Job position: Project Manager Office location: Dubai, UAE (hybrid) Who are we? Hult Ashridge Executive Education partners with global businesses and governments to deliver leadership and organizational development solutions that create lasting change. As pioneers of experiential and human-centered learning, we’ve been delivering transformational leadership and organizational development solutions since 1959. We are backed by faculty expertise of Hult International Business School, and the Hult Ashridge Center for Coaching (HACC), which sets industry standards internationally for the profession. As part of the EF Education First business, the world’s largest private education company, we are part of a sophisticated, global network with access to resources around the world. The Opportunity Project managers believe that Nothing is Impossible, when it comes to running our complex, high value executive education programs and delight in providing a world-class experience to our corporate clients. Being both people and results focused, you create strong relationships and are not afraid to present in front of clients, but much of your work will be behind-the-scenes. Your skill and effort pay off each time your client is delighted with the program experience and outcomes. This is an opportunity to join our accomplished team in a varied role with responsibility and purpose alongside interesting people and for a global company committed to career development. You would be based at our office in Dubai Internet City, Dubai, UAE. We are currently working with the hybrid model of three days in the office, however we are always where clients need us. Why work for us?
Opportunities to work on projects and develop products for our clients, producing meaningful work that makes a difference to people’s lives.
Developing our talent is core to our values. We provide regular training, access to self-development platforms, real ownership, and career progression opportunities
Hybrid working arrangements potential
An attractive salary (based on track record) and benefits packages
Comprehensive Onboarding and development programs
Length of Service Recognition including paid sabbatical
A strong network of international peers and collaborators.
Key responsibilities You will be responsible for the smooth running of the projects from a practical, financial, and logistical perspective in delivering an excellent experience to our clients and participants alike. Highly organized, with great people skills and attention to detail, will all be key in helping you succeed in this role. You will be working alongside supportive and accomplished operations teams and great faulty/adjuncts and sales colleagues. Project management
Creating project activity plans and using these to ensure the delivery team understands deliverables, date, progress, risks. (generally, on Monday.com)
Ensuring best practice standards are followed to maximize value, quality, and innovation
Booking resources (people, venues, suppliers) and providing clear communication of information and expectations, contracting etc.
Scheduling and managing the execution of in-scope project activities and deliverables
Creating/overseeing production of program portal and materials
Overseeing work of project members and contributors to ensure quality
Interpreting the project plan to identify what logistics are needed (working with a participant manager) and identifying dependencies, and opportunities for extra value.
Holding regular project progress meetings and reports; tracking actions and holding people to account
Ensuring project debriefs take place, feedback is gathered and used, and learnings identified and incorporated into future programs to improve quality, satisfaction, and learning
Financial management
Advising sales team on how to create accurate budgets with client at contract stage
Running the project budget, monitoring spend vs plan to keep within budget, working closely with Faculty (program director)
Keeping internal systems, including Salesforce, up-to-date and accurate
Cost management – tracking and paying adjuncts and suppliers
Revenue management – raising invoices & ensuring timely payment, marking work complete for financial accounting
Active financial management - suggest and implement ways to reduce costs and increase margin
Client & Stakeholder Management
Building trusted relationships with clients, understanding their needs and objectives, being an ambassador for the client internally e.g. by communicating client expectation proactively
Being expert at project delivery, briefing clients on standard project delivery stages, opportunities and standards pre and post-sale to reassure of our credentials and build trust
Providing regular progress updates via reports and meetings so client is informed and satisfied with progress, and queries and issues are addressed promptly
Suggesting other product opportunities within Hult Ashridge, where appropriate, to renew and grow business
Building professional relationships with internal stakeholders; faculty, adjuncts, as well as other teams, to share knowledge, needs, and best practice
Person Description
You are an inherently positive, solution-focused person who believes ‘nothing is impossible’
Naturally organized, you have it all planned out, are efficient and on top of the details
It matters to you that your work is always of the highest quality – and you will go above and beyond to deliver an excellent experience for clients.
With great people skills, you build strong and effective relationships, and you enjoy working confidently with senior clients and colleagues
Confident liaising with and presenting to clients and managing expectations as required
You enjoy working independently but have a team mindset too
You are agile, tech-savvy and thrive in dynamic, entrepreneurial environments
You naturally motivated and take ownership but work closely with your team too.
When a job is done, you start thinking ‘how can we do this better next time?’
A decision maker with the ability to recognise when to defer and when to act
The skills & experience we look for
Bachelors Degree or equivalent
Project Management or equivalent experience, preferably working with B2B clients
Hospitality or other customer service experience is highly valued
Confident with technology; ideally Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Salesforce and Opera
Business and commercial acumen; understanding of contracts and budgets
Excellent communicator and works well in a team
To thrive at Hult Ashridge, you will:
Have strong personal drive and energy
Possess an entrepreneurial spirit with a nothing is impossible mindset
Excited by having ownership and autonomy
Enjoy working in a fast-paced results-driven environment
Be passionate about learning and being a change-maker
About us: With campuses and offices in over 50 countries, including the beautiful Ashridge House outside London, we offer a truly global and collaborative environment. Whoever you are, whatever you are passionate about—we welcome you and want you to bring that to work every day. HULT Ashridge Executive Education is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to inclusion and belonging across race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, disability, parental status, identity, experience and everything else that makes you unique. Find out more: www.hulteashridge.com
