CDA Project Manager CDA – UAE & Emerging Gulf

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  • Location:
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Area of Interest
    Project or Program Management
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    *None
  • Job Id
    1443212

Who We Are

At Cisco, we’re building the bridge to a digital future by investing in national digitization. Our Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) program is a strategic partnership platform that drives innovation, builds digital skills, and accelerates the digital agenda of nations. The CDA Project Manager will play a key role in executing and scaling our initiatives across the UAE and Emerging Gulf region.

What You’ll Do

We are seeking a highly organized, proactive, and detail-oriented Project Manager to join our CDA team in the UAE. This role blends traditional project management with program operations, stakeholder collaboration, and strategic execution.

Key Responsibilities:

  • End-to-End Project Management: Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of CDA projects, ensuring timely delivery within scope and budget.
  • Program Operations Support: Support operational execution across multiple CDA initiatives, including tracking KPIs, maintaining program dashboards, and optimizing internal workflows.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with internal teams, partners, and government stakeholders to align project deliverables and expectations.
  • Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify potential risks, develop mitigation plans, and resolve issues that may impact project timelines or objectives.
  • Resource & Budget Management: Manage project resources and support budgeting processes for both project-specific and program-wide initiatives.
  • Reporting & Communication: Prepare and deliver regular updates on project status, milestones, and performance metrics to internal leadership and external stakeholders.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration: Facilitate alignment across Cisco functions (sales, engineering, marketing, operations) to ensure successful execution of CDA projects.

Who You Are

You are a self-starter with a passion for innovation and digital transformation.

You thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and are able to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.

You bring strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills, and have a strategic mindset paired with attention to detail.

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in project management or program operations, ideally within a technology or consulting environment.
  • Proven track record managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects from initiation to closure.
  • Strong analytical, reporting, and communication skills.
  • Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Asana, MS Project, Excel).
  • Fluent in English; Arabic is a plus.
  • PMP certification or equivalent is preferred.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter.  Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

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