Software Development Portfolio

People Dynamics; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Riyadh is seeking a professional to provide expertise in software development processes and project management. You will develop standards, implement guidelines, and facilitate project plans along with stakeholder engagement strategies. The ideal candidate should have a solid understanding of program management best practices and be able to assist in project delivery. This role is critical for maintaining consistency across projects in the region.

Responsibilities

• Provide a Centre of expertise and develop consistent standards and procedures.
• Implement guidelines and templates to collect and maintain consistent data.
• Coordinate information about program and project management methods.
• Facilitate creation and update of program/project plans as required.
• Establish and maintain baselines for tracking.
• Facilitate design and development of program/project plans.
• Track delivery of programs/projects against the plan.
• Run facilitated workshops on start‑up, risk, planning, issues.
• Assist in program and project fast‑track start‑up and closure.
• Support governance/reporting for programs and projects.
• Implement regular progress‑reporting mechanisms.
• Provide reports to boards with performance commentary.
• Develop risk, issue, dependency, and change‑control processes.
• Facilitate quality review processes for programs and projects.
• Maintain stakeholder lists and facilitate engagement strategy.
• Assist Program/Project Manager with transition management.

Job description

About the job Software Development Portfolio

• Provide a Centre of expertise and develop consistent standards and procedures, including templates, and guidance in tailoring across a range of programs and projects
• Implement guidelines, procedures, and templates to collect and maintain consistent data and provide hands‑on delivery support to a program or project
• Coordinate information about how programs and projects run the standard program or project management methods, their progress, and problems
• Facilitate creation and update of program or project plans as required by the program/project manager. Identify where cross dependencies exist and track/monitor these in support of the program/project manager
• Establish and maintain baselines
• Facilitate the design, development, and ownership of the program or project plan, ensuring that all milestones and internal and external dependencies are identified, logged, and monitored
• Establish and operate a mechanism to track the delivery of programs or projects against the plan, update progress against the plan
• Run facilitated workshops on start‑up, risk, planning, issues, etc.
• Perform program and project fast‑track start‑up and closure assistance
• Design and support governance/reporting for programs and projects
• Implement an agreed regular progress‑reporting mechanism for all programs and projects, and thereby monitor the routine progress of programs/projects, and assist the program/project manager in preparation of the program/project status reports
• Provide regular reports to boards, including a commentary on performance, coordinating upward aggregation of data/information and reports highlights reports, program status reports, management dashboards
• Develop and establish risk, issue, dependency, and change‑control processes and templates, and assist the program and project team in their delivery
• Facilitate the quality review process for programs or projects
• Maintain the list of stakeholders and their interests and facilitate the formulation of the stakeholder engagement strategy
• Assist Program/Project Manager and customer with transition management.