Projects Manager

About the Role

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a Projects Manager to oversee project delivery activities across assigned assets, projects, packages, or site areas within the business unit. This full-time role is based in Riyadh, Riyadh Province, and requires ensuring alignment with approved designs, schedules, budgets, quality, governance, HSE, and project execution requirements. The Projects Manager will also evaluate construction readiness inputs to identify gaps, risks, dependencies, or issues.

Core Responsibilities

• Manage project delivery activities across assigned assets, projects, packages, or site areas within the business unit.
• Review construction readiness inputs, including design information, procurement status, permits, logistics plans, technical submissions, and site access requirements.
• Ensure delivery activities align with approved design, schedule, budget, quality, governance, HSE, and project execution requirements.
• Evaluate construction readiness inputs to identify gaps, risks, dependencies, or issues requiring clarification before execution.
• Monitor site progress, construction sequencing, critical path activities, workforce deployment, and delivery constraints.
• Review site reports, inspection records, technical submissions, non-conformance records, and corrective action updates to identify delivery risks or quality concerns.
• Ensure construction activities comply with approved specifications, Qiddiya standards, regulatory requirements, project controls, and applicable governance.
• Follow up on site issues, quality observations, delayed actions, and unresolved construction matters with project teams, consultants, and contractors.
• Monitor the performance of contractors, subcontractors, construction supervision consultants, project management consultants, and delivery partners.
• Review contractor progress reports, consultant observations, HSE records, method statements, risk assessments, permits, and incident-related inputs.
• Ensure contractor and consultant activities align with contractual expectations, delivery requirements, HSE controls, quality standards, and agreed project milestones.
• Manage delivery interfaces across design, commercial, project controls, procurement, operations, asset management, infrastructure, utilities, and other relevant workstreams.
• Review interface trackers, dependency logs, authority requirements, testing inputs, commissioning plans, completion evidence, and handover documentation.
• Coordinate testing, commissioning, snagging, defect close-out, authority approval, and handover readiness activities with relevant stakeholders.
• Develop project delivery trackers, action logs, progress summaries, readiness dashboards, and reporting inputs.
• Consolidate project progress updates, site observations, open actions, risks, HSE inputs, quality records, and supporting evidence for management review.
• Supervise assigned team members or project support resources to ensure accurate and timely completion of project reviews, records, and reporting outputs.

Generic Responsibilities

• Manage the implementation of the department strategy, ensuring alignment with Qiddiya's vision and mission, identifying potential risks, and monitoring their impact.
• Ensure effective implementation of the department's policies and procedures framework, encouraging proactive identification of opportunities for improvement.
• Manage the implementation of a comprehensive stakeholder engagement strategy, identifying key stakeholders, developing communication channels, and tracking effectiveness.
• Manage the department’s budgeting process within the approved budget, analyzing financial data, supporting forecasts, and ensuring compliance with financial regulations.
• Ensure continuous improvement of department systems, processes, and practices by analyzing existing business systems and implementing solutions.
• Translate strategic direction into actionable plans, collaborate with stakeholders to develop SMART goals, and manage the overall talent management cycle.
• Manage the development of a comprehensive reporting process for the department, guiding staff on reporting requirements.

Qualifications and Experience

• 8 years of relevant experience in project management.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within Qiddiya Investment Company. The role involves managing diverse project delivery activities and collaborating with various internal and external stakeholders.

Additional Information

The duties outlined in this job description are representative of the tasks typically performed by the jobholder. Management reserves the right to assign additional tasks as necessary to meet business needs.