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Project Director
Obsidian
Riyadh, KSA
Contract
Director
Onsite
1 months ago
Project LeadershipStrategic PlanningStakeholder ManagementBudget ManagementRisk ManagementTeam Development
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About the Role
Obsidian is seeking a Project Director to lead a key client programme in Riyadh. The role involves strategic planning, team leadership, and operational delivery for a project of national significance.
Key Skills for This Role
Project LeadershipStrategic PlanningStakeholder ManagementBudget ManagementRisk ManagementTeam Development
Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver the project success against defined objectives
- Build, lead, and develop a team of up to 30 operational specialists
- Foster a high performance culture built on accountability, trust, and collaboration
- Establish trusted relationships with senior client leadership, acting as a strategic advisor
- Provide clear, structured, and calm leadership in complex environments
- Empower and develop subordinate leaders to maximise team effectiveness
- Identify and resolve delivery challenges, escalating where appropriate
- Manage project budgets proactively and contribute to wider cost efficiency
- Collaborate with internal leadership to drive innovation, shared learning, and resource optimisation
- Co develop with the client a multi year capability development pathway
- Align quarterly delivery plans with commercial commitments and regional objectives
- Maintain a clear and consolidated view of project risks, with effective mitigation strategies
Requirements
- Significant experience operating at a senior or executive level in complex, high stakes environments
- Proven leadership of large teams, and resource accountability
- Proven high performance leadership of a special operations capable military grouping
- Evidenced high quality completion of OF3 military Staff Officer Course
- Experience of delivery success in differing cultural environments
- A proven track record for delivering success through change
- Evidenced people focused approach
- Strong stakeholder management skills
Full Job Posting
Role Overview
- We are seeking an experienced and driven Project Director to lead one of our key client programmes. This is a high impact leadership role, responsible for both delivery success, and strategic planning of both current activity and future strategic design of an ambitious project of national significan
Core Responsibilities Leadership & Decision Support
- Lead and deliver the project success against defined objectives
- Build, lead, and develop a team of up to 30 operational specialists
- Foster a high performance culture built on accountability, trust, and collaboration
- Establish trusted relationships with senior client leadership, acting as a strategic advisor
- Provide clear, structured, and calm leadership in complex environments
- Empower and develop subordinate leaders to maximise team effectiveness
- Identify and resolve delivery challenges, escalating where appropriate
- Manage project budgets proactively and contribute to wider cost efficiency
- Collaborate with internal leadership to drive innovation, shared learning, and resource optimisation
Operational & Capability Planning
- Co develop with the client a multi year capability development pathway of both capability and operational optimisation
- Align quarterly delivery plans with commercial commitments and regional objectives
- Maintain a clear and consolidated view of project risks, with effective mitigation strategies
- Identify and resolve cross project dependencies and constraints
- Design and deliver leadership and planning training to partner teams
Essential Requirements
- Significant experience operating at a senior or executive level in complex, high stakes environments
- Proven leadership of large teams, and resource accountability
- Proven high performance leadership of a special operations capable military grouping
- Evidenced high quality completion of OF3 military Staff Officer Course
- Experience of delivery success in differing cultural environments
- A proven track record for delivering success through change, either as part of a change management team, or in a leadership role
- Evidenced people focused approach
- Strong stakeholder management skills
Desirable
- Direct experience of military operational or strategic headquarters roles
- Experience working in the Middle East
- Competitive completion of UK Advanced Command & Staff Course (a client benchmarked course)
Company Overview
- Obsidian is a specialist professional services firm working in complex and challenging environments around the world.
- We partner with governments, inter governmental organisations and third sector actors to address security, stability and resilience challenges.
- Our team draws on experience from government, military, private and third sectors.
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