Summary
National Housing Company (NHC) is hiring a Senior Director, Project Delivery & Assurance in Riyadh. The role translates delivery plans into roadmaps and controls, oversees project scoping and feasibility, and monitors delivery against scope, schedule, budget, and quality baselines. It also coordinates testing, cutover, vendor performance, benefits tracking, and reporting to EPMO and senior stakeholders. A relevant bachelor’s degree and at least 11 years of experience, including 4 years in a leadership role, are required; listed project management certifications are optional.
The posting
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Functional Accountabilities:
Manage translation of the Project Delivery & Assurance plan into delivery roadmaps, milestones, and controls aligned with EPMO methodologies and governance requirements
Develop structured intake mechanisms to capture requests from Sales and Product Management, prioritize classifications, and register project charters for planning and control
Supervise project scoping practices defining objectives, deliverables, resources, and contributors with EPMO, and onboard teams by confirming roles, interfaces, and milestone commitments
Facilitate stakeholder mapping and communication cadences, establishing protocols for planning decisions, escalations, approvals, and periodic progress reporting to maintain transparency and alignment
Coordinate feasibility reviews with Pre-Sales and Product Development & Deployment, validating technical specifications, dependencies, and approvals before initiating implementation activities
Review and validate detailed cost estimates and project budgets, aligning allocations with Delegation of Authority thresholds and establishing monitoring routines for financial control
Manage RAID identification and maintenance by ensuring risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, mitigations, and triggers are documented to anticipate cross-team impacts and challenges
Supervise monitoring of project delivery against scope, schedule, and quality baselines, validating interim deliverables and escalating conflicts or delays to secure timely resolution
Review implementation of testing plans with Product QA/QC, confirming coverage against acceptance criteria and addressing unresolved defects that jeopardize readiness
Review cutover strategies and data migration plans with Product Deployment & Integration, confirming feasibility, dependency alignment, and approvals before product rollout
Coordinate vendor engagement information with Procurement and Finance, tracking performance obligations, variation orders, and payment milestones to maintain contract execution discipline
Monitor integrated dashboards covering timelines, budgets, quality metrics, defects, and benefits, and consolidate periodic status updates for EPMO and senior stakeholders
Conduct benefits tracking against baselines, document realized outcomes, and submit structured reports for EPMO review and Strategy Management validation
Consolidate lessons learned, vendor performance evaluations, and process gaps, and develop improvement backlogs, templates, and toolkits to strengthen future project delivery practices
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, or any related field is required
Experience:
A minimum of 11 years of relevant experience with at least 4 years of experience in a leadership role.
Certifications:
Certifications in PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-RMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, or AgilePM are optional.
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