PMO & Operating Model Design Consultant

AHOY

Posted 30+ days ago

Experience

10 - 12 Years

Job Location

Riyadh - Saudi Arabia

Education

Any Graduation()

Nationality

Any Nationality

Gender

Not Mentioned

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Our client, a leading organization in Saudi Arabia, is establishing a high-impact Results-Delivery Office (RDO) to enhance strategic initiative monitoring and delivery. We're seeking an experienced PMO expert to design and implement a world-class governance framework tailored to regional requirements.

Role Purpose

Provide end-to-end expertise across diagnostics, operating model design, and governance architecture to ensure the new RDO can effectively monitor, steer, and escalate strategic initiatives while embedding best-practice PMO standards.

Key Objectives
  1. Current-State Assessment: Deliver evidence-based diagnostic of existing strategy-delivery capabilities, benchmarked against leading organizational PMOs
  2. Target Operating Model & Governance: Design future-state RDO structure, processes, decision rights, and templates that integrate seamlessly with existing organizational layers
  3. Implementation Roadmap: Translate design into phased, resource-loaded plan with milestones, KPIs, and risk mitigations

Desired Candidate Profile

Education & Credentials

  • Bachelor's in Engineering, Business, or Public Administration (MBA or Master's in Project Management preferred)
  • PMP certification plus at least one of: PgMP, PMI-PfMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, or MoP
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt advantageous
Experience
  • 10+ years establishing or transforming PMOs/RDOs
  • Minimum 3 engagements in public sector or GCC region
  • Proven experience designing governance frameworks covering decision rights, escalation, KPIs & risk control
  • Demonstrated track record delivering diagnostics and operating model design in multi-stakeholder environments
Core Competencies
  • Strategic Analysis & Benchmarking: Distilling complex qualitative & quantitative inputs into clear insights
  • Operating Model Engineering: Organizing people, processes & data flows into coherent, scalable frameworks
  • Governance Design: Establishing decision authorities, cadence, RACI and reporting standards that drive accountability
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Building trust across senior leadership, external partners, and technical teams
  • Risk-Informed Planning: Integrating risk registers, mitigation tactics, and scenario thinking
  • Communication Excellence: Producing bilingual deliverables, facilitating workshops, and presenting to executive boards

Company Industry

  • Media
  • Publishing
  • TV
  • Radio
  • Outdoor
  • Digital

Department / Functional Area

  • Engineering

Keywords

  • PMO & Operating Model Design Consultant

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