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    Qiddiya Investment Company

    Entertainment & Leisure Development

    Manager - Operational Readiness

    Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaOn-SiteFull-time5–8 yrs experiencePosted 3d ago
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    Job description

    • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business Administration, or related field.
    • 5–8 years of scheduling/planning experience, ideally within operational readiness, giga-projects, entertainment/hospitality openings, or large-scale infrastructure.
    • Demonstrated hands-on Primavera P6 expertise, including baseline and change control on complex programmes.
    • Experience supporting asset openings, trial operations, or commissioning-to-operations transitions strongly preferred.
    • PMP, PMI-SP, or equivalent certification an advantage.

    Develop, maintain, and govern the integrated Operational Readiness schedule, ensuring OR activities, milestones, and dependencies are aligned with asset delivery timelines, trial operations, and opening dates. Act as the single source of truth for OR programme scheduling and provide early visibility of risks to readiness milestones.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Build and maintain the integrated OR master schedule in Primavera P6 covering all readiness workstreams: workforce mobilisation, training, systems readiness, SOPs, permits and licensing, FF&E/OS&E, trial operations, and handover.
    • Align OR schedules with project delivery milestones, stage gates, and asset opening dates, maintaining interfaces with PMO and delivery partner schedules.
    • Develop countdown plans and T-minus schedules for asset openings, including trial operations and soft opening phases.
    • Track progress against baseline, identify slippage and critical path impacts, and escalate risks to readiness milestones with recovery options.
    • Produce scheduling reports, dashboards, and lookaheads using Power BI and Excel for OR leadership and governance forums.
    • Coordinate schedule inputs from functional leads and consolidate updates on an agreed cadence.
    • Maintain schedule change control, baseline management, and documentation of assumptions and dependencies.
    • Support workforce ramp-up planning by aligning recruitment, onboarding, and training timelines with operational need dates.

    Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.

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    About the company

    Qiddiya Investment Company

    A Saudi Arabian investment and entertainment company developing Qiddiya, a major leisure and entertainment destination near Riyadh.

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