Project Director (AIRPORTS / AVIATION)📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Parsons Corporation is seeking a Project Director – Airport Systems Integration to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to a major international airport development program, working within a culture that values people, agility, and growth.

Role Overview

The Project Director will be the primary point of accountability for the delivery of the Master Systems Integrator (MSI) scope, encompassing both Terminal and Airfield systems packages. This executive leadership position is responsible for all program governance activities related to systems integration, testing and commissioning, operational readiness, and phased system activation.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct the overall delivery of the MSI scope across Terminal and Airfield systems packages for a major international airport development program.
• Provide executive leadership for all program governance activities related to systems integration, testing & commissioning, operational readiness, and phased system activation.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for client stakeholders, airport operators, aviation authorities, EPC contractors, IVVQ consultants, and regulatory agencies.
• Lead program-wide integration assurance activities to ensure all systems interfaces are coordinated, validated, tested, and operationally compliant.
• Establish and oversee Systems Assurance processes including requirements traceability, verification and validation, compliance demonstration, integration evidence management, and acceptance readiness reporting.
• Oversee the implementation and integration of airport operational systems including AODB, A-SMGCS, ALCMS, AOCC, RMS, FIDS, ATMS, CNS Systems, ICT infrastructure, security systems, baggage handling systems, middleware platforms, and associated operational technologies.
• Ensure all systems delivery activities comply with applicable aviation regulations, airport operational standards, cybersecurity requirements, and program governance procedures.
• Establish program-wide interface governance processes including interface identification, ownership assignment, issue resolution, escalation management, and interface closure verification.
• Direct program-level testing and commissioning strategies including factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing, integrated systems testing, operational validation, and phased go-live activities.
• Direct integrated testing and validation activities including Systems Integration Testing (SIT), System-Centric Integration Testing (SCIT), operational validation, stakeholder demonstrations, and readiness assessment across interfacing systems.
• Maintain oversight of integration-related risks, dependencies, assumptions, constraints, and interface issues that may impact program delivery, testing activities, and operational readiness.
• Ensure all operational readiness obligations are achieved in alignment with airport activation strategies and stakeholder acceptance requirements.
• Provide executive oversight of change management processes related to systems scope, interfaces, operational impacts, schedule changes, and technical compliance.
• Establish and lead integration governance forums, technical working groups, readiness reviews, interface review boards, and executive reporting mechanisms to support program-wide decision making.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams including systems managers, integration leads, testing & commissioning teams, ORAT specialists, and quality personnel.
• Represent Parsons in executive-level meetings, technical reviews, program governance forums, and client leadership engagements.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aviation Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Telecommunications Engineering, or a related discipline from a recognized university.
• Minimum of 20 years of professional experience in large-scale infrastructure, aviation, airport systems, or complex technology integration programs.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in major international airport programs involving systems integration, operational technologies, or airport-wide systems delivery.
• Demonstrated experience delivering airport systems programs through testing, commissioning, operational readiness, and activation phases.
• Strong experience managing multidisciplinary delivery teams within large-scale PMC, EPC, MSI, or integrated delivery environments.

Required Skills and Competencies

• Airport Systems Integration
• Systems Integration
• Testing & Commissioning
• Operational Readiness
• Systems Assurance
• Requirements Traceability
• Verification and Validation
• Compliance Demonstration
• Integration Evidence Management
• Acceptance Readiness Reporting
• Airport Operational Systems (AODB, A-SMGCS, ALCMS, AOCC, RMS, FIDS, ATMS, CNS Systems)
• ICT infrastructure
• Security systems
• Baggage handling systems
• Middleware platforms
• Operational technologies
• Aviation regulations
• Airport operational standards
• Cybersecurity requirements
• Programme governance procedures
• Interface management
• Testing and commissioning strategies
• Factory acceptance testing
• Site acceptance testing
• Integrated systems testing
• Operational validation
• Phased go-live activities
• Systems Integration Testing (SIT)
• System-Centric Integration Testing (SCIT)
• Stakeholder demonstrations
• Risk management
• Dependency management
• Assumption management
• Constraint management
• Change management
• Leadership
• Programme governance
• Communication
• Presentation
• Negotiation
• Executive reporting
• Stakeholder management

Additional Information

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Professional certifications such as PMP, PgMP, INCOSE Systems Engineering, ITIL, or equivalent are desirable. Experience with GCC airport programs is also highly desirable.