PMC Lead / Site Director

About Decima International

Decima International is a professional services company specializing in project management and controls for clients in the United States and the Middle East. The company focuses on client partnerships, fostering a professional environment, and maintaining high service standards through regulated growth.

Role Overview: PMC Lead / Site Director

Decima International is seeking an experienced PMC Lead / Site Director to oversee the delivery of a major hyperscale data center project in Riyadh. This full-time role serves as the PMC's primary point of accountability to the Owner, providing leadership across project governance, stakeholder coordination, performance management, and executive reporting. The successful candidate will ensure project delivery aligns with cost, schedule, quality, safety, and commissioning objectives, working closely with the Owner, Site Supervision Consultant, designers, and contractors.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the PMC’s primary point of accountability to the Owner for overall project delivery.
• Lead project governance, coordination, decision-making, and escalation processes.
• Provide strategic leadership across construction, project controls, commercial, quality, HSE, and commissioning functions.
• Coordinate activities between the Owner, Site Supervision Consultant, designers, contractors, vendors, utility providers, and other stakeholders.
• Monitor overall project performance against approved cost, schedule, quality, safety, and commissioning objectives.
• Ensure project risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints are identified, tracked, and resolved in a timely manner.
• Lead executive-level project meetings, governance reviews, and performance discussions.
• Review and challenge project progress, forecasts, key milestones, and contractor performance.
• Ensure alignment between design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover activities.
• Oversee the performance of the PMC project team and ensure clear accountability across disciplines.
• Review and approve key project reports, recommendations, escalations, and management submissions.
• Provide executive reporting to the Owner covering project status, risks, decisions, and required actions.
• Escalate critical project issues to the Owner with clear recommendations and mitigation strategies.
• Ensure compliance with contractual requirements, project procedures, governance frameworks, and applicable standards.
• Support commercial, contractual, and change management decisions as required.
• Drive collaboration across all project stakeholders to support timely and successful project completion.
• Lead readiness for major stage gates, commissioning milestones, handover, and final project closeout.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Relevant professional certification or chartered status.
• Minimum 10 years of overall professional experience in major construction, infrastructure, or mission-critical project delivery.
• Demonstrated experience delivering at least one hyperscale data center project of 15MW or greater.
• Strong experience leading complex multidisciplinary project teams.
• Extensive knowledge of project governance, stakeholder management, construction delivery, project controls, commercial management, quality, HSE, and commissioning.
• Proven ability to manage multiple contractors, consultants, designers, and stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of cost, schedule, risk, quality, safety, and commissioning performance management.
• Experience providing executive-level project reporting and recommendations to clients or Owners.
• Strong decision-making, negotiation, escalation, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management capabilities.

Technical Tools

• Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Project Controls Platforms
• Executive Reporting Dashboards
• Risk and Action Tracking Systems
• Document Management Systems

Application Information

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.