Senior PMO & Business Transformation📣 Job Ad

About FlyAkeed

FlyAkeed is an online platform established in 2017, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The company simplifies flight and hotel bookings, with a particular focus on work-related travel. FlyAkeed is currently in its Series A funding stage, supported by Sanabil Investments (a PIF subsidiary), Elm, Artal Capital, and Alrajhi Partners.

The Role: Senior PMO & Business Transformation

This full-time position, based in Riyadh, serves as a senior strategic partner to the CEO. The role is central to translating the organizational vision into structured, measurable execution across the entire business. Carrying the CEO’s mandate, this position drives cross-functional alignment and ensures accountability to strategic commitments. It operates at the intersection of strategy and delivery, guaranteeing that initiatives are prioritized, executed effectively, coordinated, and that critical tasks are addressed. The scope is enterprise-wide, encompassing project and programme management, agile delivery governance, business transformation, AI-enabled process improvement, and strategic initiatives as directed by the CEO.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary operational partner to the CEO, translating strategic priorities into clear plans, owners, and timelines.
• Establish and lead the FlyAkeed PMO function, including standards, frameworks, and governance practices.
• Maintain a portfolio view of all initiatives, surfacing interdependencies, risks, and resourcing conflicts.
• Own the FlyAkeed Agile Playbook, overseeing Scrum Masters and monitoring sprint health and delivery performance.
• Lead process improvement initiatives across technology, product, operations, customer success, HR, and finance.
• Lead the adoption of AI-enabled tools and workflows within PMO and operational functions.
• Maintain oversight of quality practices across squads, including defect management and release readiness.
• Own Jira configuration, workflow design, and integrations with tools such as Slack, GitHub, and Notion.
• Directly manage and develop Scrum Masters and the PMO Coordinator.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Significant experience in senior PMO leadership, project management, or operational leadership across multiple functions.
• Demonstrated success leading business transformation, agile adoption, or operational improvement in technology companies.
• Experience as a strategic partner to executives with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Proven experience managing and developing delivery practitioners and project coordinators.
• Strong Jira configuration and administration experience across multiple project types.

Essential Skills and Attributes

• Comfort using AI tools as applied to project management and workflow improvement.
• Ability to work effectively across culturally diverse and geographically distributed teams.
• Prior consulting or advisory experience is considered an advantage.

Application Process

Interested candidates are invited to apply for this full-time position in Riyadh.