Senior Manager - Project Manager

Focus Area

Visitor and Resident Experience
This role focuses on software platforms, AI integration, and data-driven services that enhance city operations and elevate the overall experience for residents and visitors.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of cloud, hybrid, and on-premises applications, including AI-driven operational solutions.
• Drive benefit realization by ensuring digital solutions are effectively adopted by city departments (e.g., City Operations, Security Operations) to achieve measurable ROI.
• Manage Agile and DevOps delivery cycles, ensuring key governance gates (e.g., data privacy, ethical compliance) are met without impacting delivery timelines.
• Represent City Operations IT in Asset Infrastructure Design & Delivery and Technical Design Working Groups to ensure cross-functional alignment.
• Navigate and manage the technical stage-gate process for physical assets, ensuring full compliance with architecture and security requirements prior to deployment.
• Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure seamless integration between digital systems and physical infrastructure.
• Oversee the Master System Integrator (MSI) lifecycle, including design, build, operate, and transfer phases of smart city services.
• Ensure rigorous quality control of all project deliverables through structured artefact review processes aligned with international standards.
• Collaborate with Qiddiya Technology (QTECH), districts, and business units to manage system integration and smart service deployment.
• Provide strategic insights, progress updates, and performance reporting to executive leadership and the QIC City Operations IT PMO.
• Lead procurement activities, including RFP development, vendor selection, regulatory compliance, and stakeholder engagement.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation, ensuring transparency through high-quality reporting and audit-ready records.