Senior Project Manager - Property Development

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is seeking a Senior Project Manager - Property Development to lead end-to-end delivery of complex asset developments from design through handover. You will coordinate architecture, civil, structural, MEP, and infrastructure workstreams while managing schedule, budget, and stakeholder interfaces.

The role requires 15+ years of project management experience in property developments, with a track record in hospitality, mixed-use, retail or commercial projects, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, architecture or related field.
• Master's degree is advantageous.
• Minimum 15 years of progressive project management experience within property-related developments.
• Strong background delivering mixed-use, hospitality, retail, commercial, entertainment, or sports projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closeout of assigned property development packages.
• Develop integrated project plans covering scope, milestones, schedules, resources and priorities.
• Maintain accountability for schedule, cost, quality, safety, and technical performance.
• Coordinate with architecture, civil, structural, MEP, and infrastructure teams.
• Lead multidisciplinary coordination meetings and drive issue resolution.
• Manage interfaces between asset packages, utilities, and external infrastructure.
• Review design progress and highlight missing information or late deliverables.
• Lead value engineering while protecting design intent.
• Monitor procurement strategies, tendering, and contract administration.
• Prepare progress reports, dashboards, and decision papers for senior management.

Skills

Project Management

Property Development

Construction Management

Design Management

Project Planning

Project Scheduling

Budget Management

Risk Management

Stakeholder Management

Quality Assurance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related

Master's degree is advantageous

Job description

Job Snapshot

Role: Senior Project Manager - Property Development

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry: Construction

Function: Project Management

Experience: Minimum 15 years of progressive project management experience

Job Type: Full-time

Position Overview

Senior Project Manager - Property Development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a Construction opportunity focused on the end-to-end delivery of complex property assets across design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover. Parsons is hiring an experienced project leader to manage multi-disciplinary packages covering hospitality, mixed-use, commercial, entertainment, or sports-related developments while maintaining control of schedule, budget, quality, risk, stakeholder interfaces, and operational readiness.

Job Details

Country: Saudi Arabia

City: Riyadh

Industry: Construction

Function: Project Management

Salary: 45000-60000 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 will lead complex property-related work packages from concept through final occupancy, coordinating architecture, civil, structural, MEP, infrastructure, specialist systems, commercial, procurement, and operations interfaces. The role will provide the governance, decision-making structure, and delivery discipline needed to keep multiple concurrent packages aligned with project objectives. Strong leadership across consultants, contractors, authorities, and internal stakeholders will be essential to managing design maturity, commercial change, construction risk, and final asset readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closeout of assigned property development packages.
• Develop integrated project plans covering scope, Work Breakdown Structure, milestones, schedules, resources, dependencies, and delivery priorities.
• Maintain clear accountability for schedule, cost, quality, safety, and technical performance.
• Establish project governance arrangements, reporting cycles, escalation routes, and decision-making processes.
• Coordinate architecture, structural, civil, MEP, infrastructure, public realm, and specialist systems workstreams.
• Lead multidisciplinary coordination meetings and drive closure of technical and interface issues.
• Manage interfaces between individual property assets, utilities, external infrastructure, access, and surrounding public realm.
• Coordinate design consultants to ensure design completeness, constructability, compliance, and alignment with project requirements.
• Review design progress and highlight missing information, unresolved interfaces, or late deliverables that could affect procurement or construction.
• Lead value engineering exercises while protecting operational performance, quality, maintainability, and design intent.
• Manage technical submissions and formal design review processes.
• Control design modifications and variations through approved change management procedures.
• Ensure design deliverables are issued in accordance with agreed schedules and procurement requirements.
• Support preparation of consultant, contractor, supplier, and specialist procurement strategies.
• Coordinate with Commercial and Contracts teams during tendering, technical evaluation, negotiation, and contract award.
• Monitor contractual performance and support administration of variations, claims, and commercial obligations.
• Oversee construction activities across multiple simultaneous packages.
• Review site progress, productivity, sequencing, access, logistics, and contractor performance.
• Work with contractors and Planning teams to recover delays and address emerging delivery constraints.
• Ensure construction activities meet project safety, environmental, technical, and quality requirements.
• Act as a primary coordination point for internal and external stakeholders across assigned packages.
• Liaise with Development, Design, Operations, Commercial, Finance, Legal, and other internal departments.
• Coordinate with external authorities, utility providers, consultants, contractors, and specialist stakeholders.
• Prepare clear progress reports, dashboards, presentations, and decision papers for senior management.
• Maintain project risk registers and ensure major risks have assigned mitigation actions and accountable owners.
• Identify technical, commercial, schedule, interface, and delivery risks before they materially affect project outcomes.
• Monitor implementation of quality assurance and quality control requirements across design and construction.
• Ensure compliance with local regulations, project standards, contractual requirements, and relevant international practices.
• Lead resolution of significant project issues and elevate matters requiring executive intervention.
• Manage competing priorities across several packages while maintaining alignment with overall program milestones.
• Coordinate testing, commissioning, snagging, rectification, and handover planning for completed assets.
• Monitor completion of punch lists and readiness for operational acceptance.
• Ensure as-built drawings, O and M manuals, certificates, warranties, and final project records are complete.
• Coordinate training and knowledge transfer for operations and maintenance personnel.
• Support operational readiness, initial occupancy, and transition of completed property assets to end users and operators.
• Verify completed assets satisfy functional, technical, commercial, and operational requirements.
• Capture project lessons learned and feed improvements into future delivery packages.
• Provide leadership and guidance to project managers, engineers, coordinators, and other delivery team members.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor 's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related discipline.
• Master 's degree is advantageous.
• Minimum 15 years of progressive project management experience within property-related developments.
• Strong background delivering mixed-use, hospitality, retail, commercial, entertainment, sports, or comparable complex building projects.
• Proven record of managing large, multidisciplinary projects from concept and design through construction, commissioning, and final handover.
• Experience on major regional, international, or giga-project developments is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of the full property development lifecycle.
• Practical knowledge of construction methods, building services, design coordination, procurement, and contract administration.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multidisciplinary consultants, contractors, specialist suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
• Strong commercial awareness with familiarity in variations, claims, contract obligations, and cost control.
• Experience managing concurrent packages in a fast-moving project environment.
• PMP, Prince2, or equivalent professional project management certification is preferred.
• Strong planning, scheduling, budgeting, reporting, and governance capability.
• Confident stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• Ability to communicate complex project information clearly to senior management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability when handling technical and delivery challenges.
• Highly organized approach to priorities, decisions, dependencies, and project records.
• Ability to maintain delivery focus when project requirements evolve rapidly.

Skills Set

• Project Management
• Property Development
• Construction Management
• Design Management
• Project Planning
• Project Scheduling
• Budget Management
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Milestone Management
• Resource Planning
• Multidisciplinary Coordination
• Architecture Coordination
• Structural Coordination
• Civil Coordination
• MEP Coordination
• Infrastructure Coordination
• Public Realm Interfaces
• Design Review
• Constructability Review
• Value Engineering
• Technical Submittals
• Design Change Management
• Change Control
• Procurement Strategy
• Tender Coordination
• Contract Administration
• Variation Management
• Claims Management
• Commercial Management
• Construction Progress Monitoring
• Contractor Management
• Site Coordination
• Risk Management
• Project Risk Registers
• Quality Assurance
• Quality Control
• Stakeholder Management
• Authority Coordination
• Executive Reporting
• Project Dashboards
• Testing and Commissioning
• Snagging
• Handover Management
• Operational Readiness
• As-Built Documentation
• O and M Manuals
• Occupancy Readiness
• Property Asset Delivery
• Mixed-Use Development
• Hospitality Projects
• Commercial Developments
• Entertainment Projects
• Sports Facilities
• Project Governance
• Senior Leadership

Why Join Us

This role offers the opportunity to lead complex property assets within Riyadh 's rapidly expanding development market, where large-scale mixed-use, hospitality, entertainment, and destination projects are creating sustained demand for experienced delivery leaders. The position combines strategic project governance with hands‑on coordination across design, procurement, commercial, construction, and operational readiness. For a senior project professional, it provides broad exposure to high‑profile developments, executive stakeholders, multiple concurrent packages, and full lifecycle asset delivery.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, infrastructure, construction management, program management, and technology solutions for major developments worldwide. In Saudi Arabia, Parsons supports complex urban, property, transportation, and infrastructure programs through multidisciplinary design, project management, construction supervision, commercial coordination, and delivery expertise.