Purpose of the Job

To act as a strategic partner to regional leadership, the Strategy and PMO Manager plays a key role in shaping and executing the regional strategy by managing performance insights and KPIs across Asia Pacific, while leading the delivery of strategic initiatives through strong governance, ensuring alignment with Aramex’s goals for operational excellence, innovation, and sustainable growth.

Job Description

• Support and lead the development of the regional strategy by translating long term business goals into strategic initiatives across functions, countries, regions and products
• Develop and manage business KPIs in order to facilitate analysis and reporting of performance against plans and budgets as well as strategic objectives
• Build weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual performance reports for the business leaders as well as facilitating cross-functional performance reviews for leadership
• Assist regional/country leaders and managers in driving and optimizing improvement of key value levers to provide the business a sustainable competitive advantage
• Collaborate with market intelligence team to provide insights and strategic direction recommendation and facilitation to regions/countries by benchmarking performance with market and industry peers
• Lead the PMO in Asia Pacific to ensure standardized project management practices
• Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of high-impact projects, ensuring alignment with strategic goals
• Develop and implement governance models to monitor project performance, risk, and compliance
• Collaborate with the regional team to prioritize and allocate resources effectively across projects
• Analyze project data to identify trends, challenges, and opportunities for process improvement
• Lead the implementation of project management tools and systems to enhance efficiency and reporting
• Provide the necessary training and facilitating skills to drive transformation activities and ensure long term adoption
• Develop and employ strategies to bring alignment and true partnership between all concerned departments such as finance, technology, and business stakeholders
• Leads project quality and post-mortem functions to mitigate and address project delivery challenges in the support of continuous improvement efforts

Job Requirements - Experience and Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Strategy or a related field
• 5+ years relevant experience in leading market analysis and reporting for different products and service offerings; Consulting background is preferred, T&L experience is a plus
• Ability to analyze data and provide insights and develop projections/forecasts in different areas of the business
• Proficiency in developing analytical presentations reports
• Proven experience managing large-scale, cross-functional projects in a global environment
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall) and tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira)
• PMP, PRINCE2, or other relevant certification is highly desirable