Senior Project Manager - Hotels

Job Snapshot

• Role:
  Senior Project Manager
  - Hotels
• Location:
  
  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Industry: Construction
• Function:
  Project-Program Management
• Experience:
  
  Approximately 15 years
• Job Type: Full Time

Position Overview

Parsons is seeking a Senior Project Manager
- Hotels in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to lead the end-to-end delivery of major hotel assets within a landmark giga-project. Working as part of an integrated Delivery Partner team, the role provides strategic leadership across design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, commercial controls, and project handover. The position requires extensive experience delivering complex hotel and hospitality developments, with responsibility for coordinating multidisciplinary teams, consultants, contractors, operators, and other stakeholders.

The Senior Project Manager will ensure hotel assets are delivered against approved designs, budgets, schedules, contractual obligations, regulatory requirements, safety standards, quality expectations, and operational objectives.

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

• Lead a strong health, safety, and wellbeing culture across assigned hotel projects.
• Champion Stop Work authority and ensure project personnel understand their responsibility to act when safety is at risk.
• Coordinate with HSE teams to maintain compliance with applicable regulations and Client requirements.
• Conduct regular safety audits and ensure corrective and preventive actions are implemented.

• Provide strategic leadership to project teams in line with Client values and delivery objectives.
• Establish clear objectives, monitor performance, and maintain accountability across project functions.
• Lead cross-functional teams and external partners responsible for complex hotel developments.
• Mentor and develop team members while promoting a collaborative, high-performance working environment.

• Establish the strategic direction for planning and execution of hotel projects within Sub-district East.
• Lead integrated planning across design, procurement, construction, testing, and commissioning.
• Ensure hotel assets are delivered in accordance with approved designs, cost plans, schedules, and milestone dates.
• Coordinate project phasing with wider district and city development plans.
• Own the project execution plan and ensure required approvals and stakeholder compliance are maintained.

• Manage project resources, schedules, financial performance, quality, and safety requirements.
• Allocate Delivery Partner and contractor resources according to project priorities.
• Monitor budgets, cash flow, cost forecasts, and associated financial controls.
• Support Commercial and Procurement teams with budgeting and financial planning.
• Maintain delivery standards aligned with Client quality requirements and applicable hospitality benchmarks.

• Maintain integrated oversight of project schedules, costs, risks, quality, and safety.
• Identify and manage project risks and opportunities, including hotel operator standards and pre-opening requirements.
• Provide regular project status reports to Client senior leadership and key stakeholders.
• Prepare executive summaries and dashboards covering progress, critical issues, risks, and mitigation measures.
• Capture lessons learned and contribute to improvements in project delivery frameworks, processes, and standards.

• Lead architectural, interiors, MEP, and specialist systems design reviews.
• Ensure technical designs satisfy project specifications, regulatory requirements, sustainability objectives, operational requirements, and applicable hotel operator standards.
• Identify gaps between design requirements and contractual obligations and coordinate their resolution.
• Resolve design and contract interface issues with consultants, contractors, and hotel operators.
• Participate in value engineering and technical problem-resolution activities.

• Work with Procurement and Commercial teams on project scoping, tender reviews, proposal evaluations, and performance analysis.
• Support sourcing strategies for hotel-specific packages, including FF and E, OS and E, and specialist systems.
• Participate…