Senior Project Manager - Public Realm

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons Corporation in Riyadh invites a Senior Project Manager - Public Realm to lead end-to-end design and construction within a Design and Build contract. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams across landscaping, roads, utilities, and public realm assets, ensuring milestones, safety, quality, and client expectations are met.

The role demands 15+ years of delivery experience in high-visibility public projects, strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and rigorous governance to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline; 15+ years in project management, construction delivery, infrastructure, or urban regeneration.
• Proven track record delivering multidisciplinary projects with high public visibility.
• Experience managing Design and Build contracts with design coordination, construction delivery, handover and close-out.
• Strong leadership, communication, reporting, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design and construction delivery of a public realm improvement project under a Design and Build contract.
• Ensure milestones, budget, quality, safety, and environmental requirements are met.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across landscaping, roads, utilities, and public realm assets.
• Manage interfaces between functional requirements, construction constraints, and stakeholder needs.
• Lead project meetings, risk reviews, and progress reporting across multiple work streams.
• Support decision-making and drive practical mitigation for delivery challenges.

Skills

Public realm project management

Design and Build contracts

Urban regeneration

Construction management

Infrastructure delivery

Multidisciplinary coordination

Interface management

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Construction close-out

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, or related discipline

Job description

Overview

Role: Senior Project Manager - Public Realm
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: Construction
Function: Project-Program Management
Experience: 15 years in multidisciplinary project delivery
Job Type: Full-time

Senior Project Manager - Public Realm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a construction hiring opportunity for an experienced project leader who can manage the full design and construction lifecycle of a high-visibility public realm improvement project under a Design and Build contract. The role focuses on end-to-end delivery across hard landscaping, soft landscaping, roads, utilities infrastructure, interface management, handover readiness, and construction coordination within a long environmentally sensitive corridor.

Country: Saudi Arabia
City: Riyadh
Salary: 42,000-62,000 (estimated; confirm final offer with employer)

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the design and construction delivery of a public realm improvement project executed under a Design and Build contract.
• Take responsibility for end-to-end project delivery, ensuring milestones are achieved on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Lead multidisciplinary coordination across hard landscaping, soft landscaping, roads, utilities infrastructure, buildings, public realm assets, and corridor works.
• Oversee delivery activities within a 10km environmentally sensitive corridor while ensuring environmental, safety, technical, and stakeholder requirements are respected.
• Review design progress, construction sequencing, project schedules, delivery plans, and interface requirements to keep the project moving toward completion.
• Coordinate with consultants, contractors, designers, supervision teams, utility providers, local authorities, and internal project stakeholders.
• Manage project interfaces between functional requirements, construction constraints, utilities, public realm elements, roads, landscape works, and adjacent assets.
• Monitor milestone performance, construction progress, cost exposure, quality standards, safety requirements, and risk controls.
• Lead project meetings, progress reviews, technical workshops, coordination sessions, and stakeholder briefings.
• Identify project risks, delivery constraints, design issues, and interface conflicts, then develop practical mitigation and recovery actions.
• Support construction-phase decision-making by solving complex problems and guiding teams toward workable technical and delivery solutions.
• Manage asset delivery through construction, completion, handover, and start-up readiness.
• Ensure project execution aligns with industry practices, contractual requirements, approved procedures, regulations, and client expectations.
• Coordinate handover documentation, close‑out requirements, operational readiness inputs, and final acceptance activities.
• Motivate project teams, encourage accountability, and maintain delivery focus across multiple workstreams.
• Support clear written and oral communication with senior stakeholders, contractors, client representatives, technical teams, and public-facing project participants.
• Maintain professional project reporting on progress, milestones, risks, interfaces, decisions, and delivery priorities.
• Respond flexibly to new challenges, changing project needs, and critical delivery issues while keeping the project focused on completion.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of related experience in project management, construction delivery, infrastructure, public realm, or urban regeneration projects.
• Proven track record delivering multidisciplinary projects with high public visibility.
• Strong experience managing Design and Build contracts with responsibility for design coordination, construction delivery, handover, and project close‑out.
• Working knowledge of public realm, urban regeneration, road works, landscaping, buildings, and utilities infrastructure projects.
• Experience managing asset delivery through construction, handover, and start‑up operations.
• Skilled in interface management between complex functional, technical, infrastructure, and stakeholder requirements.
• Strong leadership capability with the ability to lead, motivate, and coordinate multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent communication, reporting, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong problem‑solving ability with a practical approach to project risks, delivery constraints, and construction challenges.
• Thorough understanding of industry practices, construction regulations, project governance, and delivery controls.
• Enthusiastic, flexible, and able to drive projects to completion in demanding construction environments.
• Comfortable working on complex, public-facing projects where quality, safety, schedule, and stakeholder confidence are critical.

Skills Set

• Public realm project management
• Design and Build contracts
• Urban regeneration
• Construction management
• Infrastructure delivery
• Hard landscaping
• Soft landscaping
• Road works
• Utilities infrastructure
• Corridor improvement projects
• Environmentally sensitive corridors
• Multidisciplinary coordination
• Interface management
• Stakeholder management
• Asset delivery
• Construction handover
• Start-up operations
• Project planning
• Milestone management
• Schedule control
• Budget control
• Risk management
• Quality management
• Safety coordination
• Design coordination
• Contractor coordination
• Consultant coordination
• Authority coordination
• Technical problem solving
• Progress reporting
• Project governance
• Public-facing project delivery
• Team leadership
• Construction close-out

Why Join Us

This Senior Project Manager - Public Realm role in Riyadh offers the opportunity to lead a visible urban improvement project that combines public realm design, infrastructure delivery, landscaping, roads, utilities, and environmental sensitivity. The position provides strong career value for a project manager who wants to manage complex Design and Build delivery, coordinate multiple technical disciplines, and contribute to high-quality urban infrastructure in Saudi Arabia's growing construction market. It offers stability, senior responsibility, and the chance to deliver assets that directly improve public spaces and community experience.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, construction, and program management company supporting major infrastructure, transportation, urban development, environmental, and public realm projects. In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Parsons supports complex construction programs through project leadership, technical coordination, safety focus, quality management, stakeholder engagement, and disciplined delivery across high-value built environment and infrastructure works.