Senior Associate Director, Infrastructure & PPP Advisory

Jacobs; Riyadh Region; On-site; SAR 320,000 - 560,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Principal Consultant/Associate Director to lead high‑impact transaction advisory and PPP engagements in the Saudi Arabian market. You will guide cross‑functional teams across PPP lifecycles, support policy and program development, and deliver rigorous business cases with strong stakeholder engagement.

The role requires deep experience in infrastructure transactions, financial diligence, and management of client relationships, with a focus on public-private partnerships in

Qualifications

• A degree or professional qualification in planning, engineering, architecture or finance
• Excellent analytical, quantitative, qualitative, strategic thinking and decision-making skills
• Experience producing high-quality technical reports
• Experience in Water, Rail, Aviation, Ports, Transportation, Mobility, Buildings or Social Infrastructure
• Awareness of procurement models, design and build standards, maintenance standards, asset management standards and contracts
• Strong research, analysis, communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to develop feasibility studies, business case appraisals and business models
• Demonstrable knowledge of the PPP process
• Experience evaluating technical and commercial aspects of PPP projects

Responsibilities

• As a Technical consultant, your main responsibility will be to work with the regional consulting teams by participating in the development and driving growth of the team within the Jacobs organization.
• Work on strategic positioning and value proposition development, strategic technical analysis, due diligence, and transaction advice on major infrastructure projects.
• Work on PPP/P3 projects including development, structuring and delivery of PPP projects, value-for-money analysis, due diligence and technical reporting.
• Support clients in formulating policies, strategies and programs to accelerate private sector development and public-private partnerships.
• Work on strategy development, due diligence, risk appraisal, project monitoring, modeling, business cases and economic appraisal.
• Provide technical support in business cases, RFP documents, preliminary design and specification development.

Job description

Jacobs is seeking a Principal Consultant/Associate Director to lead high‑impact transaction advisory and PPP engagements in the Saudi Arabian market. You will guide cross‑functional teams across PPP lifecycles, support policy and program development, and deliver rigorous business cases with strong stakeholder engagement.

The role requires deep experience in infrastructure transactions, financial diligence, and management of client relationships, with a focus on public-private partnerships in