Director - Strategic Planning & Team Lead

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons in Saudi Arabia seeks a Director - Strategic Planning & Team Lead to guide mobility governance efforts for a major city project. You will align city frameworks with stakeholders, supervise team members, and drive policy updates from planning through implementation.

The role requires extensive experience in urban policy and planning, strong writing and presentation skills, and the ability to lead cross-cultural teams on giga projects in the Kingdom.

Qualifications

• 18+ years experience authoring or substantially revising policy documents.
• Expertise in planning legislation, demographic analysis, and land-use economics.

Responsibilities

• Build a wide network of key program stakeholders across development districts
• Analyze the city framework plan to understand demands for changes and updates
• Fact check existing trackers
• Coordinate with stakeholders to align mobility reports with other discipline reports
• Log the backlog of changes to the city framework plan and other governance reports
• Mark up and recommend city framework plan report modifications
• Manage the schedule of city framework plan updates, including internal stakeholder communications
• Manage staff to perform document management and graphic design duties within the team
• Participate in management meetings and activities with the Mobility team

Skills

Exceptional technical writing

Presentation skills

Cross-cultural collaboration

Education

Master's in Urban Planning, Public Policy, or equivalent

Job description

Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Director - Strategic Planning & Team Lead to join our team! In this role you will get to work alongside mobility experts in the development of a large city in Saudi Arabia by aligning with key stakeholders to update city frameworks and other mobility governance policies and procedures.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Building a wide network of key program stakeholders across development districts
• Analyzing the city framework plan to understand the demands for changes and updates
• Fact checking existing trackers
• Coordinating with stakeholders to align mobility reports with other discipline reports
• Logging the backlog of changes to the city framework plan and other governance reports
• Marking up and recommending city framework plan report modifications
• Managing the schedule of city framework plan updates, including internal stakeholder communications
• Managing staff to perform document management and graphic design duties within the team
• Participate in management meetings and activities with the Mobility team

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Master's in Urban Planning, Public Policy, or equivalent
• 18+ years experience authoring or substantially revising policy documents
• Expertise in planning legislation, demographic analysis, and land-use economics

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Exceptional technical writing and presentation skills
• Ability to work within culturally-diverse team and quickly establish key relationships
• Experience working on giga projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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