Lama

Results-driven EPMO Portfolio Manager with 4+ years of experience Leading enterprise-scale portfolios in various fields. Currently overseeing 200+ projects at Ejada Systems with responsibility for governance, risk, financials, and executive reporting. Proven track record in adopting EPMO frameworks, designing KPI structures, developing Power BI performance dashboards, and delivering board-level insights that drive strategic decisions.

Combines deep project management expertise with an MBA and PMP certification.

Portfolio Manager — PMO at Ejada Systems (2025-06 – Present)

AI & Data Sector - Lead portfolio of 200+ projects, ensuring strategic alignment with organizational goals, delivery KPIs, and EPMO governance frameworks.

• Lead portfolio of 200+ projects, ensuring strategic alignment with organizational goals, delivery KPIs, and EPMO governance frameworks across the AI & Data sector.
• Produce quarterly portfolio performance reviews for senior leadership, presenting risk-adjusted progress, financial variance analysis, and corrective action plans through executive-ready Power BI dashboards.
• Own end-to-end risk and issue management lifecycle — from identification and documentation to escalation, mitigation tracking, and closure — minimizing disruption to portfolio objectives.
• Drive financial governance by monitoring budgets across 200+ projects, tracking planned vs. actual spend, analyzing cost variances, and recommending cost optimization actions.
• Adopt and enhance EPMO standards, governance frameworks, and best practices across project managers, ensuring consistency in reporting, change control, and delivery quality.

Project Manager at Social Development Bank (2022-06 – 2025-05)

Directed a multi-project program with a team of 10, delivering 60+ national franchise brand initiatives in direct alignment with Vision 2030 strategic objectives.

• Directed a multi-project program with a team of 10, delivering 60+ national franchise brand initiatives in direct alignment with Vision 2030 strategic objectives — on scope, on budget, and on time.
• Built and maintained a comprehensive risk and budget governance framework across concurrent workstreams, controlling scope and cost while sustaining delivery quality.
• Designed KPIs for franchise programs and delivered executive-level performance briefings to senior leadership, linking program outcomes to strategic goals.
• Managed multi-directional stakeholder engagement across internal functions and external partners, maintaining strategic alignment.
• Participated in the lunching of an online portal for the franchise program's services.

Project Management Coordinator — Internship at Zid Company (2019-02 – 2019-08)

Supported project tracking and stakeholder coordination across cross-functional teams in e-commerce platform onboarding.

• Supported project tracking and stakeholder coordination across cross-functional teams.
• Assisted in the onboarding of e-commerce stores to Zid platform.
• Prepared progress reports.

Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Double Degree – Dublin City University (Ireland) & Princess Norah bint Abdulrahman University (KSA) (2024)

Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Administration – Imam Muhammad Bin Saud Islamic University (2019)