Delivery Director

Parsons Corporation; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 900,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Delivery Director in Saudi Arabia to lead the PMO for a major program, guiding project management, construction management, and engineering/design to ensure safe, timely, and high-quality delivery. You will oversee strategy, budgets, schedules, and governance across multiple workstreams, coordinating with clients, regulators, and consultants.

The role requires executive leadership, extensive governance expertise, and strong stakeholder management to align objectives and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Proven track record in senior leadership on major, complex programs.
• Experience delivering major infrastructure or large-scale developments is preferred.
• Knowledge of PMO governance, program delivery, stakeholder management, planning, cost, risk, change, quality, and reporting.
• Professional registration or chartered status may be required.

Responsibilities

• Lead PMO’s Project Management, Construction Management, and Engineering and Design functions.
• Establish an integrated delivery approach across all workstreams with clear accountability.
• Ensure program requirements are defined, communicated, and achieved; review deliverables for compliance.
• Oversee development and implementation of delivery strategies, budgets, schedules, resource plans, and controls.
• Monitor progress against milestones; address risks, cost pressures, delays, quality issues, and scope changes.
• Lead recovery planning and corrective actions when performance deviates.
• Provide reporting and recommendations to Senior Program Director on delivery performance.
• Coordinate with client, PMCM consultants, Design Consultants, contractors and regulators.
• Participate in negotiations, executive reviews, and regulatory meetings.
• Document, communicate, track, and close commitments and actions.
• Mobilize resources to deliver effective, high-quality work across the PMO.
• Promote technical and commercial excellence through QA, governance, design and construction oversight.
• Maintain change management oversight and timely processing of change orders.
• Chair regular delivery and coordination meetings to review status and interfaces.
• Support performance reviews, development plans, and capability development.
• Act as Parsons’ senior delivery representative with the client and consultants.
• Perform other responsibilities in support of the Senior Program Director.

Skills

Executive leadership

Project management

Construction management

Engineering design management

Project controls

Governance

Stakeholder mgmt

Client relations

Regulatory compliance

Quality & safety

PM certification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering / Construction Management / Project Management

Job description

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Job Description

Parsons is looking for a Deliver Director for the Project Management Office (PMO) of a major program. The scope includes management of the design, engineering, procurement, construction, and post-construction phases of the project.

A new Delivery Director position has been created within the Project Management Office (PMO), reporting directly to the Senior Program Director. The Delivery Director is responsible for leading and integrating the PMO’s Project Management, Construction Management, and Engineering and Design functions to support the safe, timely, and high-quality delivery of the program.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead, direct, supervise, and coordinate the PMO’s Project Management, Construction Management, and Engineering and Design functions.
• Establish an integrated delivery approach across all workstreams, ensuring clear accountability, effective interfaces, and alignment with program objectives.
• Ensure program requirements are defined, communicated, and achieved, and review draft and final deliverables for compliance with approved criteria.
• Oversee the development and implementation of delivery strategies, execution plans, budgets, schedules, resource plans, and performance controls.
• Monitor progress against key milestones and promptly address risks, constraints, cost pressures, schedule delays, quality issues, and changes in scope.
• Lead recovery planning and corrective actions where performance deviates from approved plans.
• Provide clear, timely reporting and recommendations to the Senior Program Director on delivery performance, key decisions, risks, and emerging issues.
• Coordinate with the client, PMCM consultants and Design Consultants, contractors, regulatory authorities, government agencies, and other stakeholders to resolve delivery matters and maintain alignment.
• Participate in negotiations, executive reviews, and public or regulatory meetings in support of the client and program.
• Ensure instructions, commitments, decisions, and action items are documented, communicated, tracked, and closed.
• Mobilize and manage the resources required to deliver effective, high-quality work across the PMO.
• Promote technical and commercial excellence through quality assurance, governance, design management, construction oversight, and disciplined project controls.
• Maintain oversight of change management and ensure change orders are current, justified, and processed in a timely manner.
• Chair regular delivery and coordination meetings to review status, resolve interfaces, and assign actions.
• Support performance reviews, development plans, succession planning, and capability development for direct and indirect reports.
• Act as Parsons’ senior delivery representative with the client and selected consultants and contractors during program execution.
• Perform other responsibilities in support of the Senior Program Director .

What Desired Skills You’ll Bring

• Executive leadership and the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in a complex PMO environment.
• Strong knowledge of project management, construction management, engineering and design management, project controls, commercial management, and governance.
• Ability to integrate multiple delivery functions and manage complex stakeholder and organizational interfaces.
• Excellent written, verbal, negotiation, presentation, and client relationship skills.
• Thorough knowledge of relevant industry practices, regulations, quality requirements, and health and safety standards.
• Sound judgment, decisive problem-solving, and the ability to operate effectively under pressure.
• Ability to meet Parsons’ project management certification requirements.

What Desired Skills You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 20 years of relevant experience, including senior leadership assignments on major, complex, multidisciplinary programs.
• Substantial experience leading project management, construction management, and engineering or design functions.
• Demonstrated experience in PMO governance, program delivery, stakeholder management, planning, cost, risk, change, quality, and performance reporting.
• Experience delivering major infrastructure, public-realm, mixed-use, or comparable large-scale developments is preferred.
• Professional registration or chartered status may be required.
• Recognized project or program management certification is preferred.

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