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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 in KSA.

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 Arabic and English.
• PMP certification or equivalent is preferred.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.