Senior Director - Planning and Project Controls

Qiddiya Investment Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 260,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya Investment Company seeks a seasoned professional to lead integrated planning, project controls governance and baseline management across major programs in Saudi Arabia. This role coordinates cost control, change management and performance tracking to safeguard budgets and delivery timelines.

Responsibilities include developing dashboards and insights for timely decision-making, ensuring robust document control and information assurance, and aligning transport program controls with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required.
• Master's degree preferred in a related field.
• Professional certifications with recognized project management, project controls, planning, scheduling, construction, engineering or quantity surveying institutes are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop integrated planning and project controls frameworks, standards and implementation plans to ensure consistent controls across programs and projects.
• Manage development, review and maintenance of project baselines, schedules, milestones, dependencies and critical paths to support delivery planning.
• Oversee cost control, change control and performance tracking to maintain budgets and forecast movements.
• Create project controls dashboards, reports and insights to provide visibility over delivery performance and support governance decisions.
• Manage document control standards, version control and records management to ensure audit-ready project information.
• Monitor project controls risks, issues and interface constraints and drive mitigation actions to protect baselines and governance integrity.
• Coordinate transport program controls integration across major transport assets to align with CDU/SDU and Transport BU requirements.

Skills

Scheduling

Cost control

Risk management

Project controls

Documentation management

Education

Bachelor's degree in project management, planning, construction management, civil engineering, quantity surveying, infrastructure management, business administration, or related field

Master's degree in project management, planning, construction management, civil engineering, quantity surveying, infrastructure management, business administration, or related field

Job description

Core Responsibilities

Integrated Planning and Project Controls Governance

Develop integrated planning and project controls frameworks standards and implementation plans to provide consistent controls across assigned programs and projects Manage the application of planning cost change reporting and document control requirements to align project teams delivery stakeholders and control disciplines around approved baselines reporting expectations and governance requirements

Baseline Schedule and Dependency Management

Manage the development review and maintenance of project baselines integrated schedules milestones dependencies and critical paths to support realistic delivery planning and informed decision-making Review schedule logic sequencing float resource assumptions interface dependencies and progress updates to identify risks inconsistencies and potential delays affecting program objectives Evaluate schedule updates delay impacts and baseline changes against approved planning standards and governance requirements to protect schedule integrity and delivery predictability

Cost Change and Performance Control

Manage cost control change control and performance tracking activities to maintain visibility of approved budgets forecast movements change impacts and delivery trends Review cost schedule risk and change information to identify variances root causes and required interventions that protect budget compliance and program outcomes Consolidate cost planning scheduling change control and reporting information to maintain a common control baseline and one version of truth across assigned programs

Reporting Dashboards and Project Insights

Develop project controls reports dashboards performance reviews and management insights to provide accurate timely and evidence-based visibility over delivery performance Monitor reporting outputs progress data milestone achievement variance analyses and forecast information to identify emerging constraints and support timely decision-making Present consolidated project controls insights to leadership and relevant stakeholders to enable proactive intervention improved accountability and informed governance decisions

Document Control and Information Assurance

Manage document control standards version control information traceability and records management practices to maintain audit-ready project information across assigned programs Review document control processes registers workflows reporting outputs and information quality gaps to ensure information is accurate accessible and aligned with governance and assurance requirements

Risk Issue and Interface Oversight

Monitor project controls risks issues dependencies and interface constraints across assigned programs to maintain visibility of delivery threats and required mitigation actions Follow up on escalation items mitigation actions and assurance findings to reduce delivery disruption protect approved baselines and maintain governance integrity Evaluate lessons learned performance trends and controls effectiveness to strengthen future planning reporting change control and delivery assurance outcomes

Transport Program Controls Integration

Manage the implementation of planning and project controls requirements across major transport programs including Primary Urban Axis PUA Vertical Links Grand Central Station and related transport assets to promote consistent controls across delivery teams Consolidate project controls information from embedded project teams to provide the Development Management Office DMO with a consistent view of schedule cost change risk document control and reporting performance across the transport portfolio Ensure planning and project controls practices are aligned with Central Development Unit CDU Strategic Delivery Unit SDU and Transport Business Unit requirements to reduce inconsistent ways of working across transport projects

Qualifications

• Preferred: Master s degree in project management , Planning, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Infrastructure Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Required: Bachelor s degree in project management , Planning, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Infrastructure Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Professional Certifications: Professional certifications or memberships with recognized project management, project controls, planning, scheduling, construction, engineering or quantity surveying institutes (e.g., PMP, APM, RICS, AACE, CIOB, PMI-SP, PSP) are preferred.