Planning Manager📣 Job Ad

About WSP in the Middle East

WSP in the Middle East operates on a global scale, contributing to significant projects. The firm fosters an environment that values new ideas and diverse perspectives. We are currently seeking a Planning Manager to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for a full-time position.

Role Summary

The Planning Manager will support planning, scheduling, and programme coordination activities across major projects during the pre-contract phase. This role is responsible for developing integrated delivery strategies, master schedules, governance frameworks, and executive reporting across multiple projects. The successful candidate will consolidate information from project, portfolio, and programme levels to provide analysis, performance insights, and digital dashboards that support senior leadership decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop integrated master programmes for complex portfolios, programmes, and individual projects.
• Establish planning standards, scheduling methodologies, governance processes, and reporting frameworks.
• Prepare programme roadmaps, delivery strategies, and schedule hierarchies aligned with client objectives.
• Coordinate interfaces between multiple consultants, stakeholders, and delivery teams to maintain schedule integrity.
• Prepare and coordinate planning inputs for feasibility studies, design development, procurement strategies, and tendering activities.
• Develop baseline programmes, procurement schedules, design schedules, and critical path analyses.
• Review consultant and contractor schedules during tender evaluations and assess programme compliance.
• Consolidate schedule information across multiple projects to provide a portfolio-wide view of delivery performance.
• Monitor programme controls processes including schedule governance, progress measurement, forecasting, and risk analysis.
• Develop and maintain digital dashboards using Power BI and other reporting platforms for executive-level reporting.
• Facilitate planning workshops, schedule reviews, and programme coordination meetings with clients and project teams.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in planning, scheduling, and programme coordination roles.
• Proven background from a Project Management Consultancy (PMC).
• Extensive experience in programme, portfolio, and project-level planning for large-scale developments.
• Demonstrated ability to develop integrated delivery strategies, master schedules, and governance frameworks.
• Proficiency in developing and maintaining digital dashboards, particularly using Power BI.

Required Skills and Attributes

• Strong analytical skills to provide meaningful analysis, performance insights, and support decision-making.
• Ability to identify key interdependencies, constraints, and risks affecting programme objectives.
• Experience in developing recovery scenarios and planning solutions for delivery challenges.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills to ensure planning alignment.
• Commitment to supporting reporting automation and continuous improvement of planning analytics and data quality processes.

Work Location

This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Candidates meeting the specified qualifications and experience are encouraged to apply.