# Senior Project Manager — Parsons

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Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Type: full_time · Level: senior
Monthly salary: AED 34,300 to 58,800 per month (estimated, not employer-stated) (UAE salaries are tax-free)
Posted: 2026-08-21
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## Description

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Job Description:
Role Overview

The Senior Project Manager will lead the delivery of complex property-related project packages, overseeing multi-disciplinary design, engineering, and construction works. This role is responsible for end-to-end project management—from concept and design coordination through procurement, construction, testing & commissioning, and handover—ensuring delivery in line with the project’s vision, schedule, budget, and quality standards.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience managing large-scale property projects (hospitality, mixed-use, commercial, entertainment, or sports-related developments) and coordinating multiple disciplines and interfaces in a fast-paced, high-profile environment.

Key Responsibilities
1. Project Leadership & Delivery
- Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and closing of assigned property project packages.
- Develop and maintain integrated project plans, including $WBS$, schedules, milestones, and resource plans.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality and safety standards.
- Establish clear governance structures, reporting frameworks, and decision-making processes.

2. Multi-Disciplinary Coordination
- Manage and coordinate workstreams across architecture, structural, civil, MEP, infrastructure, and specialist systems.
- Facilitate regular coordination meetings to resolve design and site issues and ensure cross-disciplinary alignment.
- Oversee interface management between property assets, infrastructure, utilities, and public realm.

3. Design Management
- Coordinate with design consultants to ensure design completeness, constructability, and compliance with project standards and regulatory requirements.
- Manage design reviews, value engineering exercises, and technical submittals.
- Ensure timely issuance of design deliverables and manage design changes/variations through formal change-control processes.

4. Procurement & Contract Administration
- Support the development of procurement strategies and packaging plans for consultants, contractors, and suppliers.
- Work with Commercial/Contracts teams on tendering, evaluation, and award of contracts.
- Administer contracts, including monitoring performance, managing variations, claims, and ensuring contractual obligations are met.

5. Construction Management
- Oversee construction works across multiple simultaneous packages, ensuring alignment with project requirements.
- Monitor site progress, productivity, and sequencing, and coordinate with contractors to mitigate delays and risks.
- Ensure compliance with safety regulations and environmental requirements.

6. Stakeholder Management
- Act as a primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders for assigned packages.
- Coordinate with internal departments (Development, Operations, Design, Commercial, Finance, Legal, etc.) and external authorities/utilities.
- Prepare and deliver clear, concise progress reports, presentations, and dashboards to senior management.

7. Risk, Quality & Compliance
- Develop and maintain project risk registers, proactively identifying and mitigating risks and issues.
- Implement and maintain quality assurance and quality control processes for design and construction.
- Ensure adherence to local regulations, international best practices, and project policies and standards.

8. Handover & Operational Readiness
- Plan and manage testing, commissioning, snagging, and handover activities for property assets.
- Coordinate documentation, as-built drawings, manuals, and training for operations teams.
- Support operational readiness and initial occupancy, ensuring that completed assets meet user and operator requirements.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil\ Engineering, Construction\ Management, Architecture, or a related discipline; a Master’s degree is an advantage.
- 15 years of progressive experience in project management of property-related developments (e.g., mixed-use, hospitality, retail, entertainment, or sports facilities).
- Proven track record delivering large, complex, multi-disciplinary projects from concept to completion.
- Experience on high-profile, international or regional mega-projects is highly desirable.
- Professional certifications such as PMP, Prince2, or equivalent are preferred.

Skills & Competencies
- Strong project management skills, including planning, scheduling, budgeting, and reporting.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multi-disciplinary teams and complex stakeholder interfaces.
- Excellent under

## Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related discipline; 15 years of progressive experience in project management of property-related developments (e.g., mixed-use, hospitality, retail, entertainment, or sports facilities); professional certifications such as PMP, Prince2, or equivalent are preferred.

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