The Role
Director of Planning – Riyadh CLIENT Linum Consult’s client is an established engineering services and consulting company currently seeking a bilingual Arabic- and English-speaking Director of Planning to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. RESPONSIBILITIES • Overseeing portfolio management across all phases and reporting on their progress in the form of reports, meetings, and dashboards to stakeholders • Participating in the development of five-year portfolio plans • Ensuring projects follow a proper stage gates approach in accordance with established standards • Overseeing change requests at the portfolio level in coordination with the project planning and governance team • Guiding direct reports regarding their responsibilities, providing feedback and advice to achieve department goals

Requirements

• Degree qualification in Engineering, Information Technology, or Management, ideally with a masters • 15 years of experience in strategic planning and project management of major initiatives and developments • Certified PMP and CAPM from PMI, and Strategic Planning & KPI Practitioner from GPMA • Excellent managerial skills, with demonstrable history of strategic planning, budgeting, change management, and risk assessment • Influential at senior levels, with the ability to build relationships with key stakeholders • Excellent spoken and written English and Arabic, with good communication skills

About the company
Linum Consult is a niche global consultancy specialising in international recruitment of white collar workers across the Construction & Engineering, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors. We provide a full 360 consultancy service for clients, candidates and partners to eliminate the potential pitfalls of international mobilisation. All Linum Consultants are industry experts with in country, international, multi-cultural experience. We provide precise market information combined with local knowledge to help facilitate informed decisions that are often life changing.