Lead Digital Project Delivery Manager

Role:
Lead Digital Project Delivery Manager

Location:

Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Industry: IT and Services
Function: IT Project Management

Experience:

Minimum 20 years
Job Type: Full-time

Lead Digital Project Delivery Manager in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia is a senior IT and Services opportunity responsible for defining enterprise architecture, digital governance, technology integration, and smart infrastructure strategy for a world-scale giga-project. Parsons Corporation is hiring an accomplished digital leader to align IT, operational technology, data, applications, cloud platforms, smart city systems, and business capabilities within one secure and scalable digital ecosystem.

• Define and maintain the enterprise architecture strategy across business, data, application, integration, security, and technology domains.
• Develop current-state and target-state architecture models, transition roadmaps, capability maps, and implementation priorities.
• Align digital architecture with project objectives, operational requirements, sustainability targets, and long-term asset strategies.
• Establish architecture principles, standards, reference models, design patterns, and technology governance processes.
• Create and chair an Enterprise Architecture Review Board for evaluating major technology proposals and solution designs.
• Ensure digital initiatives comply with approved architecture, cybersecurity, data governance, privacy, and interoperability requirements.
• Oversee the integration of smart city platforms, IoT devices, sensors, operational technology, control systems, and enterprise applications.
• Coordinate digital ecosystems involving ERP, GIS, BIM, asset management, digital twins, analytics, artificial intelligence, and collaboration platforms.
• Guide the design of secure and scalable cloud-native architectures using AWS, Microsoft Azure, or comparable platforms.
• Define integration strategies covering APIs, middleware, event-driven systems, data exchanges, and master data services.
• Establish architectural controls for IT and OT convergence, network segmentation, system resilience, and operational continuity.
• Review solution architecture, infrastructure design, data architecture, cybersecurity controls, and vendor technical submissions.
• Identify technology duplication, integration gaps, scalability limitations, security exposure, and lifecycle risks.
• Develop practical remediation plans and ensure architectural issues are resolved before implementation.
• Evaluate emerging technologies including edge computing, next-generation connectivity, blockchain, AI, machine learning, and advanced automation.
• Assess new technologies against operational value, sustainability, security, cost, maturity, and implementation risk.
• Translate complex technical strategies into clear business outcomes, investment cases, and executive recommendations.
• Present digital roadmaps, architecture decisions, risks, and progress updates to C-suite stakeholders and client leadership.
• Coordinate government entities, consultants, contractors, system integrators, vendors, and project delivery teams.
• Ensure that technology procurement and implementation decisions support the approved target architecture.
• Lead the preparation of technical scopes, architecture requirements, tender evaluations, and supplier recommendations.
• Establish digital delivery KPIs covering integration, system performance, resilience, adoption, cybersecurity, and business value.
• Monitor implementation progress and intervene where solutions deviate from approved architecture or program objectives.
• Direct and mentor solution architects, enterprise architects, data architects, cloud specialists, and infrastructure architects.
• Build internal digital capability through coaching, technical standards, knowledge sharing, and structured development.
• Promote a culture of innovation, disciplined governance, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Minimum 20 years of progressive information technology and digital transformation experience.
• At least 8 to 10 years in enterprise architecture, digital strategy, or senior technology leadership.
• Proven responsibility for multi-billion-dollar programs, mega-projects, smart cities, or large-scale digital ecosystems.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture across business, data, applications, integration, infrastructure, and security domains.
• Experience establishing architecture governance, review boards, standards, roadmaps, and compliance processes.
• Deep understanding of IT and operational technology integration.
• Strong knowledge of smart city platforms, IoT networks, digital twins, BIM, GIS, ERP, and asset-management environments.
• Advanced understanding of AWS, Microsoft Azure, cloud-native architectures, microservices, APIs, and scalable integration frameworks.
• Familiarity with data mesh, enterprise analytics, artificial…