Project Director – Smart Park Programme

Role Overview

Project Director – Smart Park Programme at JLL, located on-site in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Lead integrated delivery of digital and technology systems within a complex construction environment, translating strategic objectives into executable programmes while balancing stakeholder expectations, partner interfaces, and long-term operational value creation.

Company Overview

JLL is a leading global provider of real estate and investment management services. The organization empowers its people to shape the future of real estate for a better world by combining world-class services, advisory, and technology for clients.

Role Purpose

To provide overall leadership and accountability for the delivery of digital, IT, and smart technology systems within a major smart park construction programme. The role bridges construction, IT, OT, and digital workstreams to ensure alignment between traditional construction sequencing and agile/digital delivery approaches, while managing full technical and commercial relationships in a complex, multi-partner environment.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Programme Governance

• Translate strategic objectives and client ambitions into structured, executable delivery programmes with clear scope, milestones, and outcomes.
• Establish and manage programme governance structures, including steering committees, reporting frameworks, and decision-making processes.
• Ensure technology solutions are operationally viable, scalable, and aligned with long-term value creation objectives.

Delivery & Integration

• Lead integrated delivery across construction, IT, OT, and digital workstreams, ensuring alignment between traditional construction sequencing and agile/digital delivery approaches.
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary delivery teams, fostering collaboration across design, construction, technology, and operations.
• Translate technical complexity into clear business cases, performance dashboards, and public value narratives suitable for senior leadership and public-sector stakeholders.

Programme Management

• Manage programme risk, scope, cost, schedule, and interdependencies using structured programme management methodologies (MSP, PMI, PRINCE2, or equivalent).
• Own project-level P&L responsibility (approximately $3M), including budget management, forecasting, and commercial performance.
• Oversee procurement and partner engagement activities, including evaluation of vendors and integrators.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary client interface, managing full technical and commercial relationships in a complex, multi-partner environment.
• Manage and mediate competing stakeholder priorities across business sponsors, design authorities, contractors, systems integrators, and technology partners.
• Provide executive-level reporting on programme performance, risks, financials, and value realization.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 15 years of experience delivering large-scale, highly complex programmes spanning construction, IT, digital, or smart city environments.
• Proven track record delivering IT and digital systems within major capital construction programmes.
• Strong understanding of smart city, smart park, and infrastructure technologies including IT, OT, integration platforms, super apps, and digital services.
• Demonstrated experience balancing construction-led delivery models with agile and digital implementation approaches.
• Expert knowledge of programme and project management methodologies (MSP, PMI, PRINCE2, or equivalent).
• Strong commercial acumen with experience managing project-level P&L, budgets, and financial performance.
• Extensive experience managing senior client relationships across technical and commercial dimensions.
• Proven ability to resolve conflicts and drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups and delivery partners.
• Experience working in public-sector or government-led environments is highly desirable.
• Strong leadership skills with experience building and managing high-performing multidisciplinary teams.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Professional certifications such as MSP Practitioner, PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, or equivalent are highly desirable.

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent executive communication skills with ability to articulate technical decisions in terms of business, operational, and public value.
• Programme and project management methodologies (MSP, PMI, PRINCE2, or equivalent).
• Smart city, smart park, and infrastructure technology systems.
• IT and OT systems integration and platforms.
• Financial management and P&L accountability.
• Stakeholder conflict resolution and alignment.
• Multidisciplinary team leadership and development.
• Commercial negotiation and partner management.

Additional Information

• Location: On-site, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• JLL is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.