Director - Strategic Planning & Team Lead

Parsons; Riyadh Region; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons seeks a Director - Strategic Planning & Team Lead to guide policy development and lead a team updating city frameworks and governance procedures for a major Saudi Arabia mobility project.

Required credentials include a Master’s in Urban Planning or Public Policy and 15+ years of policy experience, with strong writing and stakeholder relations. This role drives giga-project governance and collaboration across culturally diverse teams.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Policy drafting

Stakeholder management

Urban planning

Public policy analysis

Technical writing

Education

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

Job description

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next! At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what's possible.

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
• 15+ 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

Equal Opportunity Statement

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