Excellence Director - Quality and Improvement

Job Snapshot

Role:
Excellence Director
- Quality and Improvement

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Industry: Construction Function:
Quality Assurance

Experience:

Minimum 20 years Job Type: Full-time

Position Overview Excellence Director
- Quality and Improvement in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a senior Construction leadership opportunity focused on enterprise quality systems, continuous improvement, risk management, training, knowledge transfer, and performance excellence across a major program. Parsons is hiring an experienced director to lead Quality Management System development, strengthen compliance with international standards, improve organizational performance, and guide multidisciplinary teams toward measurable excellence outcomes.

Job Details Country:
Saudi Arabia City:
Riyadh Industry: Construction Function:
Quality Assurance 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 Excellence Director will provide strategic leadership across quality, risk, training, process improvement, and knowledge transfer activities for a major infrastructure program. The role is responsible for ensuring that project and program outputs align with Parsons requirements, client expectations, applicable standards, and established excellence frameworks. Working closely with executive leadership, program management, engineering, construction, procurement, contracts, safety, project controls, and client representatives, the director will shape the systems and culture that support consistent performance.

The position will also use management reviews, performance metrics, audit findings, risk information, and operational data to identify trends, improve processes, strengthen capability, and maintain a high-performing Quality Management System.

• Lead the strategic direction of excellence activities covering quality, continuous improvement, risk, training, and knowledge transfer across the program.
• Develop, implement, maintain, and continuously improve the Parsons Quality Management System as the foundation for process control, procedure development, reporting, and training.
• Direct quality system optimization initiatives and ensure processes remain practical, measurable, and aligned with program delivery requirements.
• Manage and support maintenance of Parsons Excellence-related certifications and associated compliance activities.
• Provide senior-level advice to executive management on quality performance, improvement priorities, organizational risks, and emerging trends.
• Facilitate Management Reviews and coordinate inputs and outputs with business unit Excellence representatives and senior stakeholders.
• Strengthen the culture of Quality across project and program teams through leadership, training, coaching, and performance monitoring.
• Identify capability gaps within quality, risk, and training disciplines and implement appropriate development actions.
• Provide guidance and technical support to Parsons and client personnel on excellence requirements, systems, procedures, and performance expectations.
• Act as the senior liaison with projects, customers, contractors, and internal departments on quality-related matters and resource requirements.
• Use data from audits, performance reports, risk registers, quality records, and other sources to identify systemic issues and improvement opportunities.
• Present significant excellence concerns, trends, and recommendations to executive management.
• Develop and refine performance metrics that enable leadership to assess organizational effectiveness and process maturity.
• Recommend changes to policies, procedures, systems, and controls where measurable performance improvement can be achieved.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives involving project controls, safety, risk, procurement, contracts, financial management, quality assurance, and quality control.
• Support change management programs aimed at improving operating practices across complex infrastructure delivery environments.
• Review business performance using indicators such as cost,…