Senior Project Manager – Strategic Customer Engagements

Contract Details

• Location: Based in Qatar
• Travel Requirement: Weekly travel to Saudi Arabia
• Engagement Duration: Approximately 6 weeks (through June 2026)
• Employment Type: Contract / Fixed-term engagement
• Start Date: Immediate / Urgent requirement

Required Experience

• 10 years of project/program management experience
• Proven experience leading large-scale enterprise or strategic customer engagements
• Strong background managing executive stakeholders and customer-facing programs
• Experience working across GCC markets preferably Saudi Arabia and Qatar
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex cross-functional delivery environments
• Experience handling high-pressure time-sensitive projects with multiple stakeholders
• Strong commercial awareness and customer relationship management capability

This role is intended for a senior-level project leader capable of representing the organization directly with executive customer stakeholders while ensuring structured delivery governance across a fast-paced strategic engagement.

The individual must bring strong client-facing leadership executive communication skills and the ability to stabilize accelerate and coordinate cross-functional teams in complex delivery environments.

The profile should demonstrate:

• Strong executive presence
• Enterprise-scale project delivery experience
• GCC customer engagement exposure and able to travel within the Region
• Ability to manage ambiguity and high-pressure environments
• Strong governance and stakeholder management capability
• Willingness to travel weekly between Qatar and Saudi Arabia
• Immediate availability preferred

This is a high-visibility engagement where stakeholder management delivery leadership and customer confidence are critical.

Required Skills & Competencies

Leadership & Communication

• Executive-level communication and presentation skills
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder influence capability
• Ability to engage confidently with C-level stakeholders
• Strong decision-making and conflict-resolution skills

Delivery & Governance

• Advanced project governance and risk management expertise
• Strong planning coordination and execution capability
• Experience driving program recovery or accelerated delivery initiatives
• Excellent reporting and organizational skills

Regional & Cultural Awareness

• Strong understanding of GCC business culture and customer engagement practices
• Comfortable with frequent travel and in-person customer interaction
• Arabic language capability is advantageous but not mandatory

What Success Looks Like

The successful candidate will:

• Quickly establish credibility with customer leadership
• Bring structure and momentum to the engagement immediately
• Drive alignment across all stakeholders
• Maintain executive confidence throughout the engagement
• Ensure delivery milestones and customer expectations are effectively managed
• Represent the organization with professionalism maturity and strategic leadership