Senior Manager - Planning (RC)

JASARA PMC is seeking a highly motivated Senior Manager - Planning to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing the planning processes across various projects, ensuring that they align with the strategic objectives of the organization. You will collaborate closely with project teams and stakeholders to develop detailed project plans, timelines, and resource allocations. As the Senior Manager - Planning, you will play a crucial role in guiding the planning team, improving planning methodologies, and implementing best practices to optimize project performance. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management and a proven track record of successfully delivering on complex projects. Key Responsibilities :

Champions "Safety First" value, specifically confident in enacting ‘Stop Work’ authority, engage in relevant health / safety / wellbeing standards and behaviors. Demonstrates leadership behaviors, in line with the company values, at all times. Manages the team’s deliverables through effective leadership by setting individual objectives, managing performance and developing the team to maximize performance. Leads the team in all aspects of Planning, Cost, Resourcing & Risk. Supports Project Management function in delivery / tender, as required. ensuring they are delivered on time and profitably. Ensures the team adheres to the Schedule management plan, Planning processes and WOW. Improves the provision and quality of services provided to the Project teams. Leads the improvements of the quality of schedule presentation, information, and documentation. Assesses the impacts of design / construction changes and schedule slippages, works with team to provide solutions. Leads communication & collaboration with other teams. Manages the integration plans with stakeholders, key interfaces, and others. Reviews Project progress track & reporting and communicate updates to stakeholders, Senior Management / Board. Leads the improvements, ensure optional project schedule quality, and evaluate reports. Briefing team to ensure that the schedule fundamental principles and details are understood by the Team and are transferred to the construction phase of the project. Validates Baseline / Target schedules before submission. Manges the planning and scheduling own work to meet required timelines and outputs. Leads the weekly / monthly updating of schedules as design and construction work develops. Responds accurately and in a timely manner to team queries regarding the content of the schedule submission. Leads the strategic planning exercises with wider team Assesses inputs in setting up processes and procedures to implement it Identifies key interfaces and manages them efficiently to ensure seamless coordination. Leads coordination with commercial function to implement an effective controls system covering budget, cost, reporting, risk, and change management Qualifications

10 – 15 years’ related planning / scheduling within construction delivery experience – ideally Contractor and Consultancy Primavera Certification (Preferred) Recognized project management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) Previous KSA / Middle East experience preferred. Foster a culture of Flexibility and adaptability in responding to changing business requirements. Expertly manages and prioritizes the workload of the team, deadline driven. Leverage exceptional written and verbal skills in English to effectively articulate ideas, strategies, and project performance to a range of audiences. Leverage in-depth knowledge of enterprise-level management software, such as P6, MS office (Excel, Word,)– preferred skills include Power BI Demonstrated leadership skills to set clear goals, motivate teams and deliver results. Excellent leadership skills and the ability to lead the function\'s direction, specifically endorsing or opposing practices as needed. Must have hands-on experience in delivering projects and have a strong technical and commercial working knowledge. Significant discipline / industry presence recognized and valued by industry peers as an authority able to work with teams to solve technical problems and achieve a high level of assurance on project deliverables. Significant experience required in development, implementation, and management of business systems, including policies and procedures applicable to the role and across the project. Ability to perform under pressure and manage multiple priorities effectively. Analytical and thorough, problem-solving ability Leads team collaboration and cross department integration collaboratively in a team environment and across multiple departments. Able to connect people and issues and drive a quick response

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