Manager Operational Readiness📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Qiddiya is seeking a Manager Operational Readiness to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves developing, maintaining, and governing the integrated Operational Readiness (OR) schedule. The Manager will ensure that OR activities, milestones, and dependencies are aligned with asset delivery timelines, trial operations, and opening dates, acting as the central source of truth for OR program scheduling.

Role Purpose and Context

The primary purpose of this position is to provide early visibility of risks to readiness milestones and to manage the comprehensive scheduling of all operational readiness workstreams. This includes coordinating with various functional leads and maintaining alignment with project delivery and asset opening schedules within a large-scale development context.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the integrated OR master schedule using Primavera P6, covering all readiness workstreams such as workforce mobilization, training, systems readiness, SOPs, permits and licensing, FF&E/OS&E, trial operations, and handover.
• Align OR schedules with project delivery milestones, stage gates, and asset opening dates, managing interfaces with PMO and delivery partner schedules.
• Develop countdown plans and T-minus schedules for asset openings, including trial operations and soft opening phases.
• Track progress against baseline, identify slippage and critical path impacts, and escalate risks to readiness milestones with proposed recovery options.
• Produce scheduling reports, dashboards, and lookaheads using Power BI and Excel for OR leadership and governance forums.
• Coordinate schedule inputs from functional leads and consolidate updates on an agreed cadence.
• Maintain schedule change control, baseline management, and documentation of assumptions and dependencies.
• Support workforce ramp-up planning by aligning recruitment, onboarding, and training timelines with operational need dates.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5-8 years of scheduling/planning experience, preferably within operational readiness, giga-projects, entertainment/hospitality openings, or large-scale infrastructure.
• Demonstrated hands-on Primavera P6 expertise, including baseline and change control on complex programs.
• Experience supporting asset openings, trial operations, or commissioning-to-operations transitions is strongly preferred.
• PMP, PMI-SP, or equivalent certification is an advantage.

Work Environment

This role is based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and operates on a full-time basis. The successful candidate will work within a dynamic environment focused on the development and operational readiness of significant projects.

Application Process

Candidates meeting the specified requirements are encouraged to apply. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.