Overview
Delivery Director Jobs in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates at MVA International Headhunters
Title: Delivery Director
Company: MVA International Headhunters
Location: Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Executive Director – Delivery (PPP Infrastructure)
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
The Opportunity
We are supporting a confidential, well-capitalised infrastructure investment and development platform on the appointment of an Executive Director – Delivery.
This is a senior, deal-connected role sitting at the intersection of investment, project finance, commercial structuring, and project execution, with full lifecycle responsibility from development through to construction and handover into operations (O&M).
The focus is on large-scale transport infrastructure, including highways, toll roads, tunnels, metro, and rail, within a PPP / concession environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of major PPP / concession infrastructure projects, from financial close through to construction completion and handover into O&M
- Act as the critical interface between investment, development, and project finance teams, ensuring alignment from feasibility through execution
- Take ownership of PPP agreements, concession structures, and major delivery contracts (D&B, EPC)
- Drive engagement with government authorities, regulators, and public sector stakeholders
- Manage and coordinate technical, legal, financial, and advisory workstreams across complex project structures
- Lead commercial negotiations and contract structuring, ensuring appropriate risk allocation
- Ensure delivery aligns with investment case assumptions, financial models, and return thresholds
- Provide board-level reporting and senior stakeholder management
- Oversee execution through construction phases to successful operational handover
Candidate Profile
We are targeting senior infrastructure professionals with a strong blend of technical delivery expertise and commercial PPP experience:
- Proven experience delivering large-scale transport infrastructure projects (roads, highways, tolling, tunnels, metro, rail)
- Deep experience across PPP / concession / BOT / DBFOM structures
- Strong commercial and contractual grounding across D&B, EPC, and concession agreements
- Experience working alongside project finance, investment, and feasibility teams
- Ability to operate effectively with government authorities and senior institutional stakeholders
- Technically credible — able to challenge engineering, delivery strategies, and execution plans
- Track record of delivering projects from development through construction to O&M handover
- International experience (Middle East, Australia, Canada, South America) is advantageous
- Not a fit for candidates solely from renewables, oil & gas, or non-delivery role
Leadership & Positioning
This role requires an individual who can:
- Combine hands-on delivery capability with executive-level influence
- Operate comfortably at Board and senior leadership level
- Act as a bridge between investment, commercial, and delivery functions
- Bring the credibility to lead within a high-performance, deal-driven infrastructure platform
Why This Role
- Opportunity to play a key leadership role within a growing infrastructure platform
- Exposure to complex, high-value PPP transport projects
- True end-to-end involvement across the deal lifecycle
- Significant scope to influence delivery strategy and execution capability