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Job Description:
Parsons is looking for an experienced Project Director – PMO to provide strategic leadership, governance, and oversight for the delivery of major residential, mixed-use, hospitality, and infrastructure developments.
In this role, you will lead the PMO function across a complex portfolio of projects, establishing the governance, controls, reporting, and delivery frameworks required to achieve the Client’s strategic objectives.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead the PMO function, providing strategic direction, governance, and delivery oversight.
- Establish PMO frameworks, procedures, stage gates, KPIs, and reporting standards.
- Oversee projects from master planning and design through procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
- Drive integrated schedule, cost, risk, change, commercial, and performance management.
- Monitor portfolio performance, identifying key risks, dependencies, and corrective actions.
- Ensure effective integration across buildings, infrastructure, utilities, landscape, and public realm packages.
- Oversee consultants, contractors, and delivery teams to ensure alignment with Client objectives.
- Lead executive reviews and provide clear reporting on progress, cost, schedule, risk, and key decisions.
- Drive PMO standardization, continuous improvement, digital delivery, and best practices.
- Lead and develop high-performing multidisciplinary PMO teams.
What Required Skills You'll Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Project Management, or related discipline.
- 20+ years of experience, including significant senior leadership experience on major development programs.
- Proven experience as a Project Director, PMO Director, Program Director, or equivalent.
- Strong experience in residential, mixed-use, hospitality, and associated infrastructure developments.
- Proven expertise in PMO governance, project controls, cost, schedule, risk, change, commercial, and performance management.
- Experience overseeing multiple projects, consultants, contractors, and work packages within complex programs.
- Strong leadership, client management, stakeholder engagement, communication, and decision-making skills.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring
- Experience delivering large-scale real estate development programs in United Arab Emirates or the Middle East.
- Experience within a client-side, developer, PMO, or program management environment.
- Strong knowledge of BIM, digital project management, integrated controls, and executive dashboards.
- Professional certification such as PMP, PgMP, PE, CEng, RICS, or equivalent is preferred.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline
- 20+ years of experience, including significant senior leadership experience on major development programs
- Experience as a Project Director, PMO Director, Program Director, or equivalent
- Experience with residential, mixed-use, hospitality, and associated infrastructure developments
- Expertise in PMO governance, project controls, cost, schedule, risk, change, commercial, and performance management
- Experience overseeing multiple projects, consultants, contractors, and work packages within complex programs
- Strong leadership, client management, stakeholder engagement, communication, and decision-making skills
- Experience delivering large-scale real estate development programs in the United Arab Emirates or Middle East
- Experience in a client-side, developer, PMO, or program management environment
- Knowledge of BIM, digital project management, integrated controls, and executive dashboards
- Professional certification such as PMP, PgMP, PE, CEng, RICS, or equivalent
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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.
