Senior Project Manager (Delivery) - Racecourse (RAC-040)
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About the Role
Qiddiya Investment Company seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of a world-class racecourse in Riyadh. The role involves end-to-end project management, coordinating design, construction, and stakeholders to ensure timely and budget-compliant delivery.
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Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the delivery of the racecourse project from inception through to completion, ensuring adherence to scope, quality, and budget
- Serve as single point of accountability for successful delivery of the Racetrack assets
- Own the asset specific brief, success criteria, and performance requirements
- Manage asset level interfaces with adjacent assets and shared infrastructure
- Chair asset level governance forums (design, commercial, package co ordination)
- Oversee management contractor performance at asset level
- Confirm asset phasing, priorities, and early works requirements
- Own the asset risk register and escalate programme critical risks
- Review package scopes, boundaries, and performance requirements
- Support tender evaluation through technical, programme, and delivery risk input
Requirements
- BSc in Construction Management, Project Management, Civil Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering
- Minimum 12 years of experience in project management within large scale sports and entertainment venue developments
- Proven track record managing complex delivery projects in the construction industry
- Strong leadership and team management skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities
- Familiarity with project management tools such as Primavera or MS Project
- Professional certifications such as PMP or equivalent are preferred
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Role Overview
- Join Qiddiya Investment Company as a Senior Project Manager (Delivery) Racecourse (RAC 040) and play a critical role in delivering a world class racecourse as part of Saudi Arabia's premier entertainment destination.
- You will lead the end to end project delivery process, ensuring timelines, quality standards, and budget objectives are met while coordinating closely with design, construction, and stakeholder teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the delivery of the racecourse project from inception through to completion, ensuring adherence to scope, quality, and budget
- The role is essential to ensure that each individual asset is delivered with clear accountability, coherent decision making and active risk management within the wider Racetrack programme.
- Single point of accountability for successful delivery of the Racetrack assets, aligned to the overall programme objectives
- Early pre construction responsibilities
- Owns the asset specific brief, success criteria and performance requirements
- Manages asset level interfaces with adjacent assets and shared infrastructure
- Chairs asset level governance forums (design, commercial, package co ordination)
- Oversees management contractor performance at asset level
- Confirms asset phasing, priorities and early works requirements
- Owns the asset risk register and escalates programme critical risks
- Reviews package scopes, boundaries and performance requirements
- Reviews MC buildability input and challenges assumption that impact scope, quality or risk
Requirements
- BSc Construction Management, Project Management, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
- Minimum 12 years of experience in project management within large scale sports and entertainment venue developments, preferably on a racecourse project
- Proven track record managing complex delivery projects in the construction industry
- Strong leadership and team management skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities
- Familiarity with project management tools such as Primavera or MS Project
- Professional certifications such as PMP or equivalent are preferred
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