Manager Portfolio Projects Delivery

About the Role

Team Saudi is seeking a Manager Portfolio Projects Delivery to join their team in Riyadh. This full-time role involves leading the delivery of SOPC projects, managing in-progress monitoring, supporting risk management, and facilitating stakeholder communication. The successful candidate will ensure project activities align with SOPC’s strategic objectives and contribute to enhanced operational efficiency, requiring 5-10 years of relevant experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and maintenance of project plans for high-performance initiatives, defining scope, approving timelines, allocating resources, and overseeing deliverables.
• Manage the execution of project tasks, ensuring activities remain on schedule, within budget, and meet quality standards.
• Oversee daily project operations, monitoring milestones, and approving plans as needed to accommodate changes or new requirements.
• Monitor project performance against established KPIs, review progress updates, and escalate issues or deviations to senior leadership with recommended corrective actions.
• Ensure project documentation and oversee the preparation of status reports to keep stakeholders informed and support decision-making processes.
• Lead post-project evaluations, contribute to lessons learned, and identify areas for improvement in future projects.
• Establish and maintain project cost baselines in coordination with project owners, Finance, Procurement, and relevant stakeholders.
• Monitor and control project financial performance throughout the lifecycle, including budgets, actual expenditure, commitments, accruals, forecasts, EAC, and ETC.
• Assess and monitor the financial impact of scope and schedule changes, variations, procurement decisions, project risks, and other financial aspects.
• Lead periodic project and portfolio financial reconciliation, preparing consolidated cost reports and dashboards.
• Assess the allocation of portfolio resources and capacity requirements against project priorities, timeline, budget, and tool management.
• Direct the identification of potential project risks and approve mitigation strategies, guiding the team to proactively address risks.
• Oversee risk mitigation actions and report on evolving risks to senior leadership, ensuring timely resolution.
• Take ownership of resolving challenges, directing the project team to keep activities aligned with project goals.
• Lead stakeholder engagement by planning and chairing key meetings, gathering input, and communicating project updates to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Collect and incorporate stakeholder feedback to assist senior leadership in achieving successful project outcomes.

Experience and Qualifications

Candidates should possess 5-10 years of experience in project delivery and portfolio management. The role requires a strong understanding of project planning, execution, performance monitoring, and financial control within a project context.

Work Environment and Values

Team Saudi is committed to fostering a safe, supportive, and empowering environment for its employees. The company values integrity, professionalism, and a commitment to maintaining a respectful workplace where all individuals are protected, valued, and provided fair opportunities to thrive.