Senior Project Manager

Horizontal Digital; Riyad Al Khabra; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital transformation firm in Saudi Arabia is seeking a Digital Project Manager to lead full lifecycle projects using agile methodologies. This role involves managing multiple projects, collaborating with teams, and ensuring quality and budget compliance. The ideal candidate has at least 5 years of experience in digital project management, leadership skills, and familiarity with tools like Jira and Confluence. Arabic language is a plus but not essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years client-facing digital project management experience, preferably agile.
• 2+ years agency/consultancy experience required.
• Experience managing large scale website projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide agile project management oversight for multiple projects.
• Define project objectives and scope.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Agile project management

Leadership

Communication skills

Time management

Problem-solving

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Sitecore

Salesforce

Job description

Let’s talk about you.

We are looking for a Digital Project Manager who will lead full lifecycle digital transformation projects from inception to implementation using agile methodologies.

What you’ll do :

• Provide agile project management oversight for multiple projects :
• Define project objectives, scope, estimate, timeline and level of effort.
• Develop project strategies and plans, and identify the methods and tools required for the project.
• Keep projects on track and on budget while resolving issues with clients.
• Monitor progress and budget against plan.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide technical advice and to resolve problems.
• Manage scope by coordinating and responding to requests for changes from original specifications.
• Ensure quality through planning, execution, quality assurance, and quality control techniques.
• Identify, analyze and mitigate risks to maximize the results and minimize the consequences.
• Work closely with the end users, business technologists, and other stakeholders to understand and prioritize business goals and information needs, then develop system requirements and design specifications; direct efforts to refine conceptual systems design requirements into the technical design.
• Provide solutions, leadership, and motivation to project team members.

Who you are :

• You get it done. Grit is your middle name. You are organized, have excellent time management skills, and have spidey sense for issues before they arise. While doing all of that, you have a positive attitude and delivery high quality work for clients.
• You are a natural leader. You are self-motivated with a high degree of initiative and follow-through. Mentoring others is something you do out of habit. You are eager to succeed and understand that putting in the work is the way to get where you want to be.
• You’re an outstanding communicator. You are able to convey information to all key stakeholders in both written and verbal formats. Preparing and delivering presentations is second nature.

What you bring :

• A minimum of 5 years client-facing digital project management experience, preferably using agile methodologies.
• A minimum of 2 years agency / consultancy experience. 5+ years preferred.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience managing large scale website projects that include discovery, strategy, user experience, creative design, front end development, website development, QA, deployments, and maintenance.
• Prior exposure to digital marketing solutions such as Sitecore and Salesforce.
• Experience with Jira / Confluence preferred.
• Ability to earn SCRUM certification within 90 days.
• Arabic language is useful, but not essential

The above description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.