Senior Construction Manager

About Parsons Corporation

Parsons Corporation fosters an innovative culture focused on valuing people, embracing agility, and promoting growth. The company empowers its employees to achieve their full potential within a collaborative environment.

Role Overview

Parsons is seeking an experienced Senior Construction Manager to join a team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is a full-time, senior PMO-level position responsible for overseeing and guiding an assigned Project Management Consultant (PMC) across multiple packages and contracts within a large program. The role focuses on PMO governance, PMC oversight, reporting assurance, risk management, stakeholder coordination, and program milestone delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide PMO-level oversight for an assigned PMC managing multiple packages and contracts within the program.
• Ensure the PMC adheres to PMO governance standards, approved methodologies, frameworks, templates, reporting requirements, and program procedures.
• Monitor PMC performance against agreed milestones, KPIs, deliverables, reporting requirements, and program objectives.
• Review, challenge, and validate reporting information submitted by the PMC for accuracy, consistency, and proper verification before escalation to PMO leadership.
• Track key risks, issues, dependencies, and roadblocks across PMC-led works, ensuring timely mitigation and escalation.
• Facilitate clear communication among the PMO, PMC, client representatives, consultants, contractors, and other key stakeholders.
• Support the PMO Director of Construction in driving consistency, accountability, governance, and standardization across PMC-managed projects.
• Ensure PMC teams align with overall program priorities, schedules, reporting cycles, milestone requirements, and PMO expectations.
• Utilize PMO-approved systems, tools, and processes for tracking, documentation, reporting, communication, and action close-out.
• Provide strategic input, leadership, and problem-solving support to remove barriers to successful delivery.
• Support program-level reviews, governance forums, performance meetings, and senior leadership reporting requirements.
• Ensure corrective actions, lessons learned, and performance improvement measures are captured, tracked, and implemented across PMC activities.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in construction management or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience in a senior PMO-level role.
• Proven ability to oversee and guide Project Management Consultants (PMCs).
• Experience with PMO governance, risk management, and stakeholder coordination.

Work Location

This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Application Process

Candidates interested in this Senior Construction Manager role are encouraged to apply.