Senior Project Manager - Airports

DXC Technology; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

DXC Technology is seeking a Senior Project Manager - Airports to lead end-to-end delivery of complex airport projects. You will oversee scope, schedule, budget, risk, and quality, coordinating cross-functional teams and suppliers in a 24/7 operational environment.

Ideal candidates bring extensive delivery experience in aviation or airports, strong governance with PMI/PRINCE2/Agile, and a track record of stakeholder management and successful ORAT transitions.

Qualifications

• Degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Project management certification strongly preferred (PMP, PRINCE2, APM or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver complex projects - scope, schedule, milestones, deliverables and resource plans.
• Manage execution across design, build, test, transition and go-live.
• Track progress against plan and budget, manage critical path and dependencies.
• Own project RAID and change control, drive mitigations to closure.
• Assure quality, safety, security and compliance throughout delivery.
• Support readiness and transition, ORAT trials, cutover for go-live.
• Commercial and stakeholder management, forecast costs, track expenses and manage suppliers.
• Produce clear status reporting for PMO leadership and client.
• Lead and motivate the project team, build strong stakeholder relationships.

Skills

Senior delivery leadership

PM methods (PMI/PRINCE2/Agile)

Planning & budgeting

RAID & change control

Stakeholder management

Aviation/airports exposure

Education

Degree in Business/Engineering/IS or related

Job description

The Senior Project Manager - Airports is accountable for the delivery of one or more significant or complex projects within the airport programme owning scope schedule cost quality and risk end to end The role brings senior delivery leadership to high-profile or high-risk workstreams coordinating multi-disciplinary and vendor resources to deliver outcomes safely into a 24 7 operational environment

Key Responsibilities

• Project Planning amp Delivery Plan and deliver complex projects - scope schedule milestones deliverables and resource plans
• Manage execution across design build test transition and go-live
• Track progress against plan and budget managing critical path and dependencies
• Own project RAID and change control drive mitigations to closure
• Assure quality safety security and compliance throughout delivery
• Support readiness and transition ORAT trials cutover for go-live
• Commercial amp Stakeholder Manage project budget forecasting cost tracking and supplier management
• Produce clear status reporting for PMO leadership and client
• Lead and motivate the project team build strong stakeholder relationships

Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience delivering complex technology projects to time, cost and quality.
• Strong command of project methods (PMI/PMP, PRINCE2, agile/hybrid) and governance.
• Skilled in planning, scheduling, budgeting, cost control and dependency management.
• Hands-on RAID and change-control experience on complex projects.
• Strong leadership of matrixed teams and excellent stakeholder management.
• DesirableExperience in aviation, airports or 24/7 critical-infrastructure environments.
• Familiarity with airport systems and ORAT/transition.
• Exposure to MSI delivery models.
• Certification (PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM) and/or agile (Scrum, SAFe).

Qualifications

• Degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Project management certification strongly preferred (PMP, PRINCE2, APM or equivalent).

Key Competencies

• Delivery accountability - organization and planning - problem-solving - stakeholder influence - risk awareness - leadership - resilience - customer focus.