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Project Manager - Delivery (CDU 11) CDUP 2026

Qiddiya | القديةRiyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

1 day ago

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The Project Manager will lead, inspire and drive the safe and timely delivery of the Advance Works subprojects for Transport Business Unit. This includes championing health, safety, and security, demonstrating Qiddiya values, and ensuring project schedules, budgets, and resources are effectively managed in collaboration with discipline leads, contractors, consultants and stakeholders. The role will drive scope completion to agreed timeframes and budgets, proactively resolve risks and roadblocks, and maintain strong stakeholder engagement. The position will oversee scope management, constructability, contract alignment, change control, and cross‑functional coordination. It includes supporting procurement and commercial teams and implementing best practice project management processes. By aligning delivery with Qiddiya's and TBU strategic objectives, the Project Manager will ensure the project work is completed to the highest standards of safety, quality, and performance.

Roles And Responsibilities

Drive and lead the health, safety, wellbeing and security culture on the project, empowering the team to operate in line with QIC policies, procedures and TBU objectives. Has the ability to conduct safety investigations, inspections and audits.
Ensure the TBU Customer Experience strategies are understood, and a ‘Customer‑first' approach is integrated into all aspects of project planning, decision‑making, and delivery.
Demonstrate role‑model leadership behaviors in line with Qiddiya values.
Motivate and inspire a high‑performance culture through clear direction, providing continuous feedback, recognising and rewarding exceptional performance and fostering an environment of collaboration, innovation and accountability.
Provide visible and inclusive leadership, ensures effective succession planning, explores recruitment and retention strategies, and offers mentoring to both direct reports and the broader TBU.
Collaborate with other directors, discipline leads and internal stakeholders and is accountable for the development, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of project execution across all functional areas during delivery.
Prepare and present strategies (procurement, constructability, logistics, interface etc.) to QIC governance and control committees as required.
Ensure that project delivery plans, covering all aspects of project preparation, execution, and close‑out, are robust, agreed upon, communicated to the team, implemented, and routinely reviewed for suitability.
Identify and assess risks and opportunities, develop and apply appropriate mitigation strategies, and manage them through monthly reviews to confirm their continued validity, the effectiveness of planned mitigations, and capture any newly emerging risks.
Manage project delivery by ensuring robust, collaborative, and proactive communication with contractors, consultants and key on‑site interfaces, supporting the successful completion of the scope in line with time, cost, HS&E, Quality assurance and other performance objectives.
Manage all changes related to the delivery of the scope through the defined TBU change management process, including early identification and communication to the line manager.
Implement and maintain project management processes, tools, and best practices to ensure transparency, information accuracy, standardisation, and continuous improvement.
Lead the procurement process by selecting appropriate contract models, developing comprehensive scopes of work, facilitating effective market engagement, and conducting rigorous reviews to ensure the engagement of suitable contractors and consultants.
Support and work effectively with the commercial team to ensure contractual compliance and cost control is maintained to the highest level.
Lead a broad range of project activities, including meetings, risk and opportunity sessions, value engineering, design reviews, site inspections, consultant and contractor evaluations, documentation reviews, training, executive reporting, contract and claims negotiations, public outreach, and other assigned tasks.
Maintain awareness of industry trends, regulations, and best practices to continuously enhance project delivery.
Conduct post‑project reviews and retrospectives to capture lessons learned and identify opportunities for improvement, contributing to QIC's continuous learning and organisational development.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in relevant fields such as Civil Engineering, Project Management, Risk Management, Construction Management.

Higher National Diploma in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or a related field. Professional Certifications (if required).

Project Management Professional (PMP) and other relevant project management and professional engineer accreditation (e.g. Prince2, AgilePM) – desirable but not mandatory.

10+ years of experience in project management, leading complex projects from initiation to completion within a contracting or construction environment.

Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, effectively controlling scope, schedule, budget, and resources using appropriate digital tools.

Proactive and delivery‑focused, with a strong ability to align stakeholders around a common vision.

Skilled in mentorship and coaching to support the professional growth of junior colleagues.

Flexible and adaptable to changing business needs, with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet tight deadlines.

Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, with proficiency in enterprise‑level management software such as Microsoft Project, Primavera, Aconex, or equivalent.

Experienced in managing teams delivering results in a collaborative, cross‑departmental environment.

Excellent problem‑solving, decision‑making, and conflict resolution abilities.

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