices, templates, PM Handbook, and standards using (PMI's PMBOK & PRINCE2), and in an Agile environment. - Established PMO operating model including (functions, services, roles and responsibilities). - Developed Vision, Mission, Strategic objectives, and Strategy roadmap along with operational plans. - Managed and monitored the progress and delivery of 40 concurrent IT & business projects and 4 programs including strategic Transformation program, planning and monitoring projects portfolio budget worth $100M. - Managed and mentored PMO staff in a matrix reporting structure consisting of 16 Project Managers. - Conducted regular projects status & progress meetings with the middle management and 'C' Level Executives. - Enhanced PMO to Portfolio level by adopted Portfolio Process to manage the organization strategic alignment, VRO and Vision2030 alignments. - Implemented Project Portfolio Management (PPM) processes to prioritize the business initiatives, and monitored the entire collection of projects to ensure the alignment with the organization’s strategic objectives. - Managed balanced scorecard, Initiatives prioritization, selection of projects pipelines and resource planning. - Managed the organizational Transformation roadmap progress, digital Transformation Program, and the strategic initiatives/pipeline projects.

Project Management Practice Advisor

United Nations (UNOPS)

Jul 2014 - Dec 2015

1 year 6 months

Denmark WA 6333, Australia

• Project Management Advisor for Projects in Middle East region. • Capacity Building in Programme & Project Management, Project Management Office Setup. • Project Management Practice contribution, governance, policy, tools, process, standards, and templates.

Chief of PMO (Project Management Office)

United Nations

Oct 2012 - Dec 2014

2 years 3 months

Amman, Jordan

- Setup & Managed PMO (Project Management Office), defined PMO governance framework including policies/processes/procedures, best practices and standards (PMBOK & PRINCE2), and implemented PMO tools. - Managed and monitored the overall projects budget/schedule/risk, projects status/progress, established project management process/capabilities and adopted PM best practices cross all projects. - Prepared strategy plan, IT roadmap, executed the strategy with alignment of the organization’s objectives. - Managed Digital Transformation program worth of $30M, monitored budget, managed financial expenditure. - Monitored and performed risk management, tracked issues and problems for trends which requiring Project Manager’s corrective actions produced different projects status/progress reports for all project stakeholders. - Managed SAP ERP program for 5 streams (Finance, HR, Supply Chain, Public Sector, and Data Migration).

Program Manager

Pearson VUE

Sep 2009 - Aug 2011

2 years

Dubai - United Arab Emirates

- Delivered and managed IT projects cross Middle East (in 4 countries) using ) using PRINCE2 methodology and in an Agile development environment. - Managed and monitored the overall projects budget/schedule/risk, projects status/progress, and provided status reporting & KPI’s for the customers and the top management on a regular basis. - Provided program support for the management team, support the strategic planning to achieve the organization objectives at programs/projects level and improve the organization benefits plan. - Worked closely with sales and bidding management team and contributed inputs for RFP proposals preparation.

PMO Manager

Saudi Business Machines (An IBM)

Aug 2007 - Aug 2009

2 years 1 month

Al Qurayyat Saudi Arabia

Customer : Saudi Royal Commissions - Managed PMO (Project Management Office) for Saudi Royal Commissions. - Established PMO framework including policies/processes/procedures, PMO tools, developed project management standards and templates using (PMI's PMBOK). - Prepared PM Handbook, built PMO operating model including (functions, services, roles and responsibilities). - Established and maintained the project management methodology, management plans (work plans, budget plan, project processes, risks management, reporting strategy, quality and change management. - Managed Transformation ORACLE ERP Program for 5 tracks (Finance, HRMS, Supply Chain, Projects, EAM). - Setup & managed the communication management plan among all stakeholders (conduct regular progress meeting with project team and customers, conducted steering committee meetings). - Monitored and performed risk management, tracked issues and problems for trends which requiring Project Manager’s corrective actions, produced different projects status/progress reports for all project stakeholders.

Project Manager

Nexinnovations Canada

Jun 2000 - Jul 2005

5 years 2 months

41439 Cañada Rosal, Seville, Spain

- Provided full Project Life Cycle management, and managed strategic and tactical projects using PMBOK methodology and best practices. - Provided project life cycle (Initiation, Planning, Execution, Controlling, and Closure) activates for running projects. - Managed and monitored the overall projects budget/schedule/risk, projects status/progress, and provided status reporting & KPIs. - Captured $50M in cost savings per year through implementation of reversed logistics program which re-engineered the entire supply chain and reduced inefficiencies. - Managed Projects in for Finance, Contracts Management, and Supply Chain System.


Education

University of Jordan

B.Sc.


Licenses & certifications

Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)®

Issued: May 2015

Certified by Project Management Institute

Program Management Professional (PgMP)®

Issued: Jun 2010

Certified by Project Management Institute

PRINCE2 Practitioner

Issued: Feb 2010

Certified by APMG International

ITIL Certification

Issued: Mar 2008

Certified by Unknown Organization

Project Management Professional (PMP)®

Issued: Apr 2005

Certified by Project Management Institute

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