Senior Project Manager – Traffic Safety Management

Job posting location; Riyadh. Saudi Arabia

Position Objective

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of a large-scale Advanced Traffic Violation and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Program by managing multiple workstreams including PMO establishment, governance implementation, digital transformation, stakeholder engagement, operational readiness, and change management.
• Ensure successful execution of complex traffic management initiatives by coordinating government stakeholders, consultants, technology partners, and contractors while delivering projects within scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.

Job Description & Key Responsibilities:

Project Delivery & Program Management

• Lead day-to-day delivery of traffic management and traffic safety projects across multiple workstreams and implementation phases.
• Develop and maintain integrated implementation plans, project schedules, milestones, and delivery roadmaps.
• Manage rollout activities across multiple operational sites while ensuring adherence to project objectives.
• Monitor project performance against scope, schedule, budget, quality, and operational targets.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including engineering, operations, consultants, contractors, vendors, and client stakeholders.

PMO & Project Governance:

• Establish and manage Project Management Office (PMO) governance frameworks, project controls, and standardized delivery methodologies.
• Implement structured project governance, reporting processes, approval workflows, and project documentation standards.
• Ensure compliance with organizational governance, contractual requirements, and project management best practices.
• Maintain project controls including schedules, action logs, decision registers, and project documentation.

Risk & Delivery Management:

• Develop, maintain, and regularly update the RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies) Register.
• Identify project risks, delivery constraints, and interdependencies while implementing effective mitigation plans.
• Manage project changes, issue resolution, escalation processes, and decision tracking.
• Monitor critical path activities and proactively address schedule deviations.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management:

• Coordinate with government stakeholders, consultants, technology partners, contractors, and operational teams to ensure successful project delivery.
• Facilitate collaboration between technical, operational, and business teams.
• Manage stakeholder expectations, approvals, and communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• Oversee vendor performance and ensure contractual deliverables are achieved.

Reporting & Executive Communication:

• Prepare weekly progress reports, executive dashboards, KPI reports, and Steering Committee presentations.
• Provide accurate project status updates, delivery forecasts, and executive summaries to senior leadership.
• Support executive decision-making through timely reporting, performance analysis, and delivery insights.

Change Management & Operational Readiness:

• Support organizational change management initiatives to ensure successful adoption of new processes and operational improvements.
• Coordinate training, knowledge transfer, operational readiness, and transition activities.
• Manage project acceptance, operational handover, lessons learned, and project closure.
• Ensure minimal disruption to ongoing traffic operations during project implementation.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Traffic Engineering, Project Management, Telecommunications, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 7–10 years of project management experience delivering large-scale infrastructure, transportation, traffic management, or enterprise implementation projects.
• Proven experience managing complex, multi-site rollout programs within the traffic management, transportation, infrastructure, smart mobility, or government sectors.
• Experience establishing PMOs, project governance frameworks, reporting structures, and project controls.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams, consultants, contractors, vendors, and government stakeholders.
• Strong experience in project planning, scheduling, delivery management, stakeholder engagement, vendor management, risk management, and change management.