Project Manager Transportation & Mobility

Job description

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end advisory leadership across the project lifecycle, including design review, commercial support, and implementation monitoring for bus and BRT programs.
• Manage the PPP contract, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations, scope of work, risk allocation, performance requirements, key milestones, and deliverables throughout design and construction.
• Serve as a direct interface with public authorities, operators, consultants, and community stakeholders, facilitating governance, approvals, and public communications.
• Manage program controls, including schedule, cost, risk, and quality, by establishing PMO structures, KPIs, stage-gates, and reporting dashboards.
• Review and assure designs for road infrastructure (corridors, stations, depots), ITS, fare collection, and priority measures, coordinating across traffic engineering, urban design, utilities, and safety.
• Drive operational readiness planning (ORAT), service change management, and transition to operations, including safety management systems and incident response.
• Champion user experience, accessibility, equity, and reliability through data-driven service performance management.
• Integrate sustainability and resilience outcomes (emissions reduction, energy efficiency, climate adaptation) and align with ESG and client policy targets.
• Mentor teams, build client relationships, and identify business development opportunities, proposals, and thought leadership.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in project management, with a focus on construction and Transport & Mobility.
• Demonstrated experience in managing PPP contracts, including procurement, design, and construction stages.
• Proven ability to manage multidisciplinary teams and coordinate with various stakeholders.
• Experience with contract administration, performance monitoring, and compliance with contractual obligations.
• Work Location
• This position is based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with responsibilities extending to projects in Makkah.

Application Process

• Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply for this full-time Project Manager position.