Project Manager

Title: Project Manager

Department: Chief Operating Office

Location: Riyadh

Core Responsibilities:

Project Management

• Lead the planning, execution, and closure of assigned projects, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and strategies.
• Develop comprehensive project plans including scope, schedule, budget, resources, and quality metrics.
• Facilitate effective alignment and reporting on projects and ensures that execution is at all times within stated timelines, quality and budgets.
• Manage project scope through formal change control processes to prevent scope creep and maintain project integrity.
• Apply appropriate project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid) based on project requirements.

Monitoring and Control

• Implement robust project tracking mechanisms to monitor progress against planned milestones and deliverables.
• Conduct regular project status meetings to review progress, address issues, and align stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain project dashboards to provide real-time visibility into project health and performance.
• Identify variances from project plans and implement corrective actions to maintain project trajectory.
• Monitor and report on project progress and budgets to assigned steering committees as per the agreed timelines and reporting formats.
• A post-implementation review evaluates a project after it has been fully implemented and stabilized in the production environment.
• Inform project team and senior management of reaching important project milestone, develop and share case studies based on project lessons learnt on order to support knowledge sharing.

Continuous Improvement

• Conduct post-implementation reviews to capture lessons learned and best practices.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of project management standards and methodologies.
• Participate in communities of practice to share knowledge and enhance project management capabilities.
• Contribute to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of business, processes, productivity and cost reduction.

Reporting

• Develop comprehensive project status reports for various stakeholder groups, tailoring content to audience needs.
• Create and maintain project documentation including plans, risk registers, issue logs, and change requests.
• Prepare executive summaries highlighting key project achievements, challenges, and upcoming milestones.
• Supervise the preparation of timely and accurate statements and reports to meet operational / business requirements, policies and standers.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/ Engineering, Business Administration or any related field.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification required
• Agile certifications (Scrum Master, SAFe) preferred
• PRINCE2 certification advantageous
• 3 - 6 years of relevant experience in project management