Technical Project Manager

About the Role

Uplift People Consulting is seeking a Technical Project Manager for a full-time position in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This role supports a global deep-tech client specializing in quantum processors, cloud-based platforms, and advanced software solutions for industrial and scientific applications. The Technical Project Manager will be instrumental in the client's expansion within Saudi Arabia, managing complex technology, engineering, and industrial projects from inception to completion.

Project Management Responsibilities

• Gather and centralize business and technical requirements.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria.
• Assess project feasibility with relevant technical teams.
• Develop detailed project plans, milestones, budgets, and resource requirements.
• Identify technical, operational, and commercial risks, establishing appropriate mitigation plans.
• Define project governance, roles, responsibilities, and working methods.
• Secure stakeholder approval and formally launch projects.
• Lead projects from kickoff through final delivery, monitoring progress, milestones, budget consumption, and resource allocation.
• Coordinate internal contributors, customers, suppliers, and external partners.
• Ensure deliverables meet agreed technical, commercial, and quality requirements.
• Identify issues and dependencies early, guiding teams toward practical solutions.
• Manage changes in scope, schedule, resources, or customer requirements.
• Prepare clear dashboards and reports for project committees and senior stakeholders.
• Organize and document customer reviews, internal reviews, steering committees, and decision meetings.
• Maintain strong communication between commercial, technical, and customer teams.
• Confirm the completion and acceptance of all project deliverables.
• Finalize and archive project documentation.
• Lead project-closure and lessons-learned reviews.
• Recommend improvements to project-management methods and tools.

Qualifications and Requirements

• A technical, engineering, or similarly relevant degree.
• At least three years of successful experience managing complex technology, engineering, or industrial projects.
• Strong ownership of schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and project deliverables.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary and matrix teams.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical specialists and business stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• A proactive, structured, and delivery-focused working style.
• Experience managing customer-facing projects within Saudi Arabia.
• Confidence operating within complex governance and stakeholder structures.
• Experience in energy, industrial technology, advanced computing, AI, cloud, or a similarly technical field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience with Saudi Aramco or another major Saudi enterprise.
• Exposure to quantum technologies, high-performance computing, AI, or deep tech.
• Experience in oil and gas, energy, or industrial digitalization.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or a comparable project-management certification.
• Knowledge of systems engineering or complex product lifecycles.
• Experience working with suppliers, subcontractors, or research institutions.
• Arabic language skills.

Work Environment

The role is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and requires the ability to work from Aramco’s premises in Dhahran for approximately one to two weeks per month.