Project Director

About the Role

Parsons Corporation is seeking a Project Director to lead the delivery of an ultra-luxury hospitality development in Tabūk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves providing strategic leadership across all project phases, from design through handover, to ensure the project meets high standards of quality, guest experience, sustainability, safety, schedule, and commercial performance.

Project Leadership and Coordination

The Project Director will serve as the senior project representative, responsible for overall leadership and direction. This includes establishing project objectives, delivery strategies, governance structures, and performance standards. A key aspect of the role is leading coordination among the client, consultants, contractors, operators, authorities, and other stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the project team through design development, tendering, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Manage coordination between the client, design consultants, contractors, specialist suppliers, hospitality operators, and authorities.
• Oversee project scope, budget, schedule, risk, quality, health and safety, and stakeholder management.
• Ensure design and construction meet the standards for an ultra-luxury hospitality destination.
• Monitor the integration of architecture, interiors, landscape, structural, MEP, specialist systems, life safety, and operational requirements.
• Lead executive-level meetings and provide accurate progress reports to the client and senior management.
• Review and approve key project management plans, procedures, reports, and recommendations.
• Identify potential project risks and implement effective mitigation strategies.
• Manage change control, claims, variations, commercial issues, and key contractual matters.
• Ensure effective coordination of mock-ups, samples, prototypes, materials, finishes, and guest-facing areas.
• Support the delivery of brand standards, operator requirements, sustainability targets, and local regulatory requirements.
• Promote a collaborative, accountable, and high-performance project culture.
• Ensure a smooth transition from construction to operations, including testing, commissioning, training, snagging, and final handover.

Qualifications and Experience

• Candidates should possess over 10 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated leadership in delivering large-scale, complex projects, preferably within the luxury hospitality sector.
• Strong understanding of project management principles across design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover phases.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Tabūk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, requiring a commitment to managing a prestigious ultra-luxury hospitality development.