Senior Manager - Project Controls (Planning, Risk & Business Reporting)

Role Overview

Senior Manager - Project Controls (Planning, Risk & Business Reporting) at Jasara Program Management Company (Jasara PMC), based in Saudi Arabia.

Company Overview

Jasara PMC is a leading Joint Venture between Public Investment Fund (PIF), Jacobs, and Saudi Aramco, established to deliver world-class program management services across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The organization plays a key role in supporting the realization of Saudi Vision 2030, particularly in delivering giga-projects and large-scale infrastructure developments.

Role Purpose

This role leads integrated planning, schedule management, risk management, governance reporting, and executive business performance reporting across assigned programs. The Senior Manager will provide leadership with clear visibility of delivery status, key risks, strategic issues, schedule impacts, and overall program health.

Key Responsibilities

Planning & Scheduling

• Lead integrated planning and scheduling functions across the program.
• Establish, maintain, and govern project and program baselines including scope, schedule, assumptions, and key milestones.
• Oversee development and maintenance of integrated master schedules.
• Perform schedule analysis, critical path assessments, and recovery planning.

Risk Management

• Lead enterprise risk management activities, including identification, assessment, mitigation, and reporting of project risks.
• Conduct schedule risk analysis and quantitative risk assessments.
• Lead development of recovery strategies and action plans for schedule or performance concerns.

Reporting & Performance Management

• Lead business performance reporting and executive dashboards.
• Consolidate reporting outputs from planning, interfaces, information management, quality, and delivery functions into integrated management reports.
• Present delivery performance, confidence levels, risks, and strategic issues to senior leadership.
• Drive implementation of reporting systems, KPI frameworks, and performance measurement methodologies.
• Lead integration of functional data sources into a consolidated reporting architecture.
• Support executive decision-making through data-driven performance analysis.

Governance & Control

• Ensure adherence to governance frameworks and reporting standards.
• Coordinate governance submissions and project control reviews.

Qualifications & Experience

• 10–15 years of relevant project controls experience with leadership, direction, and technical expertise to manage complex tasks and multi-discipline projects.
• Regional experience preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of project controls as applied in major construction environments.
• Significant discipline or industry presence recognized and valued by industry peers as an authority able to work with teams to solve technical problems and achieve a high level of assurance on project deliverables.
• Significant experience required in development, implementation, and management of business systems, including policies and procedures applicable to the role and across the project.

Skills & Competencies

• Proficient use of enterprise-level management software such as PRISM, Primavera P6, Aconex, ARM, PowerBI, or similar systems.
• Strong communication skills to articulate clear technical direction to senior stakeholders.
• Analytical and thorough problem-solving ability.
• Ability to connect people and issues and drive quick response.

Additional Information

Key Deliverables

• Executive Business Reports
• Program Performance Dashboards
• Schedule Health Reports
• Integrated Master Schedule Reports
• Risk Registers and Risk Reports
• Schedule Risk Analysis Reports
• Governance and Steering Committee Reports
• Portfolio KPI Reporting
• Strategic Performance Reviews