Senior Director - Planning and Project Controls - 50008804 - DA3

Qiddiya | القدية; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya | القدية seeks an Integrated Senior Director for Planning & Implementation Governance in Riyadh. You will lead development of planning frameworks, baselines, and project controls across major programs, including transport assets, ensuring governance and one- version-of-truth reporting.

The role focuses on cost, change, risk management and stakeholder alignment with leadership, CDU/SDU and delivery teams to enable timely, auditable delivery of projects.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in project management or related field.
• Bachelor's degree in project management or related field.
• Credentials in recognised project management institutes are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop integrated planning and project controls frameworks and governance.
• Manage baseline, scheduling, cost, change and reporting requirements.
• Oversee risk, issue and interface management across programs.
• Deliver dashboards and management insights for governance decisions.
• Ensure document control standards and information assurance.
• Drive alignment with CDU/SDU and transport program needs.

Skills

Project controls

Planning

Scheduling

Cost control

Risk management

Documentation control

Education

Master's degree in project management/related field

Bachelor's degree in project management/related field

Tools

PMP

APM

RICS

AACE

CIOB

PMI-SP

PSP

Job description

Core Responsibilities

Integrated Senior Director Planning & Implementation 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

Requirements

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.