Planning Manager

Job Overview

Join a leading global firm to engage in impactful work involving large-scale project planning and control across complex developments. This role supports pre-contract phase activities through integrated programme coordination aligned with strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive master programmes integrating portfolios, programmes, and individual projects of significant scale.
• Implement and maintain planning standards, scheduling techniques, governance, and reporting frameworks to ensure consistency and effectiveness.
• Design programme roadmaps, delivery strategies, and scheduling hierarchies aligned with client goals.
• Maintain alignment between project timelines, portfolio priorities, and overarching programme milestones.
• Coordinate among multiple consultants, stakeholders, and teams to preserve schedule integrity and cohesion.
• Support identification and management of programme risks, dependencies, and constraints.
• Produce planning inputs for feasibility, design development, procurement, tendering, including baseline and critical path programmes.
• Conduct thorough evaluations of schedules from consultants and contractors during tender processes.
• Assess programme compliance, resource needs, risks, and delivery feasibility.
• Contribute to value engineering and delivery optimization initiatives.
• Consolidate multi-project schedule data to provide portfolio-level delivery performance insights.
• Oversee programme controls encompassing schedule governance, forecasting, progress tracking, and risk analyses.
• Identify interdependencies and factors affecting programme success, analyze schedule health, and propose recovery plans.
• Create and maintain digital dashboards and executive reporting using Power BI and related tools.
• Prepare executive presentations and briefing materials for senior leadership and clients.
• Foster strong collaboration with clients, project directors, and technical teams through workshops and coordination meetings to ensure planning alignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related fields.
• Master's degree is a plus.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, PSP, AACE, PMI-SP, or equivalent preferred.
• At least 15 years of experience in planning and project controls within Project Management Consultancy or client-side programme management.
• Expertise managing planning activities across large mixed-use, infrastructure, building, or giga-project developments.
• Strong background in pre-contract planning, tender evaluation, procurement planning, and programme development.
• Advanced skills in Primavera P6, Power BI, PMIS, and integrated reporting systems.
• Excellent analytical abilities and capability to visualize data for decision-making.
• Proven ability to synthesize complex project data into clear strategic insights and reporting.

Additional Information

This position is based onsite in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within the Middle East region. The role offers an opportunity to work alongside a global team of over 69,000 professionals committed to impactful community projects worldwide.