Associate Director - Project Controls

Currie & Brown; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 550,000 - 950,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown is recruiting an Associate Director to lead the Project Controls elements of a PMO for a multi-billion SAR gigaproject in Riyadh, KSA. The role focuses on governance, planning, reporting, and performance management across a large portfolio.

The Associate Director – Project Controls acts as the client’s SME for project controls, driving best-practice standards and executive reporting to senior leadership and board stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Leads, governs and improves all project controls across a large portfolio.
• Establishes best-practice standards and governance frameworks.
• Drives accurate executive reporting to senior leadership and boards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project controls elements of a PMO for a multi-project portfolio.
• Ensure portfolio-wide compliance and performance management.
• Oversee PMIS administration and business intelligence reporting.

Skills

Project controls

Governance

Executive reporting

PMIS administration

Business intelligence

Portfolio management

Scheduling and planning

Tools

Primavera P6

Power BI

Microsoft Project

Job description

We are recruiting for an Associate Director to lead the Project Controls elements of a PMO for a multi-billion SAR gigaproject in Riyadh, KSA.

The Associate Director – Project Controls is responsible for leading, governing, and continuously improving all project controls functions across a large-scale development portfolio. The role provides strategic leadership for planning, scheduling, reporting, governance, performance management, project controls assurance, PMIS administration, business intelligence reporting, and programme - wide compliance.

The position acts as the client's senior subject matter expert for project controls and is accountable for establishing best-practice standards, maintaining governance frameworks, ensuring portfolio-wide compliance, and driving accurate executive reporting to senior leadership, executive committees, and board-level stakeholders.