Specialist Digital Transformation Projects

About the Role

The Power And Water Utility Company For Jubail And Yanbu (Marafiq) is seeking a Specialist, Digital Transformation Projects to join their team in Yanbu. This full-time role involves coordinating and monitoring the execution of digital transformation projects to ensure alignment with strategic objectives and successful delivery of business outcomes.

Role Purpose

The primary purpose of this role is to coordinate and monitor the execution of digital transformation projects. This includes ensuring that projects adhere to approved scope, schedule, budget, and governance requirements, while actively supporting the achievement of defined business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and monitor the execution of assigned digital transformation projects to ensure delivery against approved objectives, timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Track project progress, milestones, deliverables, risks, issues, and dependencies, providing timely status updates and recommendations.
• Coordinate with Project Team Leaders, business units, technology teams, vendors, and other stakeholders to facilitate effective project execution and issue resolution.
• Monitor project expenditures, commitments, forecasts, and payment milestones against approved budgets, highlighting variances for corrective action.
• Prepare and maintain project documentation, dashboards, reports, presentations, and records to support governance and management decision-making.
• Apply approved project governance frameworks, methodologies, standards, and reporting requirements across assigned initiatives.
• Support Project Team Leaders in resolving project delivery constraints and identifying practical, cost-effective solutions.
• Monitor project risks and issues, maintain risk registers, and follow up on mitigation and corrective action plans.
• Support stakeholder engagement, communication, and change management activities to facilitate user adoption and realization of project benefits.
• Monitor and report on project performance metrics, KPIs, and benefits realization against approved targets.
• Coordinate vendor activities and monitor contractual deliverables to support successful project implementation.
• Maintain awareness of emerging digital technologies, project delivery practices, and industry trends, recommending improvement opportunities where applicable.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of digital transformation project management processes, tools, and practices.
• Perform any other related duties as assigned within the scope of the role.

Experience Required

Candidates for this position should possess 5-10 years of relevant experience in coordinating and monitoring digital transformation projects.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Yanbu, offering an opportunity to contribute to significant digital initiatives within a key utility company.

Application Process

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply for this role to contribute to Marafiq's digital transformation journey.