Senior PMO Risk Leader for Infrastructure Programs

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 446,000 - 647,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons Corporation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, seeks a Senior Risk Manager - PMO and Program Assurance to lead enterprise risk governance across major infrastructure programs. You will integrate risk with cost and schedule controls, drive mitigation, and provide strategic advice to preserve program objectives and delivery certainty.

The role requires 15+ years in risk management, strong client-side PMO experience, and expertise in FIDIC/NEC contracts, risk modelling, and executive reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Risk Management, Quantity Surveying, or related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in risk management, commercial management, or project controls across construction or infrastructure sectors.
• Demonstrated client-side PMO or delivery-partner experience.
• Strong background in major, complex multi-package infrastructure programs.
• Experience with risk governance, procurement, contractual controls, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead program-wide risk governance within the client-side PMO and establish standards, procedures, and reporting.
• Maintain integrated program risk registers covering strategic, technical, commercial, contractual, financial, and schedule risks.
• Define risk categories, scoring methods, escalation thresholds, review cycles, and accountability.
• Provide independent risk oversight across multiple Design-Build contracts and packages.
• Integrate risk reporting with cost planning, budgeting, cash flow, and executive performance reporting.
• Develop risk-adjusted forecasts showing potential impacts on cost, schedule, and outcomes.

Skills

Enterprise risk management

Program risk management

PMO governance

Client-side risk assurance

Risk registers

Qualitative risk analysis

Quantitative risk analysis

Cost risk analysis

Schedule risk analysis

Risk-adjusted forecasting

Contingency planning

Early warning systems

Risk mitigation

Risk dashboards

Risk reporting

Contract risk allocation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Risk Management, Quantity Surveying, or a related discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Risk modeling tools

Job description

Parsons Corporation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, seeks a Senior Risk Manager - PMO and Program Assurance to lead enterprise risk governance across major infrastructure programs. You will integrate risk with cost and schedule controls, drive mitigation, and provide strategic advice to preserve program objectives and delivery certainty.

The role requires 15+ years in risk management, strong client-side PMO experience, and expertise in FIDIC/NEC contracts, risk modelling, and executive reporting.