Project Manager - Hospitality Development

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 279,000 - 446,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is hiring a Project Manager - Hospitality Development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a major program within the Hospitality industry. The manager will lead the daily progression of hotel and hospitality assets through planning, design, procurement, construction, and delivery.

This client-focused role requires strong project-controls knowledge and the ability to coordinate hotel operators, consultants, contractors, suppliers, delivery partners, and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or related discipline.
• Master's degree in a relevant field is preferred.
• Minimum ten years of project-management or construction-management experience.
• Experience coordinating with hotel operators and managing hospitality assets.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day project activities across planning, design, procurement, construction, and delivery stages.
• Develop and maintain detailed project-management plans for hospitality assets.
• Establish programs, coordination trackers, decision logs, and action registers.
• Monitor cost, schedule, scope, quality, risk, and overall project performance.
• Translate technical data into structured insights for decision-makers.

Skills

Hospitality project management

Hotel asset delivery

Client-side project management

Developer-side project management

Full project lifecycle management

Project governance

Executive reporting

Performance-data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Primavera P6

Aconex

Job description

Project Manager - Hospitality Development Job Snapshot

Role:

Project Manager - Hospitality Development

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry:

Hospitality

Function:

Project Management

Experience:

Minimum 10 years

Job Type:

Full-time

Position Overview

Parsons is hiring a Project Manager - Hospitality Development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a major program within the Hospitality industry. The manager will lead the daily progression of hotel and hospitality assets through planning, design, procurement, construction, and delivery. This client-focused role requires strong project-controls knowledge and the ability to coordinate hotel operators, consultants, contractors, suppliers, delivery partners, and internal teams. The successful candidate will maintain delivery momentum by resolving project challenges, managing interfaces, and turning complex performance data into clear decisions.

Job Details

• Country: Saudi Arabia
• City: Riyadh
• Industry: Hospitality
• Function: Project Management
• Salary: 25000-40000 SAR per month Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in Riyadh; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
• Gender: Any
• Candidate Nationality: Any
• Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

Hospitality assets involve demanding coordination between owner requirements, operator standards, guest experience, design quality, procurement timelines, construction activities, and opening objectives. The Project Manager will provide the daily leadership needed to keep these interconnected workstreams aligned. The position will strengthen delivery certainty by monitoring cost, program, quality, scope, and risk throughout the project lifecycle. Timely reporting, disciplined follow-up, and early intervention will help protect key milestones and support the successful completion of each asset.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day project activities across planning, design, procurement, construction, and delivery stages.
• Develop and maintain detailed project-management plans for individual hospitality assets.
• Establish programs, coordination trackers, decision logs, and action registers.
• Monitor cost, schedule, scope, quality, risk, and overall project performance.
• Analyze project data to identify emerging issues, delays, constraints, and adverse trends.
• Challenge incomplete information or weak delivery outcomes and initiate corrective measures.
• Coordinate interfaces and dependencies between design, procurement, construction, and operator requirements.
• Align consultants, contractors, hotel operators, suppliers, delivery partners, and internal teams.
• Define required actions, responsible owners, and completion dates.
• Follow decisions and commitments through to documented closure.
• Lead project-governance processes and maintain reliable reporting cycles.
• Prepare submissions, dashboards, progress reports, and management presentations.
• Translate technical and performance information into structured insights for decision-makers.
• Escalate critical risks and unresolved issues with practical recommendations.
• Support timely decisions at design, procurement, construction, and handover milestones.
• Maintain alignment between project objectives and stakeholder expectations.
• Facilitate coordination meetings and record decisions, responsibilities, and next steps.
• Manage multiple workstreams while responding to changing priorities and project conditions.
• Support the timely execution and coordinated completion of hospitality assets.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor 's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or a related discipline.
• Master 's degree in a relevant field is preferred.
• Minimum ten years of project-management or construction-management experience.
• At least five to seven years of client-side or developer-side experience.
• Background delivering major real estate, hospitality, or infrastructure developments.
• Experience managing hospitality assets and coordinating directly with hotel operators is highly desirable.
• Exposure to the complete project lifecycle from initial planning through construction.
• Strong understanding of project controls, governance, reporting, and performance management.
• Ability to coordinate complex stakeholder groups and multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Experience working with consultants, contractors, suppliers, and project-management consultants.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and decision-support abilities.
• Capacity to manage several workstreams within a fast-moving and ambiguous environment.
• Previous experience in Saudi Arabia, the GCC, or a comparable large-scale development market is preferred.
• PMP, MRICS, MCIOB, CEng, RIBA, or equivalent chartered status would be advantageous.

Skills Set

• Hospitality project management
• Hotel asset delivery
• Client-side project management
• Developer-side project management
• Full project lifecycle management
• Project-controls implementation
• Cost and schedule monitoring
• Scope and quality management
• Project-risk management
• Design-management coordination
• Procurement coordination
• Construction-stage management
• Hotel-operator interfaces
• Consultant and contractor management
• Project governance
• Executive reporting
• Performance-data analysis
• Corrective-action management
• Decision and action tracking
• Primavera P6
• Aconex
• Project-management plans
• Stakeholder coordination
• Government-authority liaison
• Multistream delivery management

Why Join Us

This opportunity provides direct responsibility for hospitality assets from early planning through physical delivery. The combination of operator engagement, design coordination, project controls, construction management, and executive reporting offers broad experience across the factors that determine whether a hotel project succeeds. The role also provides a strong route toward senior project, development, and program-management positions within Saudi Arabia 's expanding Hospitality market.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, program-management, and project-delivery services for complex hospitality, real estate, and infrastructure developments. Its multidisciplinary teams coordinate technical, commercial, and stakeholder requirements to support reliable project outcomes.