Project Director - Complex Project Delivery

Project Director - Complex Project Delivery

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry: Construction

Function:
Program / Project Management

Experience:

15 years, including 10 years in project leadership

Job Type: Full-time

Project Director - Complex Project Delivery in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a senior Construction leadership opportunity overseeing the complete delivery of a large and technically complex development. Parsons is hiring an accomplished project leader to direct design, procurement, construction, commercial management, project controls, risk, quality, HSE, stakeholder coordination, handover, and closeout while ensuring contractual commitments, schedule objectives, and client expectations are achieved.

The position requires extensive leadership experience on multidisciplinary projects together with specialist exposure to volumetric manufacturing and advanced manufacturing methods used for premium residential assets.

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

The Project Director will hold overall delivery responsibility from design development through construction and final handover. Rather than managing a single discipline, this position brings together technical, commercial, procurement, construction, quality, HSE, and project controls functions under a coordinated delivery strategy. A central objective is to maintain control of interfaces, contractual obligations, risks, long-lead procurement, design decisions, and construction priorities so that emerging issues are resolved before they materially affect cost, quality, or completion milestones.

• Provide strategic direction for the planning, execution, monitoring, and completion of the assigned project.
• Lead ongoing construction activities against contractual requirements, approved programs, and agreed delivery milestones.
• Establish clear project priorities and communicate delivery objectives to Project Managers, Engineers, discipline leads, and supporting teams.
• Coordinate Parsons ' multidisciplinary resources to maintain alignment between technical and delivery requirements.
• Lead the interface between the Employer, Parsons design teams, consultants, contractors, and other project stakeholders.
• Direct the design management process through the required development stages.
• Ensure design packages progress toward completeness and readiness for tender and construction.
• Resolve significant design coordination matters that could affect constructability, procurement, cost, or schedule.
• Review proposed Scope of Work changes and assess their potential technical, commercial, and delivery consequences.
• Lead discussions and negotiations with the Employer and Contractors concerning scope modifications.
• Ensure approved changes are incorporated through controlled implementation processes.
• Work closely with Commercial teams on contract administration and contractual compliance.
• Maintain executive oversight of contractor obligations and significant contractual matters.
• Support resolution of variations, commercial issues, scope boundaries, and emerging contractual risks.
• Maintain strong commercial awareness when evaluating technical and delivery decisions.
• Coordinate with Project Controls to monitor schedule performance, milestones, progress, and forecast completion.
• Review project performance information and intervene where trends indicate potential delays or delivery constraints.
• Ensure corrective and recovery measures are developed for significant schedule deviations.
• Identify critical dependencies and matters requiring executive intervention.
• Lead project risk management and ensure significant threats are identified early.
• Direct development of practical mitigation plans with relevant project disciplines.
• Monitor implementation of agreed risk responses and escalate material exposures when necessary.
• Maintain particular focus on risks affecting design completion, procurement, manufacturing, construction, interfaces, and handover.
• Identify long-lead equipment, materials, manufactured components, and other schedule-sensitive requirements.
• Oversee procurement status and confirm critical items remain aligned with construction priorities.
• Coordinate procurement activities with design release dates, manufacturing requirements, logistics, and site installation programs.
• Provide senior oversight of volumetric and advanced manufacturing interfaces associated with premium residential delivery.
• Coordinate manufactured elements with design requirements, production sequencing, logistics, installation, quality, and site readiness.
• Ensure manufacturing-led delivery strategies remain integrated with the overall construction program.
• Lead weekly project progress meetings with Employer and Contractor representatives.
• Establish focused technical and…