Program Delivery Construction Director – Senior PMO Leader

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 1,300,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons Corporation in Riyadh seeks a Construction Director - Program Delivery to lead program-wide construction governance and integration across multiple zones and packages. This senior role coordinates PMCMs, contractors, consultants, and client stakeholders while maintaining alignment with baselines, safety, and quality standards.

The ideal candidate brings 20+ years delivering major building and infrastructure projects, with proven Project Director-level leadership and Middle East

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, or related discipline.
• Master's degree in engineering, construction, or project management is preferred.
• Minimum 20 years of experience delivering major building and infrastructure construction projects.
• Demonstrated Project Director-level leadership capability.
• Proven experience managing multidisciplinary teams across multiple zones and work packages.
• Strong background operating within a client-side PMO, PMCM, delivery partner, or program integrator environment.
• Ability to influence contractor and consultant performance without direct contractual control.
• Extensive experience delivering complex theatres, public venues, or high-profile facilities.
• Proven involvement in mega-scale urban development, infrastructure, public realm, or landscape-led programs.
• Strong technical knowledge of roads, utilities, drainage, earthworks, civil works, and site infrastructure.
• Experience coordinating several PMCM organizations and major contractors.
• PMP or a comparable project management certification is preferred.
• Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead program-wide construction integration across multiple zones, contracts, and work packages.
• Act as the senior interface between the PMO, PMCMs, contractors, consultants, designers, and client stakeholders.
• Establish construction governance frameworks, execution standards, assurance procedures, and performance-control systems.
• Align construction activities with PMO mandates, program objectives, approved baselines, and client expectations.
• Provide executive oversight of contractor and consultant delivery performance.
• Review progress, productivity, resource deployment, construction sequencing, and milestone achievement.
• Coordinate construction interfaces across roads, utilities, drainage, earthworks, structures, buildings, and public spaces.
• Oversee integration of hard landscaping, soft landscaping, and urban infrastructure.
• Champion quality assurance, quality control, health, safety, environmental, and regulatory compliance.
• Engage directly with senior client representatives and executive leadership.

Skills

Program construction management

Construction governance

PMO leadership

Contractor performance management

Stakeholder management

Quality assurance

HSE leadership

Construction dashboards

Recovery planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

PMO tools

Job description

Parsons Corporation in Riyadh seeks a Construction Director - Program Delivery to lead program-wide construction governance and integration across multiple zones and packages. This senior role coordinates PMCMs, contractors, consultants, and client stakeholders while maintaining alignment with baselines, safety, and quality standards.

The ideal candidate brings 20+ years delivering major building and infrastructure projects, with proven Project Director-level leadership and Middle East