Project Manager (Sports Facilities)
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About the Role
Mace is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead major sports facility projects in Riyadh, including new stadiums and redevelopments. The role requires 15+ years of postgraduate experience in stadium or major sports venue projects, with strong leadership and commercial acumen.
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Responsibilities
- Engage with clients and stakeholders to define scope, objectives, and risk profiles
- Drive a culture of health, safety, and well being, ensuring compliance with local regulations
- Champion sustainability and digital innovation, supporting net zero carbon goals
- Support feasibility studies, concept design reviews, and cost benchmarking
- Prepare tender packages and manage pre qualification processes
- Manage tender evaluations, negotiations, and contract award processes
- Oversee design team appointments and manage scope, fees, and variations
- Direct and monitor on site delivery, ensuring adherence to programme, cost, and quality targets
Requirements
- 15+ years postgraduate professional experience
- Experience in stadium or major sports venue projects
- Professional membership or equivalent experience in project management or construction disciplines
- Proven track record of managing pre tender, procurement, and construction phases on complex, high value programmes
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and commercial acumen
- Chartered or professional membership is an advantage
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Project Overview
- Mace is providing strategic project management consultancy for major new build stadiums, multiple stadium redevelopments, and wider precinct transformations in Riyadh.
- The scope includes delivery of new stadiums, increasing existing stadia capacity, delivering major mixed use amenities, and introducing robust knowledge transfer.
You’ll be responsible for
- Engage with clients and stakeholders to define scope, objectives, and risk profiles.
- Drive a culture of health, safety, and well being, ensuring compliance with local regulations and promoting inclusive practices.
- Champion sustainability and digital innovation, supporting net zero carbon goals.
- Support feasibility studies, concept design reviews, and cost benchmarking.
- Prepare tender packages and manage pre qualification processes.
- Manage tender evaluations, negotiations, and contract award processes.
- Oversee design team appointments and manage scope, fees, and variations.
- Direct and monitor on site delivery, ensuring adherence to programme, cost, and quality targets.
You’ll need to have
- 15+ years’ postgraduate professional experience, including stadium or major sports venue projects.
- Professional membership or equivalent experience in project management or construction disciplines.
- Proven track record of managing pre tender, procurement, and construction phases on complex, high value programmes.
- Chartered or professional membership is an advantage.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and commercial acumen.
Our values
- Safety first Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment.
- Client focus Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables and strategic outcomes.
- Integrity Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry.
- Create opportunity For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture.
Additional Information
- Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates.
- We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.
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