عبدالعزيز المنيع, PMO Expert

عبدالعزيز المنيع

PMO Expert

Saudi Telecom Company - Stc

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, MSc IT Project Management
Experience
13 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 9 Months

PMO Expert at Saudi Telecom Company - Stc
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since May 2019

PMO Expert at Technology Strategy & Architecture (TSA) Sector, stc (May 2019 - to Present) - solutions by stc
- Plan and maintain strategic initiatives and operational projects in EA Sector.
- Foster and maintain a project management practice in the TSA Sector.
- Foster and maintain a performance management practice in the TSA Sector.
- Manage and provide coaching and mentoring for the team, and lead cross-functional teams.
- Direct department decisions, management, performance, and results.
- Communicate decisions and priorities to appropriate levels of management and staff.
- Ensure delivering services that achieve business satisfaction.
- Act as a change agent to implement and manage best practices across the TSA Sector.
- Participate in budgeting and quality improvement activities for the TSA Sector.
- Participate in contract negotiation and administration.
- Participate in strategy development and change management for the TSA Sector.
- Participate in development, implementation, and enforcement of stc policies and procedures.

PMO Consultant at Agency of Security Planning and Development, Ministry of Interior
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • December 2017 to May 2019

- Develop, plan, and manage MIFON projects and their cost, time and scope.
- Define project schedule, allocate resources and monitor the progress.
- Prepare table of quantities by coordination with ISP and OSP teams in order to publish RFPs for new projects.
- Participate to design organizational structure of Agency for Security Capabilities as a member of organizational development committee.

IT Governance Director at SASO
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • September 2016 to December 2017

- Develop and maintain the overall IT strategy that ensures alignment with business.
- Cascade the IT strategy to the IT departments with clear performance metrics and accountabilities.
- Work with corporate GOV, FIN, and HR to represent the needs of IT and understand constraints.
- Develop and maintain a set of principles and policies that guide the strategy and operation of IT.
- Develop and maintain a set of processes that govern aspects of IT management and operations.
- Develop and maintain IT org. structure to clarify roles, responsibilities, and decision making.
- Lead the creation and activation of important IT governance bodies, such as IT CAB.
- Design and implement when possible, interventions that improve culture, ethics and behaviors in IT.
- Develop and maintain a capability management plan that targets skills and performance.
- Plan, develop, and track training/development programs of the IT organization.
- Ensure a suitable training environment exists in the organization for IT and organization members.
- Plan, develop, and track performance of the IT organization.

IT-PMO Director at SASO
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • September 2012 to November 2013

- Plan and maintain strategic initiatives and operational projects in an IT roadmap.
- Foster and maintain a project management practice in the IT organization.
- Foster and maintain a performance management practice in the IT organization.
- Manage and provide coaching and mentoring for my team, and lead cross-functional teams.
- Direct department decisions, management, performance, and results.
- Communicate decisions and priorities to appropriate levels of management and staff.
- Ensure delivering IT services that achieve business satisfaction.
- Act as a change agent to implement and manage best practices across the IT organization.
- Participate in budgeting and quality improvement activities for the IT organization.
- Participate in contract negotiation and administration.
- Participate in strategy development and change management for the IT Organization.
- Participate in development, implementation, and enforcement of IT policies and procedures.

E-Services and Applications Director at SASO
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • July 2010 to September 2012

- Foster and maintain business relationships with other business unit leads and influencers.
- Plan and ensure a quality portfolio and architecture of e-services and applications.
- Make “build vs. buy” decisions and select appropriate technologies and platforms.
- Manage and provide coaching and mentoring for his team, and lead cross-functional teams.
- Direct department decisions, management, performance, and results.
- Communicate decisions and priorities to appropriate levels of management and staff.
- Ensure delivering IT services that achieve business satisfaction.
- Act as a change agent to implement and manage best practices across the IT organization.
- Participate in budgeting and quality improvement activities for the IT organization.
- Participate in contract negotiation and administration for his department.
- Participate in strategy development and change management for the IT Organization.
- Participate in development, implementation, and enforcement of IT policies and procedures.

Systems Analyst at SASO
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • November 2007 to July 2010

- Serve as a liaison between the business and the IT organization.
- Understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality solutions.
- Develop specifications, and produce deliverables related to the projects assigned.
- Document and communicate business needs and requirements.
- Supervise the preliminary stages of projects assigned.
- Gather, analyze, and normalize information from business processes, functions, and operations.
- Select appropriate methods and tools for analysis of information and business requirements.
- Identify opportunities to employ technology solutions, proactively.
- Assist in the development, implementation, and enforcement of policies and procedures.
- Assist in post implementation support and system enhancements.

Education

Master's degree, MSc IT Project Management
  • at Teesside University - School of Computing
  • July 2015

The course focused on several aspects in IT project management skills as the following: - Risk Management in projects and how you can identify, plan, analyse, control and monitor, and response using risks stratigies. There are templates and some tools and techniques which can be very useful for dealing with those risks such as probability and impact matrix, risk rigester, Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS), brainstorming, delphi technique and fishbone diagram. - Research Methods in Computing and how you can find relevant papers that related to my subject using some keywords. - E-Commerce Management . - Strategic Project Management. - Managing Projects with PRINCE2®. - Information System Management.

Bachelor's degree, Information Systems (IS)
  • at Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University - College of Computer Sciences and Information
  • July 2007

The course has lots of information which was increased my IT knowledge areas as follows: - C++ Programming - System Analysis and Design - Dtatbase Management System (DBMS) - Operating Systems - Network Foundementals - Project Management - Business Administration - Ecomonics - Other modules

Specialties & Skills

E services
System Analysis
Project Management
Familiar with MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project, Smart Draw, Toad and SharePoint Designer
Risk identification by using Risk Register
Expert to create Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs) and UML Diagrams
Able to prepare schedules through Gantt Chart by using MS Project
Cost and schedule estimation by using PERT technique
Familiar with PRINCE2 and PMP methodologies
Able to work in a team
Able to document the Minute of Meetings (MOMs)
Able to prepare Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposals (RFPs)
Great skill in analyzing and information gathering
Sufficient experience in the field of e-transformation strategy
Able to prepare Information Technology Project Management Templates
Good skills in research methods for computing
Have the ability to work under pressure
Good communication skills

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

Gulf Standardization Organization (GSO)
  • Alternative member of Information Centers Steering Committee (ICSC)
  • June 2010
Gulf Standardization Organization (GSO)
  • Member of Technical Committee for Information and Information Technology (TC08)
  • September 2010

Training and Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2020
Valid Until:
November 2023
COBIT® 5 Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
Project Management: Skills for Success (Training)
Training Institute:
Learning Tree International institute - Newyork
Date Attended:
February 2013
ITIL® Foundation 2011 Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Hyoon in Riyadh
Date Attended:
December 2012
Duration:
20 hours
Leadership Management Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Common Purpose Teesside University Frontrunner course
Date Attended:
December 2014
Duration:
20 hours
The CEN – CENELEC IT Training for GSO officers (Training)
Training Institute:
The CEN - Brussels
Date Attended:
January 2012
English for academic purposes (Training)
Training Institute:
Teesside University
Date Attended:
November 2013
Duration:
350 hours
MS Project 2010 Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Newhorizen in Riyadh
Date Attended:
December 2012
PMP® Study Facilitation Program (Training)
Training Institute:
VINSYS
Date Attended:
July 2015
Duration:
35 hours
Full UK Driving Licence (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2015
Valid Until:
June 2025
ITIL® Foundation v.3 2011 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2012

Hobbies

  • Interested in new technologies
    - Received an award at the level of Riyadh schools for diction and rhetoric competition. - Contribution to adopt IT Standards from ISO by working in the Gulf Technical Committee (TC08). - Participation to request financial support from YESSER in order to execute many projects at SASO. - Identified Business Process Management at SASO. - Distinction in MSc IT Project Management.