AI Project Manager / Scrum Master – Senior Associate

PwC Middle East; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Middle East seeks a Project Manager/Scrum Master to coordinate AI and GenAI initiatives, balancing business goals with technical delivery. You will drive agile ceremonies, governance, and cross-functional collaboration across AI, analytics, and software teams.

The role requires strong project management, stakeholder engagement, and a track record of delivering technology projects in Agile environments. Based in Riyadh, it offers exposure to PwC’s regional AI strategy and advisory

Qualifications

• 3-8 years of experience in Project Management, Scrum Master, PMO, or Agile Delivery roles.
• Experience delivering technology, AI, data, analytics, or software development projects.
• Experience working in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver AI, GenAI, automation, analytics, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Manage project schedules, milestones, and delivery plans across business and technical teams.
• Track risks, dependencies, issues, and deliverables; escalate when needed.
• Maintain weekly status reports, RAID registers, and governance artifacts.
• Serve as the central liaison between stakeholders and delivery teams to ensure alignment.

Skills

Project management

Scrum

Agile delivery

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering / Business Administration

PMI-PMP Certified

Job description

Established in the region for 40 years, PwC has around 12,000 people in 12 countries across the region: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, the Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Our regional team operates across the Middle East bringing international experience delivered within the context of the region and its culture. We can bring the collective knowledge and experience of more than 370,000 people across the entire global PwC network in advisory, assurance and tax to help you find the value you are looking for.

About Us

With offices in 152 countries and nearly 328,000 professionals, we are one of the world’s leading professional services networks, helping organisations and individuals create lasting value through Assurance, Tax and Advisory services. For over 40 years, we have contributed to the Middle East’s transformation journey, partnering with governments and businesses to deliver sustainable solutions. Today, more than 12,000 of us across Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are shaping the region’s future.

Line of Service Overview

Internal Firm Services (IFS) brings together the specialist functions that enable PwC Middle East to run, grow and transform—supporting our people, clients and business with the capabilities needed for the future of work. A career in IFS offers diverse opportunities across Human Capital, Finance, Technology & AI, Clients & Markets, Marketing & Communications, Risk & Quality, Partner Development, Office Management, and Transformation & Change. As we continue to embed data, technology and new-age AI into how we work, we are hiring talent who can help our teams become more AI-enabled, digitally confident and ready to create greater value across PwC Middle East.

Business Unit Overview

The AI Centre of Excellence (AICoE) is our central engine for AI strategy, product build, and scale. It governs standards and cost and risk controls, runs AI Factory squads to design and ship custom AI solutions and reusable frameworks (LLM and RAG stacks, integrations on Azure), provides technical consultation on architecture, solution design, and best practices, and drives workforce transformation through training and upskilling to accelerate adoption across our lines of service.

Operating within IFS, the CoE partners with Experience Design and adjacent technology teams, follows a codified operating model and RACI for approvals and observability, and supports proposals, demos, and delivery with a focus on distinctive outcomes and trusted leadership.

How You’ll Contribute

As a Project Manager/Scrum Master, you’ll be responsible for coordinating and delivering AI and GenAI initiatives using Agile methodologies. The role combines project management, sprint facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and delivery governance to ensure successful execution of AI products and solutions.

Working closely with Product Managers, Architects, Engineers, and business stakeholders, the role ensures delivery commitments are met, risks are proactively managed, and teams operate efficiently within the AICoE delivery framework.

Agile Delivery & Scrum Facilitation

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Support backlog refinement activities and sprint readiness.
• Track sprint progress and team commitments.
• Identify and remove delivery impediments and blockers.
• Promote Agile best practices and continuous improvement within the team.
• Help teams improve sprint predictability, quality, and delivery performance.

Project Coordination

• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, and delivery plans.
• Coordinate activities across business and technical teams.
• Track project progress against agreed timelines and deliverables.
• Monitor dependencies, risks, assumptions, and issues.
• Escalate delivery concerns appropriately and ensure timely resolution.
• Leveraging historical project data to spot bottlenecks, predict delays, and prevent budget overruns before they occur.
• Support project governance and status reporting.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as a central point of coordination between stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Communicate project status, risks, and key decisions to stakeholders.
• Ensure alignment between business expectations and delivery commitments.

AI Delivery Support

• Support delivery of AI, GenAI, automation, analytics, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Coordinate activities between Product Managers, Architects, Developers, QA, and Business Analysts.
• Ensure project activities align with AICoE delivery standards and governance requirements.

Reporting & Governance

• Prepare weekly project status reports and dashboards.
• Maintain project documentation and action logs.
• Track RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) registers.

What You’ll Bring

Experience

• 3-8 years of experience in Project Management, Scrum Master, PMO, or Agile Delivery roles.
• Experience delivering technology, AI, data, analytics, or software development projects.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration or related field.
• PMI-PMP Certified

Technical Skills & Specialized Knowledge

Project Management

• Project planning and coordination
• Risk and issue management
• Stakeholder communication
• Status reporting
• Dependency management
• Documentation and governance

Agile & Scrum

• Scrum framework

Tagged as: IFS - Internal Firm Services - Other, Internal Firm Services, Senior Associate