PMO Manager

Confidential Careers; Dammam; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Careers is seeking a PMO Manager to serve as the Sector CEO's delivery arm, turning strategy into a governed portfolio and ensuring initiatives land on time and on budget.

The role leads the Sector PMO across six portfolio companies, defines governance, tracks performance, consolidates reporting, and escalates risks for timely decisions. Education includes a Bachelor's in Engineering or Business; Master’s/MBA preferred; PMP or PgMP; Saudi market experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration or related field.
• Master's degree or MBA preferred.
• PMP (required) or PgMP / PfMP.
• Saudi market experience and 10+ years total PMO/portfolio experience.

Responsibilities

• Establish Sector PMO: charter, operating model, roles and decision rights.
• Translate strategy into a prioritized portfolio and manage approvals.
• Maintain sector portfolio register with scope, owners, budgets, milestones.
• Prepare weekly/monthly dashboards for Sector CEO and management.
• Coordinate management meetings; prepare papers, minutes, actions.
• Maintain sector-level risk/issue registers and change control.
• Coach and develop PMO team; select and implement PMO tools.

Skills

PMO governance

Portfolio management

Strategy execution

Performance reporting

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Business Administration

Master's degree or MBA

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

Power BI

ERP project modules

Job description

Job Purpose

The PMO Manager is the Sector CEO's delivery arm: they turn sector strategy into a governed portfolio of initiatives and make sure each one lands on time, on budget and with measurable impact.

The role establishes and runs the Sector PMO across the six companies in the portfolio. It sets common project governance, tracks strategic and operational initiatives, consolidates performance reporting for the Sector CEO, and escalates risks early enough for decisions to be made.

Key Responsibilities

1. PMO Setup and Governance

• Establish the Sector PMO: charter, operating model, roles and decision rights.
• Define a standard project lifecycle (initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, closure) with stage gates and approval criteria.
• Develop sector-wide templates for project charters, plans, RAID logs, status reports and closure reports.
• Align sector PMO standards with Group policies, the Group PMO and Group Strategy.

2. Strategy Execution and Portfolio Management

• Translate the Sector CEO's strategic objectives into a prioritized portfolio of initiatives across all sector companies.
• Maintain the sector portfolio register: scope, owners, budgets, milestones, dependencies and status.
• Run prioritization and resource-allocation reviews, and recommend which initiatives to start, pause or stop.
• Track benefits realization after delivery and report on value achieved against the business case.

3. Performance Monitoring and Reporting

• Prepare the Sector CEO's weekly and monthly dashboards covering initiatives, KPIs and company performance.
• Consolidate inputs from each company's management into one view of sector progress.
• Produce board-level and Group-level presentations, briefing packs and progress reports.
• Follow up on agreed actions and close the loop with company heads.

4. Office of the Sector CEO Support

• Coordinate the Sector CEO's management meetings: agendas, papers, minutes and action tracking.
• Prepare decision papers, analyses and recommendations on matters referred by the Sector CEO.
• Act as the single coordination point between the Sector CEO and the sector companies' leadership teams.
• Manage special assignments and cross-company initiatives as directed.

5. Risk, Issues and Change Management

• Maintain sector-level risk and issue registers, with clear owners and mitigation plans.
• Escalate critical risks, delays and budget overruns to the Sector CEO with options and recommendations.
• Control scope and change requests through a formal change process.
• Support change management and communication for major transformation initiatives.

6. Financial and Resource Oversight

• Track initiative budgets, actual spend and forecasts in coordination with company finance teams.
• Monitor resource capacity across projects and flag conflicts or shortages.
• Support business-case development and investment approval submissions.

7. Capability Building and Continuous Improvement

• Build project management capability across sector companies through coaching, guidelines and training.
• Lead and develop the PMO team.
• Select and administer PMO tools (e.g. MS Project, Primavera, Power BI, ERP project modules).
• Run lessons-learned reviews and embed improvements into PMO standards.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration or a related field (required)
• Master's degree or MBA (preferred)

Certifications

• PMP (required) or PgMP / PfMP
• PMO-CP, Prince2 or Lean Six Sigma (preferred)

Experience

• 10+ years of total experience, including at least 5 years in a PMO or portfolio management role
• Proven experience setting up or running a PMO for a CEO, executive office or multi-company group
• Experience in one or more of the sector's industries: facilities management, security services, manufacturing, environmental services or contracting
• Saudi market experience; exposure to Saudi Vision 2030 programs is an advantage