PMO Manager

Job Postiong Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Position Objectives

• Establish and lead the Project Management Office (PMO) to govern strategic programs and projects across the organization.
• Define and implement PMO governance frameworks, standards, and methodologies to ensure consistent project delivery.
• Provide executive-level visibility through portfolio reporting, dashboards, and performance metrics.
• Drive effective stakeholder engagement, governance, risk management, and decision-making across all project workstreams.
• Ensure successful project execution by monitoring scope, schedule, budget, quality, and resource utilization.

Job Description & Key Responsibilities

• Lead the establishment, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Project Management Office (PMO).
• Develop and maintain the PMO Charter, governance framework, project management standards, and operating procedures.
• Act as the primary PMO lead for executive governance, project oversight, and portfolio management.
• Coordinate project planning, scheduling, budgeting, resource allocation, and dependency management across multiple initiatives.
• Prepare executive dashboards, portfolio reports, steering committee presentations, and governance packs for senior leadership.
• Monitor project performance, KPIs, milestones, budgets, risks, issues, and change requests, ensuring timely escalation where required.
• Facilitate governance meetings, steering committees, and executive review sessions while tracking action items and decisions.
• Ensure compliance with organizational project management methodologies, quality standards, and governance policies.
• Drive risk management, issue resolution, and corrective actions to maintain project health and delivery objectives.
• Collaborate with business, technical, and operational stakeholders to ensure alignment with strategic objectives.
• Support project audits, quality assurance reviews, lessons learned, and project closure activities.
• Promote continuous improvement by enhancing PMO processes, reporting capabilities, governance models, and project delivery practices.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 10–15 years of experience in project management, with at least 5 years leading or managing a PMO for large-scale enterprise or government programs.
• Proven experience establishing PMO governance frameworks, project controls, and executive reporting functions.
• Strong knowledge of project portfolio management, governance, budgeting, scheduling, risk management, and resource planning.
• Demonstrated experience managing executive stakeholders, steering committees, and cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency in PMO and project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Power BI, Jira, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies including PMBOK, PRINCE2, Agile, and Hybrid delivery models.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, PMI-PgMP, PMI-PMOCP, Agile Scrum Master, or SAFe are highly desirable.
• Excellent leadership, communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to operate in complex, fast-paced environments.