Sr. Digital Project Manager

About the Role

Starways is seeking a Sr. Digital Project Manager to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves leading and managing digital projects from initiation through to closure, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and adherence to enterprise governance frameworks (PMO). The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering projects on time and within budget.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and manage digital projects across all lifecycle phases, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Develop and maintain essential project documentation such as Project Charters, PIDs, and project plans.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Ensure adherence to EPMO standards, policies, and methodologies, and establish and maintain RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies).
• Engage and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, managing communication with executive leadership.
• Monitor project performance across schedule, cost, quality, and scope, and manage change requests and scope adjustments.
• Build and lead cross-functional project teams, allocating resources and managing workload effectively.
• Gather and analyze business and technical requirements (functional & non-functional) and collaborate with digital and technical teams to design solutions.
• Ensure proper handover to operations and business units, documenting lessons learned and preparing final project closure reports.

Project Governance and Compliance

The role requires ensuring compliance with recognized frameworks such as PMI, COBIT, ITIL4, and PMO3. This includes establishing and maintaining comprehensive RAID logs to proactively manage project risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies. The Sr. Digital Project Manager will also be responsible for preparing and presenting periodic operational, tactical, and executive reports to key stakeholders.

Execution and Monitoring

This position involves continuous monitoring of project performance against established metrics for schedule, cost, quality, and scope. The manager will be responsible for identifying potential risks and issues, and for implementing effective mitigation and resolution plans to keep projects on track. Managing change requests and scope adjustments is also a critical aspect of this role.

Qualifications and Experience

• 5-10 years of experience in digital project management.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage complex digital projects.
• Strong understanding of project lifecycle management and governance frameworks.
• Proficiency in developing project documentation and defining project KPIs.
• Experience with stakeholder management and executive-level communication.

Team Leadership and Solution Management

The Sr. Digital Project Manager will lead cross-functional project teams, ensuring effective resource allocation and workload management. This includes monitoring team performance and fostering accountability. The role also involves collaborating with digital and technical teams to design robust solutions that meet both quality standards and business expectations, based on thorough analysis of functional and non-functional requirements.