Operations Manager - Giga Program Delivery
Posted date [2026-08-01]
(ID: 48895)
Job Description and Requirements
Operations Manager - Giga Program DeliveryJob Snapshot
Role: Operations Manager - Giga Program Delivery
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: Engineering
Function: Business Unit Management
Experience: Minimum 10 years
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Parsons is hiring an Operations Manager - Giga Program Delivery in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a senior Engineering role supporting large and complex development programs. The manager will provide strategic leadership across resourcing, project-office operations, finance, administration, talent management, business development, contracting, governance, and client relations.
This opportunity requires an experienced operational leader who can align business resources with project demand while improving policies, procedures, workforce capabilities, and performance metrics. The role serves as a key connection between delivery teams, corporate leadership, clients, regulators, partners, and external stakeholders.
Job Details
Country: Saudi Arabia
City: Riyadh
Industry: Engineering
Function: Business Unit Management
Salary: 30000-50000 SAR per month
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs
in Riyadh; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
Giga programs require disciplined operational management to coordinate large workforces, complex financial commitments, multidisciplinary delivery teams, and demanding client expectations. The Operations Manager will establish the structure, resources, and controls needed for the project office to meet its business and delivery objectives.
The position combines strategic planning with direct accountability for financial performance, staffing, proposals, contracts, operational risk, and governance. Effective leadership will strengthen profitability, resource readiness, project execution, employee performance, and long-term client confidence.
Key Responsibilities
The manager will oversee the business, technical, financial, administrative, and resourcing functions of the project office.
* Plan, direct, supervise, and control daily project-office operations.
* Coordinate business, technical, financial, administrative, marketing, and business-development activities.
* Establish strategic, operational, and financial goals aligned with regional and corporate objectives.
* Determine workforce and resource requirements across current and planned projects.
* Lead efforts to acquire, develop, deploy, and retain the necessary project resources.
* Align policies, procedures, workforce capabilities, and performance metrics with business requirements.
* Provide day-to-day leadership to multidisciplinary project teams and support functions.
* Promote accountability, collaboration, ethical conduct, and consistent operational performance.
* Monitor financial information and reporting across the project office.
* Review individual project performance, overhead reports, and accounts-receivable aging.
* Investigate financial variances and initiate timely follow-up or corrective action.
* Prepare annual operating budgets, capital requests, and financial projections.
* Maintain compliance with corporate financial policies while improving profitability and cost efficiency.
* Establish annual salary-increase budgets within approved corporate limits.
* Approve salary actions and monitor expenditure against the authorized budget.
* Approve hiring and termination decisions within the project office.
* Ensure staffing levels remain aligned with workload, project demand, and business priorities.
* Review and approve annual performance evaluations for project employees and support staff.
* Maintain compliance with Human Resources policies and support a fair, inclusive, and performance-focused workplace.
* Contribute to marketing strategies that strengthen business growth and market position.
* Participate in the preparation and review of major proposals and lump-sum bids.
* Serve as Principal-in-Charge for significant project proposals when required.
* Review and approve pricing strategies to balance competitiveness, risk, and profitability.
* Make bid-no-bid decisions for major opportunities and firm fixed-price contracts.
* Negotiate and sign teaming agreements with partners and subcontractors.
* Review and sign authorized contracts and company-binding documents.
* Ensure commitments comply with corporate legal, commercial, and risk requirements.
* Represent the organization in discussions with clients, regulators, partners, and major subcontractors.
* Maintain strong external relationships and protect the company\'s professional reputation.
* Prepare and present papers at technical meetings, conferences, and industry seminars.
* Ensure compliance with corporate policies, governance frameworks, and approval authorities.
* Identify and mitigate operational, financial, contractual, and delivery risks.
* Escalate significant issues, risks, and opportunities to senior management when required.
* Lead continuous-improvement initiatives covering efficiency, quality, resource delivery, and client satisfaction.
* Perform additional operational responsibilities assigned by senior leadership.
Ideal Profile
The preferred candidate is a commercially aware operations leader with substantial experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams and complex project environments.
* Bachelor\'s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
* Minimum ten years of relevant experience in engineering, project management, or business operations.
* At least five years of supervisory and management experience.
* Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage complex projects or operational functions.
* Strong knowledge of financial planning, budgeting, project performance, and cost management.
* Practical experience with staffing, performance management, organizational development, and resource planning.
* Demonstrated capability in client relations and long-term stakeholder engagement.
* Experience supporting major proposals, commercial pricing, contract negotiation, and bid decisions.
* Ability to analyze complex information and make sound decisions under pressure.
* Confidence in delivering focused briefings and presentations to senior leadership.
* Strong judgement regarding the appropriate escalation of material issues and risks.
* Ability to represent senior leadership as a trusted delegate when required.
* Excellent written, verbal, presentation, planning, and organizational abilities.
* Willingness to travel for client meetings, project-site visits, conferences, and corporate reviews.
* High standards of integrity, professionalism, confidentiality, and ethical conduct.
Skills Set
* Giga program operations
* Project-office management
* Strategic business planning
* Resource planning and deployment
* Multidisciplinary team leadership
* Financial performance management
* Operating and capital budgeting
* Financial forecasting
* Accounts-receivable monitoring
* Cost and profitability control
* Workforce planning
* Performance-management oversight
* Human Resources policy compliance
* Business-development strategy
* Major proposal management
* Lump-sum bid review
* Commercial pricing strategy
* Bid-no-bid evaluation
* Contract negotiation
* Teaming agreements
* Corporate governance
* Operational risk management
* Client and regulatory relations
* Executive reporting and presentations
* Continuous process improvement
* Stakeholder management
* Decision-making under pressure
Why Join Us
This position offers broad leadership responsibility across the operational, commercial, financial, and people-management dimensions of major development programs. The manager will influence resource strategy, project performance, client relationships, business growth, and governance at a senior organizational level.
The role provides a strong platform for progression into regional operations, program leadership, and executive management positions within Saudi Arabia\'s expanding Engineering market.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, project-management, program-management, and technology solutions for complex infrastructure and development programs. Its teams support clients through disciplined operations, technical expertise, responsible governance, and collaborative project delivery.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
Giga programs require disciplined operational management to coordinate large workforces, complex financial commitments, multidisciplinary delivery teams, and demanding client expectations. The Operations Manager will establish the structure, resources, and controls needed for the project office to meet its business and delivery objectives.
The position combines strategic planning with direct accountability for financial performance, staffing, proposals, contracts, operational risk, and governance. Effective leadership will strengthen profitability, resource readiness, project execution, employee performance, and long-term client confidence.
Key Responsibilities
The manager will oversee the business, technical, financial, administrative, and resourcing functions of the project office.
* Plan, direct, supervise, and control daily project-office operations.
* Coordinate business, technical, financial, administrative, marketing, and business-development activities.
* Establish strategic, operational, and financial goals aligned with regional and corporate objectives.
* Determine workforce and resource requirements across current and planned projects.
* Lead efforts to acquire, develop, deploy, and retain the necessary project resources.
* Align policies, procedures, workforce capabilities, and performance metrics with business requirements.
* Provide day-to-day leadership to multidisciplinary project teams and support functions.
* Promote accountability, collaboration, ethical conduct, and consistent operational performance.
* Monitor financial information and reporting across the project office.
* Review individual project performance, overhead reports, and accounts-receivable aging.
* Investigate financial variances and initiate timely follow-up or corrective action.
* Prepare annual operating budgets, capital requests, and financial projections.
* Maintain compliance with corporate financial policies while improving profitability and cost efficiency.
* Establish annual salary-increase budgets within approved corporate limits.
* Approve salary actions and monitor expenditure against the authorized budget.
* Approve hiring and termination decisions within the project office.
* Ensure staffing levels remain aligned with workload, project demand, and business priorities.
* Review and approve annual performance evaluations for project employees and support staff.
* Maintain compliance with Human Resources policies and support a fair, inclusive, and performance-focused workplace.
* Contribute to marketing strategies that strengthen business growth and market position.
* Participate in the preparation and review of major proposals and lump-sum bids.
* Serve as Principal-in-Charge for significant project proposals when required.
* Review and approve pricing strategies to balance competitiveness, risk, and profitability.
* Make bid-no-bid decisions for major opportunities and firm fixed-price contracts.
* Negotiate and sign teaming agreements with partners and subcontractors.
* Review and sign authorized contracts and company-binding documents.
* Ensure commitments comply with corporate legal, commercial, and risk requirements.
* Represent the organization in discussions with clients, regulators, partners, and major subcontractors.
* Maintain strong external relationships and protect the company\'s professional reputation.
* Prepare and present papers at technical meetings, conferences, and industry seminars.
* Ensure compliance with corporate policies, governance frameworks, and approval authorities.
* Identify and mitigate operational, financial, contractual, and delivery risks.
* Escalate significant issues, risks, and opportunities to senior management when required.
* Lead continuous-improvement initiatives covering efficiency, quality, resource delivery, and client satisfaction.
* Perform additional operational responsibilities assigned by senior leadership.
Ideal Profile
The preferred candidate is a commercially aware operations leader with substantial experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams and complex project environments.
* Bachelor\'s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
* Minimum ten years of relevant experience in engineering, project management, or business operations.
* At least five years of supervisory and management experience.
* Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage complex projects or operational functions.
* Strong knowledge of financial planning, budgeting, project performance, and cost management.
* Practical experience with staffing, performance management, organizational development, and resource planning.
* Demonstrated capability in client relations and long-term stakeholder engagement.
* Experience supporting major proposals, commercial pricing, contract negotiation, and bid decisions.
* Ability to analyze complex information and make sound decisions under pressure.
* Confidence in delivering focused briefings and presentations to senior leadership.
* Strong judgement regarding the appropriate escalation of material issues and risks.
* Ability to represent senior leadership as a trusted delegate when required.
* Excellent written, verbal, presentation, planning, and organizational abilities.
* Willingness to travel for client meetings, project-site visits, conferences, and corporate reviews.
* High standards of integrity, professionalism, confidentiality, and ethical conduct.
Skills Set
* Giga program operations
* Project-office management
* Strategic business planning
* Resource planning and deployment
* Multidisciplinary team leadership
* Financial performance management
* Operating and capital budgeting
* Financial forecasting
* Accounts-receivable monitoring
* Cost and profitability control
* Workforce planning
* Performance-management oversight
* Human Resources policy compliance
* Business-development strategy
* Major proposal management
* Lump-sum bid review
* Commercial pricing strategy
* Bid-no-bid evaluation
* Contract negotiation
* Teaming agreements
* Corporate governance
* Operational risk management
* Client and regulatory relations
* Executive reporting and presentations
* Continuous process improvement
* Stakeholder management
* Decision-making under pressure
Why Join Us
This position offers broad leadership responsibility across the operational, commercial, financial, and people-management dimensions of major development programs. The manager will influence resource strategy, project performance, client relationships, business growth, and governance at a senior organizational level.
The role provides a strong platform for progression into regional operations, program leadership, and executive management positions within Saudi Arabia\'s expanding Engineering market.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, project-management, program-management, and technology solutions for complex infrastructure and development programs. Its teams support clients through disciplined operations, technical expertise, responsible governance, and collaborative project delivery.
