Manager Operational Readiness Planning and Reporting

About the Role

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a Manager for Operational Readiness - Planning and Reporting in Riyadh Province. This full-time role focuses on building a unified view of programme delivery by integrating Primavera P6 schedules with automated Power BI analytics and executive PowerPoint reporting. The position requires a professional who combines hands-on Primavera P6 capability with a strong consulting mindset.

Key Responsibilities

• Primavera P6 Schedule Establishment & Control: Develop, structure, and maintain integrated master schedules in Primavera P6 across projects, operational readiness workstreams, and key interfaces. Establish enterprise project structures, WBS, activity coding, calendars, logic, milestones, constraints, and baselines. Integrate various activities including construction, testing, commissioning, handover, operator mobilisation, and Day 1 readiness. Validate schedule quality, run update cycles, perform variance analysis, forecasting, scenario modelling, and schedule recovery planning. Establish controls for schedule ownership, change management, and baseline governance.
• Power BI Schedule Analytics: Design and implement Power BI data models and dashboards using Primavera P6 exports and approved project data sources. Automate reporting for progress, milestones, critical path, float, variance, slippage, look-ahead, risks, and dependencies. Develop drill-down views from portfolio level to activity level and create clear data definitions and reconciliation controls.
• Executive PowerPoint Reporting: Produce concise, consulting-quality PowerPoint packs for leadership forums and executive reviews. Translate schedule data into clear messages on performance, critical decisions, key risks, interdependencies, and required interventions. Develop standard reporting pages such as executive summary, milestone outlook, critical path, and trend analysis. Ensure reports have a clear storyline, evidence-based conclusions, accountable owners, and decision-focused asks.
• General Responsibilities: Lead planning workshops with project teams and stakeholders to establish credible plans. Challenge assumptions and identify gaps between delivery completion and operational readiness. Define planning and reporting standards, templates, RACI, reporting calendars, quality checks, and governance routines. Coach schedule owners and reporting contributors to improve planning maturity and data quality. Provide independent advice to senior stakeholders and escalate material schedule risks with practical recommendations.

Key Deliverables

• Approved scheduling framework, coding structure, planning calendar, and schedule governance procedure.
• Integrated Primavera P6 master schedule with agreed baselines, interfaces, milestones, and critical path visibility.
• Power BI executive dashboard with documented definitions, refresh process, and reconciliation controls.
• Standard monthly and fortnightly PowerPoint reporting packs for executive governance forums.
• Reporting on critical path, milestones, two-week look-ahead, risks, dependencies, changes, and recovery plans.
• Capability transfer materials and practical coaching for schedule owners and reporting contributors.

Measures of Success

• Leadership receives timely and consistent views of schedule performance, emerging risks, and required decisions.
• All major milestones, dependencies, and critical paths have clear ownership and traceable source data.
• Power BI and PowerPoint outputs reconcile to the approved Primavera P6 schedule.
• Manual effort and reporting cycle time are reduced through automation and standardisation.
• Schedule quality, update discipline, forecasting credibility, and stakeholder accountability improve over time.

Work Environment

This role is based in Riyadh, Riyadh Province, and operates on a full-time basis within Qiddiya Investment Company. The position involves working with various stakeholders, from activity-level planners to executive decision-makers.

Application Process

Candidates interested in this role are encouraged to apply.