Heba Alayyan

Dynamic project management leader with a proven track record driving profit savings initiative. Expert in governance and compliance, fostering stakeholder engagement while executing digital transformations. Adept at financial management, I inspire teams to achieve strategic objectives and optimize portfolio investments for maximum ROI.

Demonstrates exceptional stakeholder engagement and management skills, collaborating effectively with executives to align portfolio strategies with business objectives.

Results-driven, ambitious and competitive business leader focused on transformative leadership and continuous improvement to drive growth and maximize profits. Tenacious executive ready to take on challenging role, meet goals and surpass expectations.

• Led the transformation and executed the transition of technology capabilities and services from multiple companies and teams, consolidating them into a centralized technology department that serves the entire group.
• Delivered the assessment and design for establishing MAF's Global Solutions Company, which involved transforming the Finance, Human Capital, Procurement, and Technology Business Units into a shared services unit that now serves the entire group.
• Set up the project management office (PMO) for an international company with a target revenue of 14 million euros. This involved establishing all project management standard operating procedures (SOPs), leading a team of 5 project coordinators, and mentoring a team of 12 project and program managers. I also set up the PMO Delivery Governance for all SAP, Oracle, Microsoft and Service Now projects, with a portfolio of 53 projects and a revenue of 14-16 million euros. Through my leadership, the organization smoothly transitioned from not having a PMO unit to now delivering IT projects based on Project Management Institute (PMI) best practices with cost-effective solutions.
• Executed a mega SAP global program (Budget of 5M USD) leading 4 workstreams represented by a project manager with 10+ stakeholders for each workstream, and a duration was 16 months.
• Successful delivery and rollout for a MENA HRMS program (Budget of 500K USD) leading 3 project managers across 7 legal entities for Hikma over a duration of 18 months (Egypt, Lebanon, KSA, Sudan, Morocco, Tunis and Algeria).
• Hands-on project management experience for ERP implementations as the assigned project manager (3 projects in UAE, 5 projects in Africa and Levant, 12 projects in Jordan).

• Led the establishment of 5+ PMOs for several organizations globally where portfolio worth was more than 14M Euros. This involved establishing all project management standard operating procedures (SOPs), processes and templates based on PMI best practices. Built the PMO required capabilities and introduced innovative tools and reporting dashboards. In addition to developing the demand management and portfolio management frameworks and measuring its performance.
• Led & executed the transformation of 2 complex organizations into a shared services model for Finance, HR, Procurement, Facility Management, Technology, Sales and Supply Chain. Profit Savings for 5 years was more than 28M USD
• Successfully delivered a mega SAP Implementation program for a pharmaceutical organization aiming to centralize its Financial Budgeting and Planning process, tools and capabilities for 43 legal entities across 27 countries.
• Successfully delivered a HRMS implementation program aiming to standardize its HR and Payroll process, tools and capabilities across 7 countries in Middle East.
• Delivered a variety of projects (25+ projects) where I was providing hands-on and day-to-day project management services to clients across different countries and different industries. Projects included ERP implementation, PMO establishment, shared services transformation, business process design & optimization.