Sr Program Controls Specialist Saudi National Only📣 إعلان

About the Role

Honeywell Technologies is seeking a Sr Program Controls Specialist to lead and govern program controls across a portfolio of large, complex projects in Saudi Arabia. This full-time role provides strategic oversight for cost management, scheduling, forecasting, risk management, performance reporting, change control, and portfolio analytics to support successful project delivery and strong financial performance.

Role Context and Impact

The Senior Program Controls Specialist serves as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, project directors, finance, commercial, procurement, and delivery teams. The position drives data-informed decision-making, forecasting accuracy, governance compliance, and continuous improvement within the project controls function. This role involves leading cross-functional teams, establishing controls frameworks, and ensuring alignment between project execution, business objectives, client requirements, and organizational standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of program controls frameworks, methodologies, policies, and governance processes across multiple projects and programs.
• Provide strategic oversight of project budgets, forecasts, schedules, cash flow, earned value performance, and key project performance indicators.
• Direct portfolio-wide cost and schedule forecasting activities, ensuring accuracy, consistency, transparency, and timely reporting to senior leadership.
• Establish, approve, and maintain program and project baselines, ensuring effective measurement of scope, schedule, cost, progress, and performance.
• Lead monthly business reviews and executive reporting, including variance analysis, trend assessment, scenario evaluation, and actionable recommendations.
• Drive the analysis and resolution of critical project risks, schedule delays, cost overruns, productivity challenges, and execution issues.
• Partner with Project Directors, Program Managers, Commercial, Finance, Procurement, and Delivery teams to optimize project outcomes and financial performance.
• Provide executive-level dashboards and strategic insights using Power BI, SAP, Primavera P6, Microsoft Excel, and other enterprise project controls systems.
• Lead change management and change control governance, including evaluation of cost, schedule, contractual, risk, and business impacts.
• Oversee project controls personnel and provide direction, coaching, mentoring, performance management, and capability development.
• Ensure project controls processes comply with corporate governance requirements, client obligations, audit expectations, and industry best practices.
• Direct portfolio-level risk management, mitigation planning, contingency management, and escalation of material exposures.
• Support business planning, resource forecasting, capital planning, and long-range portfolio performance analysis.
• Establish standards and best practices that improve forecasting accuracy, reporting quality, data integrity, and operational efficiency.
• Lead audits, compliance reviews, lessons learned, assurance activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Act as the primary program controls focal point for executive leadership, customers, auditors, and other key stakeholders.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in program controls or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and govern program controls across complex projects.
• Proficiency with enterprise project controls systems such as Power BI, SAP, Primavera P6, and Microsoft Excel.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to work on projects that contribute to the transformation of cities, buildings, and transportation.
• A culture that promotes inclusion, diversity, and innovation.
• Access to market-specific training and ongoing personal development.