Program Director - Ultra-Luxury Hospitality Developments

Program Director
- Ultra-Luxury Hospitality Developments Job Snapshot
- Role:
Program Director

- Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Industry: Construction
- Function:
Program Management

- Experience:

Minimum 20 years, including 7 years in senior project leadership
- Job Type: Full Time
- Work Arrangement:
On-site

Position Overview Parsons is seeking an experienced Program Director to lead the delivery of complex ultra-luxury hospitality and high-end mixed-use developments in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The position focuses on the successful delivery of major luxury hotels, resorts, branded residences, private clubs, and premium mixed-use projects. The successful candidate will provide senior leadership throughout design development, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover while maintaining exceptional standards of design quality, commercial performance, sustainability, and guest experience.

The role requires close coordination with clients, multidisciplinary design consultants, hotel operators, contractors, specialist suppliers, and other project stakeholders. The Program Director will oversee project scope, budgets, schedules, risks, contractual matters, and delivery performance while protecting the development 's design vision and applicable hospitality brand standards. The successful candidate will bring extensive experience in luxury hospitality project delivery, strong technical and commercial judgment, and the ability to lead complex international or high-profile developments.

Job Details

• Country:
  Saudi Arabia
• City:
  Riyadh
• Industry: Construction
• Function:
  Program Management
• Salary:
  Not disclosed
• Gender: No Preference
• Candidate Nationality:
  Not specified
• Job Type: Full Time
• Work Arrangement:
  On-site
• Minimum Clearance Required to Start:
  Confidential

• Lead the overall delivery of ultra-luxury hospitality design and development projects.
• Provide strategic direction and senior management oversight throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage project scope, budgets, schedules, quality requirements, risks, and overall delivery performance.
• Establish and maintain effective coordination between project participants to support successful execution.
• Ensure project activities remain aligned with client objectives, approved requirements, and contractual commitments.
• Oversee project progress and coordinate management decisions affecting design, construction, and delivery.
• Maintain a strong focus on design integrity, luxury hospitality standards, and successful project outcomes.

• Lead coordination between architects, engineers, multidisciplinary design consultants, and specialist technical teams.
• Oversee design development and review activities to maintain consistency with the approved project vision.
• Lead design reviews, technical coordination meetings, and value engineering activities.
• Coordinate the review and approval of materials and design-related submissions.
• Manage complex design interfaces involving architectural, engineering, operational, and specialist hospitality requirements.
• Oversee coordination of high-value bespoke packages and specialist design elements.
• Protect design quality, luxury finishes, brand requirements, and guest experience objectives throughout project development.
• Resolve technical and design coordination issues in collaboration with consultants and other project stakeholders.

• Oversee project activities from design development and approvals through procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Coordinate with contractors, suppliers, specialist vendors, and hotel operators to maintain effective project delivery.
• Monitor consultant and contractor…