Project Manager Telco Services (Saudi national or Premium Residency Holder only)📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Red Hat is seeking a Project Manager Telco Services to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position is for professionals with 5-10 years of relevant experience, focusing on the planning and execution of professional services engagements across the telecom sector in the Middle East and Africa region.

Role Overview

As an integral part of the Telco Services team, the Project Manager acts as a subject matter expert in project management standards and practices. This role involves applying skills and experience to drive delivery excellence and foster collaboration across all engagement stakeholders. The Project Manager will motivate teams, drive accountability on commitments and deliverables, and support continuous improvement in delivery processes. This position requires partnering with customer-facing and internal Red Hat organizations to facilitate project delivery and motivate teams towards achieving program goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project delivery for Telco Services engagements, including scope definition, work planning, milestone tracking, and successful closure.
• Maintain steady delivery momentum in complex, fast-moving telco customer environments with shifting priorities and tight timelines.
• Collaborate with delivery architects and consultants to manage customer expectations, requirements, and delivery commitments, yielding consistent results.
• Ensure project scope, deliverables, and timelines remain aligned with customer contractual commitments and Red Hat business priorities.
• Manage project financials across assigned Telco Services engagements, including revenue recognition tracking, cost monitoring, forecast accuracy, and timely reporting of project P&L to the Telco Services lead.
• Identify, track, and mitigate project risks and interdependencies across active Telco Services engagements.
• Manage stakeholder communication across customer, partner, and internal Red Hat teams; promote transparency and proactive coordination throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Lead cross-functional meetings and foster teamwork; drive escalation and resolution of issues.
• Apply expertise in professional services delivery to support planning, execution, and governance of Telco Services projects and initiatives.
• Provide regular delivery status reporting to the Telco Services lead and relevant senior stakeholders, including escalation of risks and blockers.
• Develop resourcing strategies to ensure optimum support for projects and for day-to-day operational activities.

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience managing a portfolio of large and complex projects.
• Thorough understanding of project and program management techniques and methods.
• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and proven ability to work effectively with all organizational levels.
• Proven problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Effective consultative and influencing approach.
• Ability to innovate under new and/or changing conditions.
• Ability to succeed in a dynamic matrix organization.
• Virtual and remote team leadership capability.
• Demonstrated leadership ability, business acumen, and industry knowledge.
• Strong knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures.
• Experience working with project and portfolio management tools.

Work Environment

This role involves working with geographically distributed customers, partners, and internal teams spanning Sales, Delivery, Engineering, Finance, and Legal. The Project Manager will manage cross-team collaboration and delivery status across multiple concurrent projects, communicating with stakeholders from customer project leads to internal leadership.

Application Process

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply directly through the company's career portal.