Permitting Governance Specialist - Compliance
Posted date [2026-08-29]
(ID: 50361)
Job Description and Requirements
Permitting Governance Specialist - ComplianceJob Snapshot
Role: Permitting Governance Specialist - Compliance
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: Government Relations
Function: Project-Program Management
Experience: 6-10 years
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Permitting Governance Specialist - Compliance in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a Government Relations opportunity with Parsons Corporation focused on permitting governance, regulatory coordination, compliance monitoring, approvals tracking, and performance reporting. The role is hiring an experienced professional to support permit and license processes, maintain governance records, coordinate with government entities and internal stakeholders, monitor KPIs and SLAs, and strengthen the consistency and efficiency of permitting workflows.
Job Details
Country: Saudi Arabia
City: Riyadh
Industry: Government Relations
Function: Project-Program Management
Salary: 16000-24000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Permitting Governance Specialist will support the effective operation of
the Permitting Governance Framework by maintaining control over procedures, approvals, compliance requirements, records, performance indicators, and stakeholder actions. The position will help create greater visibility across permits and regulatory processes, enabling project teams and management to identify delays, unresolved issues, compliance gaps, and improvement opportunities before they affect delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Coordinate implementation and ongoing monitoring of the Permitting Governance Framework.
Support permitting procedures, approval workflows, governance requirements, and compliance controls.
Maintain accurate records of permits, licenses, approvals, conditions, renewals, and regulatory documentation.
Track permitting activities against defined timelines, service expectations, and governance requirements.
Maintain KPI and SLA trackers covering permit processing, outstanding actions, approval progress, and stakeholder performance.
Monitor risks, issues, dependencies, and action items associated with regulatory and permitting processes.
Prepare periodic governance reports, dashboards, management summaries, and status updates.
Provide clear visibility of pending permits, delayed responses, approaching deadlines, and unresolved compliance matters.
Coordinate with Engineering, Planning, Project Management, Commercial, Operations, and other internal teams on permitting requirements.
Liaise with Consultants, Contractors, and government entities to support timely submissions, responses, approvals, and issue resolution.
Maintain permitting registers, governance logs, compliance trackers, action lists, and supporting records.
Ensure documentation remains complete, current, traceable, and accessible to authorized stakeholders.
Support audits and governance reviews by providing required records, evidence, approvals, correspondence, and status information.
Assist in identifying control weaknesses, recurring delays, process bottlenecks, and documentation gaps.
Support corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives arising from governance reviews and audits.
Maintain SharePoint repositories and ensure approved governance documentation is correctly filed and organized.
Support standardization of permitting templates, registers, reporting formats, workflows, and procedural documents.
Help define clear responsibilities and escalation routes for permitting and regulatory activities.
Monitor compliance with internal governance procedures and external regulatory requirements.
Track action closure and follow up with responsible stakeholders on overdue items.
Support management in reviewing permit performance trends and identifying areas requiring intervention.
Assist with preparation of presentations and governance packs for project and senior management meetings.
Use Microsoft 365 tools to coordinate records, reporting, communication, and workflow activities.
Support Power BI-based reporting and dashboard development where required.
Participate in permitting coordination meetings, compliance reviews, and stakeholder workshops.
Maintain accurate decision records, approval histories, correspondence, and supporting evidence.
Promote disciplined document control and consistent application of permitting procedures across project teams.
Support process mapping and workflow refinement to improve transparency, accountability, and turnaround time.
Assist in maintaining governance requirements through changing project phases, regulatory conditions, and stakeholder priorities.
Contribute to lessons learned and process improvement initiatives related to permitting and regulatory coordination.
Ideal Profile
The position requires a Bachelor\'s Degree in Engineering, Urban Planning, Architecture, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
Candidates should have approximately 6 to 10 years of relevant experience in permitting, governance, regulatory compliance, PMO, project controls, or a closely related environment.
Practical experience coordinating several stakeholders across structured regulatory or approval processes is important. The successful candidate should understand how permits, licenses, approvals, conditions, actions, risks, and supporting documentation are tracked within formal governance frameworks.
Strong capability in reporting, document management, workflow coordination, and governance record keeping is required. Familiarity with Microsoft 365 and SharePoint is essential.
Experience developing KPI reports, management dashboards, action trackers, and process documentation will be particularly valuable.
PMP, CAPM, Lean Six Sigma, Business Process Management, or Power BI Fundamentals certification would provide an advantage.
Skills Set
Permitting Governance
Regulatory Compliance
Permit Tracking
License Management
Approval Coordination
Governance Frameworks
Process Management
Workflow Management
KPI Reporting
SLA Monitoring
Performance Reporting
Risk Tracking
Issue Management
Action Tracking
Stakeholder Coordination
Government Coordination
Regulatory Processes
Governance Reporting
Management Dashboards
Document Management
SharePoint
Microsoft 365
Power BI
Permitting Registers
Compliance Registers
Approval Records
Governance Documentation
Audit Support
Continuous Improvement
Process Mapping
Business Process Management
PMO Coordination
Project Controls
PMP
CAPM
Lean Six Sigma
Problem Solving
Technical Reporting
Why Join Us
Riyadh\'s expanding development programs require increasingly structured coordination between project teams, regulatory authorities, Consultants, and government stakeholders. This role offers the opportunity to strengthen permitting governance at program level by improving approval visibility, reporting, workflow consistency, and compliance controls. It provides a strong platform for professionals seeking deeper experience in regulatory coordination, governance, PMO processes, and major-project delivery.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, infrastructure, program management, and technical advisory services for major developments in Saudi Arabia and international markets. Its multidisciplinary teams support complex projects through structured governance, stakeholder coordination, regulatory management, reporting, and project controls that help maintain compliant and efficient delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Coordinate implementation and ongoing monitoring of the Permitting Governance Framework.
Support permitting procedures, approval workflows, governance requirements, and compliance controls.
Maintain accurate records of permits, licenses, approvals, conditions, renewals, and regulatory documentation.
Track permitting activities against defined timelines, service expectations, and governance requirements.
Maintain KPI and SLA trackers covering permit processing, outstanding actions, approval progress, and stakeholder performance.
Monitor risks, issues, dependencies, and action items associated with regulatory and permitting processes.
Prepare periodic governance reports, dashboards, management summaries, and status updates.
Provide clear visibility of pending permits, delayed responses, approaching deadlines, and unresolved compliance matters.
Coordinate with Engineering, Planning, Project Management, Commercial, Operations, and other internal teams on permitting requirements.
Liaise with Consultants, Contractors, and government entities to support timely submissions, responses, approvals, and issue resolution.
Maintain permitting registers, governance logs, compliance trackers, action lists, and supporting records.
Ensure documentation remains complete, current, traceable, and accessible to authorized stakeholders.
Support audits and governance reviews by providing required records, evidence, approvals, correspondence, and status information.
Assist in identifying control weaknesses, recurring delays, process bottlenecks, and documentation gaps.
Support corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives arising from governance reviews and audits.
Maintain SharePoint repositories and ensure approved governance documentation is correctly filed and organized.
Support standardization of permitting templates, registers, reporting formats, workflows, and procedural documents.
Help define clear responsibilities and escalation routes for permitting and regulatory activities.
Monitor compliance with internal governance procedures and external regulatory requirements.
Track action closure and follow up with responsible stakeholders on overdue items.
Support management in reviewing permit performance trends and identifying areas requiring intervention.
Assist with preparation of presentations and governance packs for project and senior management meetings.
Use Microsoft 365 tools to coordinate records, reporting, communication, and workflow activities.
Support Power BI-based reporting and dashboard development where required.
Participate in permitting coordination meetings, compliance reviews, and stakeholder workshops.
Maintain accurate decision records, approval histories, correspondence, and supporting evidence.
Promote disciplined document control and consistent application of permitting procedures across project teams.
Support process mapping and workflow refinement to improve transparency, accountability, and turnaround time.
Assist in maintaining governance requirements through changing project phases, regulatory conditions, and stakeholder priorities.
Contribute to lessons learned and process improvement initiatives related to permitting and regulatory coordination.
Ideal Profile
The position requires a Bachelor\'s Degree in Engineering, Urban Planning, Architecture, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
Candidates should have approximately 6 to 10 years of relevant experience in permitting, governance, regulatory compliance, PMO, project controls, or a closely related environment.
Practical experience coordinating several stakeholders across structured regulatory or approval processes is important. The successful candidate should understand how permits, licenses, approvals, conditions, actions, risks, and supporting documentation are tracked within formal governance frameworks.
Strong capability in reporting, document management, workflow coordination, and governance record keeping is required. Familiarity with Microsoft 365 and SharePoint is essential.
Experience developing KPI reports, management dashboards, action trackers, and process documentation will be particularly valuable.
PMP, CAPM, Lean Six Sigma, Business Process Management, or Power BI Fundamentals certification would provide an advantage.
Skills Set
Permitting Governance
Regulatory Compliance
Permit Tracking
License Management
Approval Coordination
Governance Frameworks
Process Management
Workflow Management
KPI Reporting
SLA Monitoring
Performance Reporting
Risk Tracking
Issue Management
Action Tracking
Stakeholder Coordination
Government Coordination
Regulatory Processes
Governance Reporting
Management Dashboards
Document Management
SharePoint
Microsoft 365
Power BI
Permitting Registers
Compliance Registers
Approval Records
Governance Documentation
Audit Support
Continuous Improvement
Process Mapping
Business Process Management
PMO Coordination
Project Controls
PMP
CAPM
Lean Six Sigma
Problem Solving
Technical Reporting
Why Join Us
Riyadh\'s expanding development programs require increasingly structured coordination between project teams, regulatory authorities, Consultants, and government stakeholders. This role offers the opportunity to strengthen permitting governance at program level by improving approval visibility, reporting, workflow consistency, and compliance controls. It provides a strong platform for professionals seeking deeper experience in regulatory coordination, governance, PMO processes, and major-project delivery.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, infrastructure, program management, and technical advisory services for major developments in Saudi Arabia and international markets. Its multidisciplinary teams support complex projects through structured governance, stakeholder coordination, regulatory management, reporting, and project controls that help maintain compliant and efficient delivery.
