Project Director

Currie & Brown; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown is seeking a Project Director to lead complex projects in Riyadh. The role involves managing project teams, ensuring compliance with budgetary and regulatory standards, and providing subject matter expertise. Ideal candidates will possess a degree, project management certification, and experience in both pre- and post-contract phases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
• Project management professional certification or accreditation needed.
• Proven ability to lead and deliver projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage complex projects to budget and quality standards.
• Develop project delivery plans and control mechanisms.
• Advise senior management on project progress and risks.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Leadership

Commercial Acumen

Industry Best Practices

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Project management professional certification

Job description

Currie & Brown is looking for a Project Director based in Riyadh, KSA.

As a Project Director, you will lead reasonably complex projects, manage project stakeholders and provide leadership to the project team. You'll be delivering your scope of work in line with budgetary, compliance, regulatory, and planning controls, which requires deep technical knowledge and broad business experience.

What will you be doing?

• Accountable for delivery of a number of small projects or a medium scale project with reasonable complexity to budget, quality, and time metrics
• Responsible for project definition and delivery
• Responsible for establishing project delivery plans and appropriate control mechanisms to assure effective delivery of the project
• Responsible for leading the project team and performance management of the Currie & Brown team
• Oversee and manage an agreed scope of work of a consultant team and / or contractors
• Work within established financial systems to independently produce plans and schedules and track and manage budgets, highlighting variances in order to manage and control project delivery targets
• Use your own knowledge and experience of industry best practices to review and manage project processes and policies, providing insightful recommendations that support senior management to improve processes and systems
• Interact effectively and proactively across the organization, seeking to develop ways to support collaboration and ensure projects can be delivered to meet customer expectations
• Advise senior management on progress and issues relating to own project, providing subject matter advice in order to support successful delivery in line with project objectives and strategies
• Present any business project risks or issues to senior managers (with proposed mitigation) to ensure the project is not adversely impacted, and ensure the delivery of projects to compliant standards

What do you need?

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Project management professional certification or accreditation
• Previous experience leading projects
• Experience during both pre-contract and post-contract phases
• Knowledge of industry best practice
• Commercial acumen and the ability to manage relationships with external stakeholders
• Proven ability as a trusted advisor to the client

About You

About Us

Our corporate values

At Currie & Brown, we know that when it comes to a good idea, it doesn't matter where it comes from. That's why we take a collaborative, open-door approach to running our business. Our people, from apprentices to senior management, make our company what it is. Everyone in the Currie & Brown family, no matter how experienced, contributes to our success in their own way, and we have fun doing it.

Unlike other companies, we focus on the long term and deliver on our commitments. We take a compassionate and inclusive approach to our work and always invest in the future of our people. Whether it's the desire to work internationally, the urge to develop, or even the curiosity to work in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage, offering guidance, support and the structure to achieve. That's why so many of us have been building successful careers here for so long.

With the backing of our parent company, we are an independent company. Our people are able to make quick and flexible decisions, and work directly with some of the world's best partner brands in our industry through Dar Group.

This mix of our scale and size, our partnerships and our people makes us a true industry leader around the world.