Project Director

KEO International Consultants; Medina; On-site; SAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

KEO International Consultants in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, seeks a Project Director to lead delivery of a prestigious mega project with international impact. You will oversee strategic planning, execution and management, coordinating cross-disciplinary teams across engineering, procurement, construction, planning, and commercial functions.

The ideal candidate offers 15 years in leading large, complex projects, a Bachelors in Civil Engineering, and a proven track record in hospitality development

Qualifications

• 15 years of work experience in large, complex projects.
• Experience leading hospitality construction projects (hotels, resorts, mixed-use) preferred.
• Proven ability to manage budgets over $100 million.
• Hands-on delivery from inception to completion.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of a mega project in Madinah, Saudi Arabia as Project Director.
• Oversee strategic planning, execution and management.
• Mobilise delivery teams of 150–200 personnel in fast-track environment.
• Manage executive relationships with client organisations and sponsors.
• Administer contracts and commercial matters; ensure governance.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Executive reporting

Delivery management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration — through conceptualization — to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job — you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Project Director to join our award winning team in Madinah, Saudi. We are currently looking for a Project Director to lead the delivery of a prestigious mega project in Madinah, Saudi Arabia. This is a high-profile project with an international impact, and we need an experienced leader to oversee the strategic planning, execution, and management of the project.

We envisage success in this role to include;

Technical / Delivery Experience

• Delivering large-scale, multi-tower mixed-use or hospitality developments, ideally podium-plus-towers schemes of comparable scale

• Demonstrating a proven track record across PMC and CSC execution

• Applying strong command of integrated programme management, including baseline programming, critical path planning, and driving delivery on complex, fast-track construction programmes

• Managing multi-disciplinary delivery across engineering, procurement, construction, planning, and commercial functions as one coordinated team

• Administering FIDIC-based contracts and managing formal contractual correspondence

Leadership & Team Building

• Building and leading integrated delivery teams on large, complex projects

• Providing confident, decisive leadership capable of holding contractors and consultants accountable to measurable delivery commitments

• Mobilising project teams of 150–200 personnel at pace in a fast-track environment

Client & Stakeholder Management

• Operating comfortably at executive level with sophisticated, highly engaged client organisations

• Demonstrating strong diplomatic and negotiation skills, with sound commercial judgement

• Managing contractual and commercial matters professionally and collaboratively

Regional & Sector Context

• Bringing prior experience on Saudi giga-projects or similarly scaled regional developments, strongly preferred

• Understanding the operating environment surrounding Vision 2030 developments, including pace of delivery, client expectations, and multi-stakeholder governance

• Coordinating effectively with hospitality and hotel operators

Personal Qualities

• Remaining resilient and results-driven while operating in a high-pressure, high-visibility environment

• Communicating effectively and translating technical and programme detail into clear executive-level reporting

• Demonstrating high integrity and a strong sense of ownership

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include 15 years work experience partnered with a B Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering or similar

• Proven experience in leading large, complex projects (preferably in the Middle East or other high-growth regions).

• Strong background in hospitality construction, including hotels, resorts, and mixed-use developments.

• Experience in managing project budgets exceeding $100 million.

• Hands-on experience in project delivery from inception to completion.

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.