Senior Manager: Planning & Reporting (Vertical Links)
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About the Role
Parsons Corporation seeks a Senior Manager: Planning & Reporting for a major transportation program in Riyadh. The role involves establishing planning governance, managing integrated schedules, and leading portfolio-level reporting.
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Responsibilities
- Establish, maintain, and continuously improve the program wide planning and scheduling framework, standards, and procedures
- Define requirements for Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), coding structures, calendars, milestones, and reporting cycles across all projects
- Ensure consistent application of planning standards across PMC, client teams, and contractors
- Lead development, integration, and maintenance of the program Integrated Master Schedule
- Oversee identification and management of program critical paths, interfaces, and key interdependencies between workstreams
- Provide planning oversight and support to multiple project teams within the Vertical Links portfolio
- Own and manage the program level reporting framework for schedule and progress, aligned with client governance requirements
- Define key reporting metrics, dashboards, and formats for periodic and ad hoc reporting
- Lead production of high quality, succinct planning and progress reports for steering committees, boards, and external stakeholders
- Work closely with risk, change, and cost teams to ensure planning information is fully integrated into program risk and change processes
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related discipline
- 15+ years’ experience in planning and project controls on large, complex infrastructure programs, preferably with substantial transportation/rail exposure
- Significant experience working in a PMC or client organization, including integration and oversight of multiple project schedules
- Proven experience leading planning and reporting at program or portfolio level
- Advanced proficiency in planning tools (e.g., Primavera P6, Microsoft Project) and strong skills in MS Suite
- Deep understanding of critical path method, schedule risk concepts, baselining, and re baselining processes
- Strong ability to interpret and challenge schedule logic and assumptions from diverse technical disciplines
- Excellent analytical, synthesis, and storytelling skills
- Strong leadership and people management skills with ability to influence across organizational boundaries
- Highly effective written and verbal communication skills for executive level reporting and presentations
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Job Description
- The Senior Manager: Planning & Reporting is a senior, client facing role embedded within an integrated client–PMC office on a major transportation program.
- Sitting in the Vertical Links function, the role provides cross program visibility and coordination, ensuring that planning, scheduling, and reporting are consistent and aligned across multiple workstreams, packages, and corporate functions.
- This is a non operational position focused on strategic and tactical program control rather than day to day transport operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Planning Governance & Framework: Establish, maintain, and continuously improve the program wide planning and scheduling framework, standards, and procedures.
- Define requirements for Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), coding structures, calendars, milestones, and reporting cycles across all projects.
- Ensure consistent application of planning standards across PMC, client teams, and contractors.
- Integrated Master Schedule Management: Lead development, integration, and maintenance of the program Integrated Master Schedule.
- Oversee identification and management of program critical paths, interfaces, and key interdependencies between workstreams.
- Portfolio Level Planning Support: Provide planning oversight and support to multiple project teams within the Vertical Links portfolio.
- Reporting Leadership & Performance Insight: Own and manage the program level reporting framework for schedule and progress.
- Define key reporting metrics, dashboards, and formats for periodic and ad hoc reporting.
- Lead production of high quality, succinct planning and progress reports for steering committees, boards, and external stakeholders.
- Risk, Change & Trend Analysis: Work closely with risk, change, and cost teams to ensure planning information is fully integrated into program risk and change processes.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
- Postgraduate qualification in Project Management or related field is an advantage.
- Professional/project management certification is highly desirable.
- 15+ years’ experience in planning and project controls on large, complex infrastructure programs, preferably with substantial transportation/rail exposure.
- Significant experience working in a PMC or client organization, including integration and oversight of multiple project schedules.
- Proven experience leading planning and reporting at program or portfolio level, not just single projects.
- Demonstrated experience working within or alongside integrated client offices and multi discipline teams.
Skills & Competencies
- Advanced proficiency in planning tools and strong skills in MS Suite.
- Deep understanding of critical path method, schedule risk concepts, baselining, and re baselining processes.
- Strong ability to interpret and challenge schedule logic and assumptions from diverse technical disciplines.
- Excellent analytical, synthesis, and storytelling skills—able to convert complex schedule data into clear, decision focused insights.
- Strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to influence across organizational boundaries.
- Highly effective written and verbal communication skills for executive level reporting and presentations.
- High level of integrity, objectivity, and commitment to client service and program outcomes.
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