Senior Manager - Project Management
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LocationRiyadh, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia
Typefull-time
SenioritySenior
Experience7+ yrs
DepartmentQiddiya Marketing
Company size1,001–5,000 people
PostedOct 5, 2026 · 4w ago
Verified live13h ago
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Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, Management, Marketing, Finance, or a related discipline
PMP (Project Management Professional) certification is mandatory
7+ years of experience in PMO, project, program, or portfolio management
At least 4 years in a PMO leadership or senior portfolio governance role
Demonstrated experience establishing, scaling, or materially improving a PMO or EPMO operating model and governance framework
Proven experience governing complex, multi-stakeholder portfolios and providing decision support to senior executives
Experience implementing portfolio controls, governance forums, stage gates, RAID disciplines, change control, KPI frameworks, and executive reporting
Demonstrated ability to manage concurrent strategic initiatives and cross-functional dependencies in a complex organization
Experience managing or developing PMO professionals and influencing senior stakeholders across functions
Master's degree (MBA or equivalent) preferred
Additional certifications such as PRINCE2, PgMP, PMI-ACP, PMO-CP, Agile, or Lean Six Sigma are preferred
Experience in large-scale transformation, public sector, giga-project, destination, entertainment, cultural, or similarly complex environments is advantageous
About the role
The Senior Manager – Project Management will lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Project Management Office governance across the Marketing portfolio. The role will oversee strategic initiatives, priority business-as-usual initiatives, and the Integrated Marketing Plan, ensuring that priorities are supported by clear governance, reliable management information, effective controls, and timely decision-making.
Reporting to the Senior Director - Project Portfolio Management, the role will strengthen portfolio discipline, provide forward-looking delivery insight, and lead PMO resources while maintaining delivery accountability with the respective initiative and scope owners.
Key Responsibilities
1. PMO Strategy, Setup, and Maturity
· Design, establish, and continuously improve the Marketing PMO operating model, governance framework, standards, templates, controls, and decision rights.
· Assess PMO maturity and maintain a practical improvement roadmap covering governance, controls, reporting assurance, risk management, change control, and benefits realization.
· Define appropriate governance pathways for strategic initiatives, priority BAU initiatives, IMP scopes, and other operational activities.
· Embed consistent project, program, and portfolio management practices aligned with recognized PMI principles and proportionate to delivery complexity.
2. Portfolio Governance and Strategic Alignment
· Lead consolidated governance of the Marketing portfolio, including strategic initiatives, priority BAU initiatives, and IMP scopes.
· Translate strategic priorities into governed portfolios with clear outcomes, milestones, ownership, dependencies, decisions, and success measures.
· Facilitate portfolio governance reviews and ensure decisions, actions, and escalations are documented and followed through.
· Provide evidence-based recommendations on prioritization, sequencing, delivery readiness, and corrective action.
· Maintain alignment with approved priorities, budgets, procurement requirements, and cross-functional commitments.
3. Integrated Marketing Plan Governance
· Oversee the weekly and bi-weekly IMP governance and tracking cycles, including preparation, decision support, action management, and closure.
· Ensure the consolidated IMP view accurately reflects approved scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, required decisions, and delivery status.
· Drive coordination across scope owners and cross-functional contributors to resolve dependencies and improve delivery predictability.
· Align IMP governance with the wider strategic and BAU portfolio.
4. Portfolio Performance, Controls, and Assurance
· Establish and oversee controls covering scope, schedule, budget, change, risk, issue, dependency, action, decision, and benefits management.
· Define stage gates, portfolio health criteria, escalation thresholds, and minimum evidence requirements.
· Conduct portfolio health reviews and professionally challenge incomplete, inconsistent, or unsupported updates.
· Identify recurring delivery constraints and control gaps and drive corrective action with accountable owners.
· Ensure material changes are assessed for schedule, budget, resource, dependency, and benefits impacts before approval.
5. Executive Reporting and Decision Support
· Own the quality and integrity of portfolio-level management information provided to the Senior Director - Project Portfolio Management.
· Oversee the consolidation and validation of reports, dashboards, trackers, and presentation inputs prepared by the relevant owners.
· Provide concise executive insights on portfolio health, emerging risks, decisions required, delivery confidence, and recommended interventions.
· Reconcile information across trackers, dashboards, presentations, financial inputs, and owner updates before management review.
· Maintain decision logs and ensure governance outcomes are traceable to actions and accountable owners.
6. Risk, Dependency, and Change Governance
· Lead portfolio-level RAID and change governance, ensuring material risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and changes are actively managed.
· Escalate material concerns early with clear impact analysis, ownership, options, and recommended actions.
· Coordinate resolution of cross-functional dependencies involving Finance, Procurement, Technology, Data, Legal, and external partners where applicable.
· Promote scenario and recovery planning for initiatives with delivery slippage or reduced confidence.
7. Benefits, KPI, and Performance Management
· Establish fit-for-purpose KPI and benefits-realization approaches for strategic initiatives and priority portfolio items.
· Ensure expected outcomes, measures, baselines, targets, owners, and review points are clearly defined where applicable.
· Monitor whether initiatives remain positioned to deliver their intended outcomes and escalate benefit risks.
· Use portfolio analytics and trends to support prioritization and continuous improvement.
8. Team Leadership and Capability Building
· Lead, coach, and develop PMO team members, setting clear standards for quality, ownership, stakeholder engagement, and follow-through.
· Allocate PMO support according to portfolio priority and delivery risk.
· Build project and portfolio management capability among initiative and scope owners through practical guidance and governance support.
· Promote a collaborative, accountable, and service-oriented PMO culture.
9. Stakeholder and Partner Management
· Build effective relationships with senior stakeholders, initiative owners, scope owners, and cross-functional teams.
· Communicate complex portfolio information clearly for executive, management, and delivery audiences.
· Manage governance interactions with external agencies, consultants, and delivery partners where applicable.
· Influence outcomes through evidence, structured analysis, and constructive challenge.
Requirements
Education
· Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, Management, Marketing, Finance, or a related discipline.
· Master’s degree (MBA or equivalent) preferred.
Certifications
· PMP (Project Management Professional) certification is mandatory.
· Additional certifications such as PRINCE2, PgMP, PMI-ACP, PMO-CP, Agile, or Lean Six Sigma are preferred.
Experience
· 7+ years of experienceof relevant experience in PMO, project, program, or portfolio management, including at least 4 years in a PMO leadership or senior portfolio governance role.
· Demonstrated experience establishing, scaling, or materially improving a PMO or EPMO operating model and governance framework.
· Proven experience governing complex, multi-stakeholder portfolios and providing decision support to senior executives.
· Experience implementing portfolio controls, governance forums, stage gates, RAID disciplines, change control, KPI frameworks, and executive reporting.
· Demonstrated ability to manage concurrent strategic initiatives and cross-functional dependencies in a complex organization.
· Experience in large-scale transformation, public sector, giga-project, destination, entertainment, cultural, or similarly complex environments is advantageous.
· Experience managing or developing PMO professionals and influencing senior stakeholders across functions.