Director - Hospitality Project Management
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Job Description:
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Director - Hospitality Project Management to join our team! In this role you will lead the day-to-day progression of complex hospitality assets from early planning through design, procurement and construction phases. You will drive alignment across stakeholders, establish robust project controls and govern performance to enable informed, timely decision-making. Your focus will be on proactively identifying and resolving project challenges, maintaining programme, quality and commercial objectives and ensuring consistent progress across the project lifecycle.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Lead the day-to-day delivery of complex hospitality assets across planning, design and construction stages
- Drive strategic project performance through project controls, monitoring cost, programme, quality, scope and risk, proactively identifying issues, interrogating data, challenging outcomes and driving corrective actions
- Lead project governance and reporting, preparing submissions and translating data into clear, structured insights and recommendations to support decision-making and secure timely outcomes across key milestones
- Drive project execution by coordinating and managing interfaces, dependencies and stakeholders (consultants, contractors, Operators and internal teams), ensuring alignment and that actions and decisions are clearly defined, progressed and closed to maintain delivery momentum
- Develop and maintain detailed project management plans, programmes and coordination trackers to support project execution
- Represent projects at senior governance and leadership forums, articulating performance, key risks, decisions and mitigation strategies
- Drive continuous improvements to project management plans, standards and processes to enhance project performance and delivery efficiency across the wider portfolio
- Lead, mentor and develop project management teams, building capability, accountability and high-performance project delivery behaviours
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or related discipline; Master's degree preferred
PMP, MRICS, MCIOB, CEng, RIBA or equivalent chartered status (preferred)
20+ years’ experience in project management or construction management on major real estate or infrastructure developments
- 10+ years’ client-side or developer-side experience
- Strong project delivery and controls expertise
- Ability to lead complex, multi-stakeholder environments
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making capability
- Ability to influence stakeholders and drive outcomes
- Clear communication and reporting skills
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced environments, managing ambiguity and shifting priorities
- Proactive and adaptable, able to operate effectively in fast-paced environments
- Proficiency in project management and reporting tools (e.g. Primavera P6, Aconex etc.)
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- Proven track record delivering hospitality assets, large-scale or complex developments
- Experience delivering hospitality assets and interfacing with hotel Operators
- Experience across full project lifecycle (planning to construction)
- Experience working client-side or developer-side within major project environments
- Experience working with consultants, contractors and delivery partners
- Experience in KSA / GCC or similar large-scale development environments preferred
- Key relationships, including: Consultants, Contractors and Suppliers, Delivery Partners / Project Management Consultants, Government Authorities and Approving Bodies, Hotel Operators, including Brand Technical Services teams
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