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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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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or related discipline
- Master's degree
- PMP, MRICS, MCIOB, CEng, RIBA or equivalent chartered status
- 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)
- 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 with consultants, contractors and delivery partners
- Experience in KSA / GCC or similar large-scale development environments
- Existing key relationships with consultants, contractors, suppliers, delivery partners, government authorities and hotel operators
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Parsons Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Parsons Corporation.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
