Construction Director - PMO

National Association of Women in Construction; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Construction Director to lead PMO-wide construction integration, governance, and performance management across multiple zones and packages. You will provide strategic leadership to PMCMs, contractors, consultants, and client stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of complex projects.

This role requires influencing delivery outcomes without direct contractual authority, aligning with program objectives, safety requirements, and client expectations while driving risk

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field (Master's preferred).
• 20+ years delivering buildings and infrastructure; theatres/public venues experience is a plus.
• PMP or similar certification advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead program-wide construction integration across multiple zones/packages.
• Drive governance frameworks, execution strategies, and performance control systems.
• Provide executive oversight of contractor performance, progress, and recovery strategies.
• Own program-level construction risk identification, escalation, and mitigation.
• Coordinate multi-party interfaces among PMCMs, designers, contractors, and clients.
• Oversee construction reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and executive updates.

Skills

Program leadership

PMO

Stakeholder management

Construction governance

Risk management

Interface management

HSE compliance

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering/Construction

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Contract management tools

Job description

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Construction Director to join our team! In this role you will get to serve as a senior PMO leader responsible for program-wide construction integration, assurance, governance, and performance management across multiple zones and work packages. Operating at Project Director level capability, the role will provide strategic leadership across PMCMs, contractors, consultants, and client stakeholders to ensure successful delivery.

The role requires influencing delivery outcomes without direct contractual authority, ensuring alignment with program objectives, construction standards, safety requirements, and client expectations.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Lead program-wide construction integration across multiple zones/packages, acting as the senior interface between PMO, PMCMs, contractors, and client stakeholders
  o Drive construction governance frameworks, execution strategies, and performance control systems in alignment with PMO mandates
  o Provide executive oversight of contractor performance, progress, and recovery strategies, ensuring alignment with approved program baselines
  o Take ownership of program-level construction risk identification, escalation, and mitigation, particularly across interfaces and dependencies
  o Lead multi-party coordination across PMCMs, designers, contractors, and stakeholders to resolve integration delivery issues and constraints
  o Oversee and validate construction reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and executive-level updates to support informed client decision-making
  o Ensure consistency of construction delivery approaches across all packages, including logistics strategies, sequencing, and phasing
  o Provide strategic direction on delay mitigation and recovery planning, challenging contractor methodologies where required
  o Champion QA/QC, HSE, and compliance assurance at program level, ensuring systems-not just outputs-are robust and auditable
  o Act as a senior escalation point for non-performance, non-conformances, and systemic delivery failures across the program
  o Support procurement and tender evaluation strategies from a constructability, phasing, and delivery risk perspective
  o Contribute to value engineering and buildability optimization, ensuring alignment with cost, schedule, and design intent

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field (Master's preferred).
• Minimum 20 years of experience in delivering buildings and infrastructure construction.
• Proven track record in delivering complex theatres, large public venues
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent knowledge of construction methodologies, contract management, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience working in high-profile or government-led development programs is a plus.
• PMP or similar certification is advantageous.

Skills & Competencies:

• Must demonstrate Project Director-level leadership, managing large multidisciplinary teams across multiple zones/packages
• Must demonstrate experience operating in a PMO / client-side integrator role, managing performance and outcomes without direct contractual control
• Proven ability to drive program delivery, commercial outcomes, and stakeholder alignment
• Strong background in strategic planning, sequencing, and risk mitigation on mega projects
• Experience interfacing directly with senior client stakeholders and executive leadership
• Ability to establish and lead integrated site delivery strategies across civils, infrastructure, and landscape works
• Extensive experience delivering mega-scale urban development, public realm, or landscape-led infrastructure projects
• Proven track record in complex, multi-package construction environments with significant interface management (civils, utilities, infrastructure, landscape, and vertical elements)
• Strong background in civil engineering and infrastructure works (roads, utilities, earthworks, drainage, etc.)
• Demonstrated expertise in hard and soft landscaping delivery at scale, including integration with wider urban infrastructure
• Experience working within live, high-profile environments with demanding stakeholders and accelerated delivery timelines
• Ability to manage and coordinate multiple PMCM's
• Deep understanding of construction logistics, site phasing, and access strategies for major projects
• Strong focus on health, safety, environmental, and quality leadership in large workforce environments
• Experience working in the Middle East (preferably KSA) or similar regulatory and climatic conditions is highly desirable
• Capability to operate within client-side or PMCM environments, ensuring governance, reporting, and performance management at a senior level
• Proven ability to operate within a high-accountability PMO environment where responsibility for outcomes exceeds direct authority, requiring strong leadership, influence, and stakeholder management skills

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

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