Senior Project Manager - Citywide Delivery

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 391,000 - 558,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons in Riyadh invites applications for a Senior Project Manager - Citywide Delivery. You will lead end-to-end management of multi-site infrastructure and urban development programs, coordinating contractors, authorities, utilities, and communities to ensure integrated delivery.

The role requires at least 15 years of senior project management experience in citywide projects, strong scheduling capability (Primavera P6/Microsoft Project), and a proven track record of delivering complex

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant construction project management experience.
• Experience managing citywide, multi-site or large-scale infrastructure programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead citywide construction projects from planning and mobilisation through execution, commissioning, handover, and final acceptance.
• Develop and maintain integrated master programmes covering packages, milestones, constraints, interfaces, and dependencies.
• Coordinate multiple project teams and construction packages to maintain alignment across citywide objectives.
• Monitor progress across active projects and identify schedule delays, bottlenecks, and emerging constraints.
• Develop and implement recovery plans when progress falls behind milestones.
• Coordinate traffic management, staging, and phased delivery.
• Provide leadership to construction managers and site teams across project packages.

Skills

Senior project management

Citywide construction management

Programme management

Multi-site delivery

Construction planning

Master scheduling

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

Senior Project Manager - Citywide Delivery

Senior Project Manager - Citywide Delivery in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a senior Construction opportunity for an experienced project leader capable of managing complex multi-site infrastructure and urban development programs.

Job Snapshot

Role: Senior Project Manager - Citywide Delivery
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: Construction
Function: Project Management
Experience: Minimum 15 years
Job Type: Full-time

Job Details

Country: Saudi Arabia
City: Riyadh
Industry: Construction
Function: Project Management
Salary: 35000-50000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Senior Project Manager provides end-to-end leadership across a portfolio of citywide construction projects, coordinating multiple workstreams, contractors, consultants, authorities, utilities, and community stakeholders.

The position translates strategic development objectives into coordinated delivery plans and ensures individual projects operate as part of one integrated citywide programme.

Strong control of interfaces, logistics, programme sequencing, traffic diversions, cost, HSE, quality, and stakeholder communication is essential to maintaining progress while reducing disruption across active urban environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead citywide construction projects from planning and mobilisation through execution, commissioning, handover, and final acceptance.


• Develop and maintain integrated master programmes covering project packages, milestones, constraints, interfaces, and dependencies.


• Translate strategic development plans into clear project scopes, schedules, resource plans, and delivery priorities.


• Coordinate multiple project teams and construction packages to maintain alignment across citywide objectives.


• Monitor progress across active projects and identify schedule delays, bottlenecks, and emerging constraints.


• Develop and implement recovery plans when progress falls behind approved milestones.


• Maintain visibility of critical path activities and key programme dependencies.


• Detailed planning will require close coordination across construction activities.


• Oversee construction sequencing for roads, utilities, public realm, and urban infrastructure.


• Coordinate traffic management, construction access, staging, temporary works, and phased delivery.


• Work with planning teams to develop baseline, look-ahead, and recovery schedules.


• Monitor performance using Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or equivalent planning tools.


• Review programme assumptions and ensure realistic integration between project packages.


• Coordinate long-lead procurement requirements with construction milestones.


• Identify procurement risks that could affect continuity of work.


• Ensure construction logistics strategies support efficient access, materials movement, and safe operations.

Stakeholder management will form a major part of the position.

• Act as a primary point of contact for clients, city authorities, utilities, community representatives, and other external parties.


• Lead engagement with traffic police, municipalities, utility providers, and regulatory organizations.


• Coordinate interfaces between developers, contractors, public agencies, and adjacent projects.


• Resolve stakeholder issues that could affect programme progress or public access.


• Maintain communication with communities affected by construction activities.


• Present project and programme status clearly to senior leadership and external stakeholders.


• Escalate decisions requiring executive intervention where delays or unresolved issues threaten delivery.

Construction delivery oversight will extend across multiple work fronts.

• Provide leadership to Construction Managers and site teams responsible for individual project packages.


• Ensure works are executed in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, method statements, and contractual requirements.


• Monitor contractor productivity, resource deployment, and construction performance.


• Coordinate citywide traffic diversions and temporary access arrangements.


• Oversee public safety measures associated with active construction zones.


• Review construction staging and sequencing where separate contractors share common interfaces.


• Support resolution of technical and operational issues affecting several packages.


• Maintain focus on timely delivery without compromising safety or quality.

Health, safety, and environmental performance will remain a core programme requirement.

• Champion a strong HSE culture across all citywide construction projects.


• Monitor compliance with corporate, regulatory, and project-specific HSE requirements.


• Review high-risk method statements, risk assessments, and Permit to Work documentation.


• Ensure construction logistics and traffic arrangements incorporate appropriate safety controls.


• Escalate recurring or serious HSE concerns to senior management.


• Promote consistent safety standards across contractors and work packages.


• Support implementation of corrective actions following inspections, incidents, or audits.

Quality management must remain consistent across the wider programme.

• Ensure robust quality management systems are implemented across citywide projects.


• Review Inspection and Test Plans and other quality documentation.


• Monitor material approvals and contractor compliance with technical requirements.


• Support audits and quality reviews.


• Track significant non-conformances and ensure corrective actions are completed.


• Maintain visibility of recurring quality issues across multiple projects.


• Ensure construction records support final acceptance and handover requirements.

Commercial oversight will require disciplined control of programme-level expenditure.

• Monitor budgets, expenditure, forecasts, and cash flow across citywide packages.


• Work with Commercial teams to maintain accurate cost information.


• Identify emerging cost pressures and recommend mitigation measures.


• Review major variations and changes that could affect programme budgets.


• Support cost control and commercial decision‑making.


• Lead Value Engineering and optimization initiatives where opportunities exist.


• Balance cost savings with programme, quality, operational, and stakeholder requirements.


• Maintain awareness of commercial risks associated with delays, claims, scope growth, and interface changes.

Risk management will extend across multiple dimensions of programme delivery.

• Identify programme‑level schedule, technical, commercial, stakeholder, and operational risks.


• Maintain risk registers and monitor mitigation actions.


• Identify risks arising from interfaces between different projects or contractors.


• Evaluate consequences of delayed approvals, utility conflicts, access constraints, or construction sequencing issues.


• Escalate significant risks requiring senior management intervention.


• Ensure mitigation measures are practical and aligned with delivery priorities.


• Capture lessons learned to reduce recurrence across other project packages.

Governance and reporting will support clear management oversight.

• Establish and maintain governance frameworks for citywide construction management.


• Define reporting cycles, KPIs, review meetings, and escalation procedures.


• Prepare regular status reports covering progress, risks, issues, and mitigation actions.


• Present programme performance to clients and senior leadership.


• Maintain accurate action logs, change records, progress reports, meeting minutes, and decision records.


• Ensure project information remains consistent across reporting levels.


• Support management decision‑making with clear, evidence‑based recommendations.

Project closeout and handover responsibilities will require structured coordination.

• Oversee punch‑list management and defect resolution.


• Ensure final inspections and acceptance activities are completed.


• Coordinate preparation of as‑built drawings and final construction records.


• Support handover documentation and client acceptance requirements.


• Verify completion of outstanding actions before final project closeout.


• Ensure lessons learned are documented and shared across the programme.


• Support smooth transition from construction to operational teams.

Leadership responsibilities will extend beyond project delivery.

• Set clear performance expectations for Construction Managers and project teams.


• Conduct performance reviews and provide practical guidance.


• Support succession planning and professional development.


• Promote collaborative working across disciplines and organizations.


• Encourage accountability for safety, quality, schedule, and stakeholder outcomes.


• Build a high‑performance culture focused on continuous improvement.


• Share effective practices and lessons learned across citywide projects.

Ideal Profile

The role requires a highly experienced construction and programme leader capable of managing complex urban infrastructure across multiple sites and stakeholder groups.

• Bachelor 's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.


• Minimum 15 years of relevant construction project management experience.


• Significant experience managing citywide, multi‑site, or large‑scale infrastructure programmes.


• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary project and construction teams.


• Strong understanding of roads, utilities, public realm, and urban infrastructure delivery.


• Experience managing construction logistics, traffic diversions, phasing, and temporary access.


• Strong project and programme management capability covering planning, scheduling, resources, and risk.


• Demonstrated experience coordinating clients, municipalities, utilities, regulators, and community stakeholders.


• Ability to manage complex interfaces across multiple contractors and project packages.


• Strong knowledge of construction quality and HSE requirements.


• Experience with budget management, cost forecasting, and Value Engineering.


• Ability to prepare executive‑level reports and presentations.


• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.


• Professional engineering or project management certification such as PMP or equivalent is preferred.


• Chartered Engineer status is advantageous.


• NEBOSH, IOSH, or comparable HSE certification is an advantage.

Skills Set

• Senior project management


• Citywide construction management


• Programme management


• Multi‑site project delivery


• Construction planning


• Master scheduling


• Primavera P6


• Microsoft Project


• Construction sequencing


• Traffic management


• Construction logistics


• Temporary works


• Public realm delivery


• Road infrastructure


• Utility coordination


• Urban infrastructure


• Stakeholder management


• Government coordination


• Municipal authority coordination


• Utility company coordination


• Community engagement


• Contractor management


• Construction leadership


• HSE management


• Permit to Work


• Risk assessment


• Quality management


• Inspection and Test Plans


• Material approvals


• Cost control


• Budget management


• Cash flow monitoring


• Value Engineering


• Risk management


• Change management


• Programme governance


• KPI monitoring


• Executive reporting


• Project closeout


• Punch‑list management


• Defect resolution


• As‑built documentation


• Project handover


• Team leadership


• Continuous improvement

Why Join Us

This position provides senior leadership responsibility across major citywide Construction programmes in Riyadh, where integrated delivery of roads, utilities, public realm, logistics, and urban infrastructure requires experienced programme management and strong stakeholder coordination. The role offers exposure to large‑scale multi‑project delivery, public‑sector interfaces, commercial management, HSE leadership, and strategic programme controls, creating a strong pathway toward Project Director, Program Director, and wider development leadership roles.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, infrastructure, transportation, construction management, program management, project controls, and technology services across major international developments. Its Saudi Arabia teams support complex citywide and infrastructure programmes where integrated planning, multidisciplinary coordination, effective stakeholder management, and disciplined construction delivery are essential to successful project outcomes.