Development Controls Manager📣 Job Ad

About the Role

INMAR is seeking an experienced Development Controls Manager to oversee portfolio-level planning, reporting, governance, and performance monitoring across a diverse real estate development portfolio. This role serves as a central point for development controls, ensuring projects are tracked, risks are managed, milestones are met, and executive leadership receives accurate information for strategic decision-making. The successful candidate will establish and maintain development control frameworks, portfolio reporting systems, stage-gate governance processes, and performance dashboards.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and manage development controls frameworks, reporting standards, governance calendars, and portfolio monitoring processes.
• Develop and maintain project governance tools, including stage-gate trackers, decision logs, action trackers, and performance reporting systems.
• Ensure consistency, transparency, and adherence to best practices across all development reporting and project controls processes.
• Support executive decision-making through structured governance and comprehensive performance reporting.
• Maintain master development programs, critical paths, project dependencies, and portfolio schedules.
• Monitor project progress against approved milestones, deliverables, and development objectives.
• Prepare portfolio dashboards, executive reports, and performance summaries for senior leadership.
• Provide visibility on key development metrics, project status, schedule performance, and strategic priorities.
• Maintain portfolio-wide risk registers, issue logs, mitigation plans, and decision records.
• Monitor project performance proactively and identify emerging risks, constraints, and opportunities.
• Maintain visibility of project budgets, cost forecasts, Total Development Cost (TDC) updates, variances, and key commercial decision points.
• Support leadership in evaluating project performance against approved business objectives.
• Coordinate reporting inputs across Development, Technical, Commercial, Procurement, Authorities, Finance, Cost Management, and Delivery teams.
• Facilitate information flow between project teams and executive leadership.
• Ensure development reporting accurately reflects current project status and supports informed decision-making.
• Manage and mentor Development Controls support resources, including document control and project coordination personnel.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• 10 to 15 years of experience in project controls, development controls, PMO, portfolio reporting, scheduling, risk management, or large-scale development programs.
• Proven experience managing reporting and governance frameworks within real estate, construction, infrastructure, or development organizations.
• Strong understanding of project scheduling, portfolio management, risk management, governance, and reporting methodologies.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Power BI, Microsoft Excel, and other relevant reporting tools.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, PMI-SP, Project Controls Certification, or equivalent are preferred.

Required Skills

• Development Controls Frameworks
• Portfolio Reporting Systems
• Stage-Gate Governance Processes
• Performance Dashboards
• Project Governance Tools
• Master Development Programs
• Critical Path Analysis
• Portfolio Schedules
• Risk Registers
• Issue Logs
• Mitigation Plans
• Cost Management
• Total Development Cost (TDC)
• Primavera P6
• Microsoft Project
• Power BI
• Microsoft Excel
• Analytical Skills
• Problem-Solving
• Planning
• Scheduling
• Reporting
• Stakeholder Management
• Coordination

Work Environment

This full-time role is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The position offers the opportunity to shape and control a major development portfolio, collaborate closely with executive leadership on strategic initiatives, and gain exposure to high-profile mixed-use, residential, hospitality, retail, and commercial developments within a dynamic real estate organization.