PMO Governance & Delivery Specialist

hastraa arabia limited; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Hastraa Arabia Limited is seeking Associate Governance Specialists to support EPMO governance and project delivery oversight for strategic initiatives in Saudi Arabia. You will govern assigned projects, maintain governance artifacts, and coordinate delivery under senior guidance.

The role requires 4–8 years of experience in PMO/EPMO, strong English communication, and active PMP certification. Arabic fluency is strongly preferred for stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
• 4-8 years of relevant experience in project management, PMO/EPMO, project governance, or project delivery.
• Active PMP certification.
• Certification number or verifiable credential must be provided.
• Proven experience in the financial sector, including banking, FinTech, financial services, or another financial institution.
• Proven experience leading both technical projects, and business projects.
• Proven experience in project governance and delivery management, including plans, milestones, status reporting, RAID, decisions, actions, escalations, and delivery follow-up.
• Proven cross-functional stakeholder management experience involving business, technology, and relevant control/support functions.
• Strong English communication skills, including meeting facilitation, written reporting, and presentation skills.
• Arabic fluency is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain project plans, trackers, milestone schedules, RAID logs, decision logs, action registers, dependency registers, and supporting documentation.
• Monitor project progress against approved plans and milestones.
• Track overdue actions and deliverables and follow up with accountable owners.
• Identify project delays, risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery constraints.
• Support mitigation and recovery planning and monitor actions through closure.
• Lead or facilitate assigned project status and governance meetings.
• Prepare agendas, meeting materials, minutes, action logs, and follow-up communications.
• Document project decisions and ensure appropriate owners and target dates are recorded.
• Escalate material exceptions, unresolved issues, and overdue actions through the appropriate governance channels.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and ad hoc project status updates.
• Support the preparation of dashboards and executive presentations.
• Validate project information for accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
• Coordinate business and technology stakeholders.
• Support consolidation of project information for portfolio-level reporting.
• Provide timely information and analysis to the EPMO Governance Senior Specialist.
• Ensure project documentation is maintained in accordance with EPMO standards and governance requirements.

Skills

Governance

Delivery tracking

RAID management

Stakeholder mgmt

Meeting facilitation

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Business

PMP certification

Tools

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Jira

Power BI

Trello

EPM/PPM platforms

Job description

Hastraa Arabia Limited is seeking Associate Governance Specialists to support EPMO governance and project delivery oversight for strategic initiatives in Saudi Arabia. You will govern assigned projects, maintain governance artifacts, and coordinate delivery under senior guidance.

The role requires 4–8 years of experience in PMO/EPMO, strong English communication, and active PMP certification. Arabic fluency is strongly preferred for stakeholder engagement.