Project Director
Job Fit Check
Base Career helps you apply smarter for this job.
Key skills for this role
About the Role
In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next! At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself.
Key Skills for This Role
Full Job Posting
Overview
In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities.
Imagine Next!
At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself.
Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential.
Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible. **Job Description:**
Parsons is seeking an accomplished Program Director to lead a high-profile portfolio of projects for a key government client in the UAE.
This is a senior leadership role for a commercially minded program leader who can strengthen client trust, drive portfolio performance, and lead multidisciplinary teams across complex infrastructure programs.
What You'Ll Be Doing
- Lead the strategic planning, governance, and performance management of a major project portfolio for a government client.
- Serve as Parsons’ senior client-facing leader, building trusted relationships with executive stakeholders, partners, and delivery teams.
- Oversee portfolio performance across safety, quality, scope, schedule, cost, risk, commercial outcomes, and stakeholder satisfaction.
- Provide clear leadership, reporting, escalation, and decision support to Parsons leadership and client representatives.
- Direct multidisciplinary project teams and ensure the right resources, capability, and delivery focus are in place.
- Drive strong commercial discipline, including forecasting, margin performance, contract management, change control, and risk mitigation.
- Identify opportunities to expand Parsons’ role, improve delivery performance, and strengthen long-term client partnership.
- Model Parsons’ values through visible leadership, accountability, collaboration, and commitment to safety and quality.
What Required Skills You'Ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, project management, business, or a related discipline.
- 20+ years of progressive leadership experience in infrastructure, construction, engineering, project management, or program management.
- Proven experience leading large, complex projects, programs, or portfolios for government or public-sector clients.
- Strong commercial, financial, contractual, risk management, and operational leadership capability.
- Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams across complex stakeholder environments.
- Executive-level communication skills with the ability to influence senior clients, partners, and internal leadership.
- Strong understanding of project controls, governance, safety, quality, design management, and construction delivery.
What Desired Skills You'Ll Bring
- Advanced degree, professional certification, or recognized program/project management qualification.
- Experience in the Middle East and/or with UAE government entities.
- Strong market insight and the ability to support client growth, portfolio expansion, and strategic positioning.
- Experience improving program governance, recovering project performance, or leading complex stakeholder alignment.
- Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.
- We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars!
- Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!
- Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices.
- To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Financial Wellness
We care about your financial wellbeing.
Parsons offers competitive pay and retirement plans to help you build wealth for the future while giving you the flexibility to diversify your investments.
Work Life Harmony
Balance in life is important and time away from the office is imperative to allow you to refresh and focus your attention on the things that matter to you.
Parsons supports your time away by providing paid time off and paid flexible holidays.
Career Development
We are committed to fostering the personal and professional growth of our employees.
Develop and advance yourself though our comprehensive training, educational and mentorship programs.
Veteran Support
We provide Industry leading benefits to support veterans and active-duty members to provide security for you and your family by offering robust leave and benefits; including paid active-duty military leave and paid time off when transitioning back to civilian life.
Mind & Body
At Parsons we inspire healthier habits, heathier minds, and a healthier you through our wellness program.
Participate in our weekly Meditation Mondays and Wellness Wednesdays.
Wellness, at Parsons, is more than just your annual checkup.
Health
Health is not a one size fits all.
At Parsons, we offer a robust Employee Assistance Program as well as comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans through large, national carriers with the choice of regional PPO, HDHP, or HMO networks.
Apply for this job in 1 click
Skip the repetitive application forms
Install the Base Career Chrome Extension and autofill job applications across major job boards with your profile.
Trusted by over 500,000 job seekers on Base Career
More from this employer
More jobs at Parsons
Document Controller
Dubai, UAE
Parsons is looking for a Document Controller to establish and maintain filing systems, process contractor submittals and RFIs, and provide technical and administrative review of construction documents. The role requires
Planning/ Reporting Engineer
الرياض, KSA
Parsons seeks a Planning/Reporting Engineer to perform planning and scheduling activities for mixed-use development projects in Riyadh. The role involves analyzing project schedules, resource loading, performance progres
Landscape Director
الرياض, KSA
Parsons is looking for a Landscape Director to provide strategic leadership and program-level oversight for a major public realm development in Riyadh. The role involves leading multidisciplinary teams, driving performan
Contracts Manager
الرياض, KSA
Parsons seeks a Contracts Manager with 20+ years of prime contract administration experience in large international engineering and construction. The role involves managing contract activity, risk assessment, negotiation
Network Engineer (IP)
الرياض, KSA
Parsons is seeking an experienced Network Engineer (IP) to design, configure, and maintain Qiddiya's IP network infrastructure. The role requires 8+ years of experience, a Bachelor's degree, and expertise in routing prot
Administrative Assistant (UAE National)
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Parsons is seeking an Administrative Assistant to support office operations in Abu Dhabi. The role involves gathering data, preparing reports, handling correspondence, answering phones, and maintaining records. Candidate
HSE Manager
Dubai, UAE
Parsons seeks a Safety Manager to lead HSE compliance and safety plans for infrastructure projects in Sharjah, UAE. Requires a construction-related engineering degree, 10+ years of safety experience including airport pro
Safety Manager
Dubai, UAE
Parsons is looking for a Safety Manager to ensure compliance with corporate HSE policy and prevailing safety requirements for infrastructure projects in Sharjah, UAE. The role requires a Bachelor's in Construction Engine
Document Controller
Dubai, UAE
Planning/ Reporting Engineer
الرياض, KSA
Landscape Director
الرياض, KSA
Contracts Manager
الرياض, KSA
Network Engineer (IP)
الرياض, KSA
Administrative Assistant (UAE National)
Abu Dhabi, UAE
HSE Manager
Dubai, UAE
Safety Manager
Dubai, UAE