Project Manager - Advisory

Job Description

Project Manager

• Project Leadership & Lifecycle Management

• End-to-End Delivery: Lead the tactical execution of Master Planning projects from inception through to delivery.
• Workstream Integration: Synchronize multi-disciplinary workstreams—including infrastructure, sustainability, landscape architecture, and transport planning—to ensure a unified project output.
• Revenue Management & Performance Monitoring: Implement and oversee Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) regarding schedule adherence, budget burn rates, and technical quality standards.

• Governance & Change Control

• Project Reporting & Performance Management: Lead the preparation and delivery of high-quality weekly and monthly progress reports (MPRs) for clients, providing clear updates on programme status, key milestones, risks, resource utilisation, commercial performance, and upcoming look-ahead activities.
• Scope Management: Rigorously monitor project boundaries; identify, document, and manage "scope creep" to ensure commercial viability.
• Change Protocol: Execute formal Change Requests for variations in schedule or budget, conducting impact assessments before escalating for Senior Management approval.
• Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify project risks (regulatory, environmental, or financial) and develop robust mitigation strategies to prevent delivery delays.

• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Primary Point of Contact: Act as the central liaison for clients, government authorities, utility providers, and contractors, ensuring transparency and trust.
• Conflict Resolution: Mediate technical or contractual disputes between stakeholders, leveraging professional diplomacy to maintain project momentum.
• Reporting Excellence: Author and present comprehensive monthly progress reports, dashboard updates, and executive briefings for internal leadership and external client boards.

• Quality Assurance & Documentation

• Technical Compliance: Ensure all deliverables align with local planning regulations, international best practices, and the specific sustainability mandates of the project – by working with the technical leads of the project.
• Document Control: Oversee a rigorous documentation environment, ensuring all deliverables, data requests, email requests and stakeholder approvals are audited and archived correctly.
• Schedule Management: Develop and maintain detailed Project Plans using MS Project or Primavera P6. Utilize Critical Path Methodology (CPM) to identify and mitigate potential delays.

Qualifications

• Academic Foundation: Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Business Management or Information Technology.
• Professional Experience: A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in project management for management consultancies or similar.

Experience

• of project management within large-scale master planning or urban infrastructure is desired.
• Project Methodology: Advanced proficiency in structured frameworks such as PMBOK, PRINCE2, Agile, or Waterfall.
• Software Command: Expert-level mastery of Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, Excel and Word. Primavera P6 is desirable.
• + Design Coordination: Familiarity with InDesign.
• + Data/Commercial: Advanced Excel (Pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, financial modelling)

• Essential Behavioural Competencies

• Self-Starter & Proactive Ownership: Takes initiative, thinks ahead, identifies risks and opportunities early, and drives actions forward without the need for close supervision or constant direction.
• Workload Management & Accountability: Effectively manages own priorities, remains organised under pressure, and can independently balance multiple tasks and deadlines with minimal guidance.
• Team Contribution & Support: Works collaboratively as part of the wider team, builds strong internal relationships, and actively supports colleagues by sharing workload and contributing where needed.
• Senior PM Support & Added Capacity: Provides reliable support to the Senior Project Manager by taking ownership of delegated responsibilities, reducing pressure on senior leadership, and stepping in to manage additional tasks during peak periods.
• Client & Stakeholder Relationship Building: Builds trusted, professional relationships with clients, consultants, contractors, and internal teams through clear communication and dependable delivery.
• PMO & Project Controls Capability: Able to undertake all aspects of PMO support, including reporting, governance, programme coordination, document control, action tracking, and maintaining project controls.
• Financial Management & Forecasting: Competent in managing project financials, including monitoring time charged, tracking spend, reviewing budgets, and maintaining accurate cost forecasts.
• Resilience & Commitment: Comfortable working in demanding, fast-paced environments, including longer days or additional hours when required to meet project milestones and business needs.
• Adaptability & Flexibility: Responds positively to changing priorities, urgent issues, and evolving project requirements while maintaining a high standard of delivery.
• Communication: Exceptional command of written and spoken English. Ability to present complex data in a visually compelling and concise manner. Arabic proficiency is desirable.
• KSA Client Environment Experience: Good understanding of client expectations, business culture, and consultant standards when operating in Saudi Arabia.
• Certification: Active PMP (Project Management Professional) or Chartered Planner (RTPI/AICP/MRICS) status is highly desirable.
• Specialized Knowledge: Experience with KSA Giga-projects is a significant advantage.
• Advanced Analytics: Use of Power BI and other analytical tools.
• Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.
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