Project Manager - Entertainment Development

Project Manager
- Entertainment Development Job Snapshot Role:
Project Manager
- Entertainment Development

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Industry: Construction Function:
Program / Project Management

Experience:

Approximately 10 years of relevant large-scale project delivery experience Job Type: Full-time

Overview Project Manager
- Entertainment Development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a Construction opportunity focused on the end-to-end delivery of complex entertainment, infrastructure, transportation, utility, residential, and mixed-use project components. Parsons is hiring an experienced project professional to manage planning, design coordination, procurement, construction, cost, risk, stakeholder interfaces, commissioning, and handover while ensuring projects remain aligned with safety, schedule, budget, quality, and operational objectives.

Job Details Country:
Saudi Arabia City:
Riyadh Industry: Construction Function:
Program / Project Management Salary:  Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality:
Any Job Type: Full-time

Role Context The Project Manager will lead assigned development packages from concept through completion, coordinating the many interfaces created by entertainment districts, transport systems, utilities, residential communities, and supporting infrastructure. The role will connect design, commercial, planning, construction, operations, and stakeholder requirements into a practical delivery plan. Strong control of interfaces, risks, costs, and milestones will be essential to maintaining progress across a wider program where changes in one package can directly affect surrounding assets.

• Lead assigned projects from concept design through construction, commissioning, operational readiness, and final handover.
• Develop and maintain Project Execution Plans, delivery roadmaps, milestones, and implementation strategies.
• Align project activities with the wider master program and organizational objectives.
• Coordinate interfaces between entertainment assets, infrastructure, transportation corridors, utilities, and community developments.
• Manage day-to-day delivery activities and ensure dependencies with adjoining projects are identified and controlled.
• Develop detailed project schedules, phasing plans, and milestone requirements with Planning teams.
• Monitor progress against approved schedules and identify emerging delays or constraints.
• Support recovery planning where performance falls behind agreed targets.
• Coordinate cost estimating, budgeting, cost control, and financial forecasting activities.
• Monitor project expenditure and help identify potential budget pressures.
• Support commercial reviews and ensure cost implications are considered in project decisions.
• Establish structured risk and issue management processes.
• Identify technical, commercial, stakeholder, schedule, construction, and operational risks.
• Develop mitigation measures and monitor their implementation.
• Maintain project risk and issue registers and provide clear escalation where required.
• Coordinate design consultants, engineers, architects, and technical specialists.
• Review design reports, drawings, specifications, and technical deliverables against project objectives.
• Ensure designs satisfy functional, regulatory, operational, and constructability requirements.
• Participate in multidisciplinary design reviews and technical workshops.
• Support value engineering and alternative assessments to improve cost, performance, sustainability, and constructability.
• Identify design changes that may affect adjacent packages or wider program objectives.
• Manage delivery of infrastructure, entertainment, transportation, residential, and utility components within assigned scope.
• Coordinate construction sequencing and site logistics with contractors and neighboring work packages.
• Monitor contractor progress, productivity, resource deployment, and overall performance.
• Recommend corrective actions when contractor delivery deviates from schedule, budget, quality, or project requirements.
• Ensure construction activities remain aligned with approved design and contractual requirements.
• Promote strong HSE performance across contractors and project teams.
• Monitor quality performance and support timely resolution of deficiencies.
• Coordinate environmental and sustainability requirements affecting project delivery.
• Manage stakeholder engagement across internal and external groups.
• Coordinate with government agencies, regulators, utilities, entertainment operators, end users, and community stakeholders where required.
• Maintain clear communication with stakeholders affected by project works.
• Resolve interface concerns before they develop into construction or operational delays.
• Prepare concise project reports, dashboards, presentations, and management updates.
• Communicate progress, milestones, risks, decisions, and required actions to leadership.
• Support procurement strategies for…