Project Manager – Digital Twin

Overview

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead the end‑to‑end delivery of the Geospatial Digital Twin programme across discovery, design, PoC, implementation, and post‑implementation support phases
• Plan, manage, and report on scope, schedule, budget, risks, and issues, ensuring alignment with contractual obligations and client expectations
• Coordinate and direct an international team (consultants, solution architects, data engineers, developers, GIS/IoT specialists, trainers) and external vendors
• Drive stakeholder engagement across multiple client entities, facilitating workshops, clarifying requirements, and managing expectations and governance forums
• Oversee the development of functional and non‑functional requirements, solution and data architecture, and integration design for the Digital Twin platform
• Manage the setup and execution of the Proof of Concept, ensuring key use‑cases, data flows, and performance objectives are validated
• Lead the transition from PoC to a production‑grade environment, including platform build, integrations, testing, and go‑live planning
• Ensure delivery of post‑implementation support, including warranty services, incident and problem management, and enhancements
• Oversee training and knowledge transfer activities to build client capability and support long‑term adoption of the Digital Twin
• Prepare and present regular status reports, decision papers, and executive updates to both Parsons leadership and client senior stakeholders

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Bachelor's Degree/ Technical degree from accredited program involving technology or digital solutions
• 10 years strong experience managing large‑scale, complex digital twin or geospatial projects in an infrastructure, utilities, or urban environment
• Deep familiarity with Esri ArcGIS platform and software (e.g., ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, geoprocessing services, web maps/apps)
• Experience delivering solutions that integrate ArcGIS with enterprise and operational systems (e.g., CMMS/EAM, ERP, BIM, SCADA/IoT platforms, data warehouses/lakes)
• Solid understanding of systems integration patterns and technologies (APIs, web services, ESB/iPaaS, message queues, event‑driven architectures)
• Working knowledge of data and information architecture, particularly geospatial, time‑series, and asset/linear network data
• Familiarity of building data models for simulation
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary, multinational teams (consultants, architects, engineers, developers, data specialists) across multiple time zones
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including facilitating workshops and engaging senior business, IT, and OT stakeholders
• Demonstrated capability in project planning and control (scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, dependencies), ideally using formal methodologies (e.g., PMI, PRINCE2, Agile/Hybrid)
• Experience with testing, acceptance, and go‑live planning for complex, integrated platforms
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and documentation skills, with the ability to translate technical topics into business language
• Fluency in both spoken and written English and Arabic is required

What Desired Skills You'll Bring

• Prior work with national infrastructure owners, transport, utilities, or public works organisations
• Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS) and modern DevOps practices
• Professional certifications in project management or GIS (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, Esri certifications)
• Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.
• We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars!
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