Vice President - Program Director
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About the Role
Parsons Corporation seeks an accomplished Vice President / Program Director to lead a high-profile portfolio of infrastructure projects for a key government client in the UAE.
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Responsibilities
- 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
Requirements
- 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
- Advanced degree, professional certification, or recognized program/project management qualification (desired)
- Experience in the Middle East and/or with UAE government entities (desired)
- Strong market insight and ability to support client growth and strategic positioning (desired)
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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.
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.
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