Associate Director - D Sell Portfolio Management

Job Purpose

Lead portfolio-wide programme planning, governance and performance management across the D-Sell development portfolio. Establish and maintain integrated portfolio plans, monitor delivery performance, risks and dependencies, ensure compliance with Compass Gateway governance, and provide executive reporting that enables timely decision-making and successful delivery of Aldar's development pipeline.

Job

Responsibilities

Portfolio Planning & Performance

• Develop and maintain integrated portfolio programmes across all D-Sell projects.
• Monitor critical milestones, dependencies, programme health, schedule performance and delivery KPIs across the portfolio.
• Drive planning consistency across all D-Sell Pods.
• Produce executive portfolio dashboards and performance reports.
• Identify strategic delivery risks, escalate issues and recommend mitigation actions.

Governance & Portfolio Assurance

• Review Gateway submissions for planning completeness and programme readiness.
• Ensure compliance with Development Management planning standards, governance

requirements

and reporting obligations.

• Coordinate executive governance forums, portfolio reviews and reporting cycles.
• Provide independent oversight of portfolio planning quality and delivery readiness.

Stakeholder Alignment & Continuous Improvement

• Coordinate planning activities across Design, Delivery, Procurement, Commercial and Finance.
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment on programme priorities, sequencing and critical dependencies.
• Drive continuous improvement of portfolio planning processes, methodologies and governance.
• Champion digital planning tools, AI-enabled reporting and the adoption of portfolio management best practices.

Leadership & Capability Development

• Lead and develop the portfolio planning function and team capability.
• Foster a high-performance, collaborative and continuous improvement culture.
• Build organisational capability by embedding lessons learned and standard planning practices.

Key Measures of Success

• 95% of portfolio repo…