Director - Strategic Planning and Mobility

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

Job summary

Parsons in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, seeks a Director - Strategic Planning and Team Lead to guide mobility planning and governance for a major city development. You will lead cross‑disciplinary teams and coordinate with stakeholders to update the city framework plan.

The role combines strategic planning, policy development, and document governance, with responsibility for backlog management and governance changes, ensuring mobility considerations align with broader city planning.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Urban Planning, Public Policy, or an equivalent discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant professional experience.
• Extensive experience authoring or revising policy documents.
• Expertise in planning legislation.
• Strong knowledge of demographic analysis.
• Understanding of land-use economics.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholders and disciplines.
• Experience leading teams responsible for planning and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a broad network of key program stakeholders across districts.
• Analyze the city framework plan to identify requirements for changes, revisions, and updates.
• Maintain an organized backlog of required changes to the city framework plan.
• Coordinate review of planning updates with relevant stakeholders.
• Lead staff supporting strategic planning and framework update activities.
• Oversee graphic design support within the team.
• Coordinate team workloads in line with framework update schedules.

Skills

Policy writing

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Urban planning

Education

Master's degree in Urban Planning

Job description

Director - Strategic Planning and Team Lead Job Snapshot Role: Director - Strategic Planning and Team Lead Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Industry: Civil Engineering Function: Strategic Planning-Intelligence Experience: Minimum 15 years Job Type: Full Time Position Overview Parsons is seeking a Director - Strategic Planning and Team Lead in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to support mobility planning and governance for the development of a large city in Saudi Arabia. The role will lead coordination with key program stakeholders to update the city framework plan and related mobility governance policies, procedures, and reports. The position combines strategic planning, policy development, stakeholder management, framework analysis, document governance, and team leadership. The Director will work alongside mobility specialists and other disciplines to identify required framework changes, coordinate updates, maintain an organized backlog of revisions, and ensure mobility considerations remain aligned with wider city planning activities.

Job Details Country: Saudi Arabia City: Riyadh Industry: Civil Engineering Function: Strategic Planning-Intelligence Salary: Not disclosed Gender: No Preference Candidate Nationality: Not specified Job Type: Full Time Work Arrangement: On-site

Strategic Planning Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a broad network of key program stakeholders across development districts.
• Analyze the city framework plan to identify requirements for changes, revisions, and updates.
• Review and fact-check existing trackers used to manage planning information and proposed changes.
• Maintain an organized backlog of required changes to the city framework plan.
• Track revisions required across other relevant governance reports.
• Review city framework documentation and recommend appropriate report modifications.
• Mark up framework plan reports to clearly identify proposed revisions.
• Support updates to mobility governance policies and procedures.
• Apply strategic planning expertise to the ongoing development and refinement of city planning documentation.

Mobility and Multidisciplinary Coordination

• Coordinate with stakeholders to align mobility reports with reports produced by other disciplines.
• Identify interfaces between mobility planning and broader city framework requirements.
• Facilitate communication between development districts and relevant program stakeholders.
• Support multidisciplinary coordination of proposed framework changes.
• Participate in management meetings and Mobility team activities.
• Help maintain consistent planning and governance information across interconnected reports.

Framework Governance and Change Management

• Log proposed framework changes and maintain visibility of outstanding revisions.
• Coordinate review of planning updates with relevant stakeholders.
• Manage the schedule for city framework plan updates.
• Coordinate internal stakeholder communications associated with planned revisions.
• Maintain clear records of required changes and their status.
• Support structured governance of planning documentation and related reports.

Team Leadership

• Lead staff supporting strategic planning and framework update activities.
• Manage team members responsible for document management duties.
• Oversee graphic design support within the team.
• Coordinate team workloads in line with framework update schedules and program priorities.
• Provide direction to support timely and accurate preparation of planning documentation.
• Participate in broader management activities with the Mobility team.

What Required Skills You 'LL Bring

• Master 's degree in Urban Planning, Public Policy, or an equivalent discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant professional experience.
• Extensive experience authoring or substantially revising policy documents.
• Expertise in planning legislation.
• Strong knowledge of demographic analysis.
• Understanding of land-use economics.
• Demonstrated ability to work with complex planning and governance documentation.
• Ability to coordinate strategic planning activities across multiple stakeholders and disciplines.
• Experience leading teams responsible for planning and documentation activities.

What Desired Skills You 'LL Bring

• Exceptional technical writing skills.
• Strong presentation capabilities.
• Ability to work effectively within culturally diverse teams.
• Ability to establish key stakeholder relationships quickly.
• Experience working on giga-projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Role Impact

The Director - Strategic Planning and Team Lead will help maintain an accurate and coordinated city framework as development requirements evolve. By connecting mobility planning with other disciplines, managing framework revisions, and maintaining effective stakeholder coordination, the role will support structured decision-making and consistent governance across the city development program.

About Parsons

Parsons brings multidisciplinary expertise to major infrastructure, transportation, mobility, and urban development programs. Its teams work across engineering, strategic planning, program management, and complex city development initiatives, combining technical expertise with coordinated multidisciplinary delivery.