Senior Transformation Delivery Lead – Cloud KSA

Programme Delivery Manager – Riyadh, KSA

The Programme Delivery Manager is accountable for leading large, complex, multi-phase transformation and migration delivery programmes across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This senior advisor role provides delivery leadership, technology advisory, programme governance, and successful execution of cloud, digital transformation, and organizational change initiatives. The position is permanently on-site in Riyadh, KSA.

• Lead and deliver multi-phased migration and transformation delivery programmes in KSA covering technology, people, process, and organizational change.
• Ensure all programmes are delivered on time, within budget, scope and overall quality.
• Lead KSA delivery programmes with full accountability for executive-level reporting, governance updates, and programme performance readouts.
• Provide consultative leadership across early-stage cloud adoption, strategic assessments, business case analysis, and roadmap development.
• Identify opportunities to align client needs with service offerings and enhance programme value.
• Translate client challenges and improvement areas into clear business and technical requirements.
• Identify risks, issues, dependencies, and opportunities across complex customer estates.
• Present programme recommendations effectively through written deliverables and executive-level discussions.
• Serve as primary point of contact for assigned programmes, ensuring clear communication, expectation alignment, and conflict resolution.
• Define programme scope, structure, timelines, resourcing, cost estimates, and governance frameworks.
• Ensure delivery of all programme documentation including schedules, status reports, RAID logs, meeting outputs, and governance artefacts.
• Champion problem-solving, quality delivery, and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate programme meetings focused on progress, risks, escalations, and stakeholder alignment.
• Partner closely with account management and service delivery teams to ensure healthy customer relationships and expectations.
• Track consulting time, utilisation, and programme financial performance in alignment with contractual agreements.
• Lead presales elements including proposals, SOWs, RFP/RFI responses, and solutioning activities.
• Ensure high customer satisfaction and promote a best-in-class delivery experience.
• Ability to track and manage commercials across multiple engagements, ensuring strong governance whilst managing customer expectations.

• Extensive experience in professional services, programme leadership, and large‑scale delivery within technology‑driven environments.
• Demonstrated success in leading major, multiphase programmes and managing high performing delivery teams in customer‑facing contexts.
• Deep understanding of IT managed services, cloud technologies, migrations, digital transformation, and emerging technology trends.
• Project management qualified (PMP, PRINCE2) in recognized delivery methodologies with a proven history of delivering complex, enterprise‑scale transformation initiatives.
• Strong commercial and financial leadership, including full accountability for programme P&L, budgeting, forecasting, and revenue outcomes.
• Executive presence with the ability to effectively engage ELT and C‑suite stakeholders across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, driving alignment and strategic clarity.
• Skilled at navigating ambiguity and making balanced, informed decisions in fast‑moving delivery environments.
• Experience operating within the KSA market;
  Arabic language proficiency required.
• Strong people leadership capabilities with responsibility for direct line management, as well as influencing and coordinating matrixed resources across large, multidisciplinary programmes.
• Strong commercial acumen across programme life cycles (LI‑LP2).

We welcome you to apply today and want you to know that we are committed to offering equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender reassignment or identity or expression, genetic information, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, military or veteran status, nationality, ethnic or national origin, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic.