Manager - Hospitality Project Management

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Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Manager - Hospitality Project Management to join our team! In this role you will manage the day-to-day progression of hospitality assets from early planning through design, procurement and delivery. You will coordinate stakeholders, implement project controls and proactively resolve project challenges to maintain programme, quality and delivery objectives. Your focus will be on driving progress across assets, ensuring teams remain aligned and supporting the timely execution of projects.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Manage the day-to-day delivery of 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

• 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

• 10+ years of experience in project management or construction management on major real estate or infrastructure developments

• 5-7+ years of client-side or developer-side experience

• Strong understanding of project delivery and controls

• Ability to coordinate complex stakeholders

• Problem-solving and analytical skills

• Ability to manage multiple workstreams

• Clear communication skills

• Comfortable operating in fast-paced environments, managing ambiguity and shifting priorities

• Proficiency in project management and reporting tools (e.g. Primavera P6, Aconex etc.)

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• 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 with stakeholders, including: Hotel Operators, Consultants, Contractors and Suppliers, Delivery Partners / Project Management Consultants, Government Authorities