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Project Director (Rail Jobs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at ALSTOM Gruppe
Position: Project Director (Rail)
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Project Director (Rail)
Date: 29 Jul 2026
Location: Riyadh, 01, SA
Company: Alstom
From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, trams, turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling, and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, over 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars
Could you be full-time Project Director in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia we’re looking for?
Your future role
Take on a new challenge and apply your project management expertise in a cutting-edge and highly strategic environment. You’ll work alongside collaborative, skilled, and passionate teammates to deliver a complex metro rail project in Riyadh.
As
Project Director
, you will be accountable for the successful execution of large-scale, high-criticality turnkey project, ensuring contractual commitments, customer expectations, and business objectives are achieved. You will lead multidisciplinary and multi-site teams while driving project governance, financial performance, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence throughout the project lifecycle.
You will report to senior portfolio VP and play a key role in ensuring safe, profitable, and on-time project delivery.
We’ll look for you to:
- Being fully accountable vis a vis the AT management for project delivery performances from end to end (Quality, Cost, and Planning), looking for optimizing the project’s financial performance (margin and cash),
- Being the recognized Alstom representative vis a vis end customer RCRC and our civil partner for the execution of the electromechanical part of this metro line, building and managing strong relationships with them, with our main contractors and with external stakeholders, fostering alignment towards project goals, and synchronizing internal partners while arbitrating when necessary,
- Defining and implementing project governance strategies in line with contract requirements, including Project Management Plan (PMP) elaboration and allocation of objectives to subsystems,
- Effectively managing project resources, including staffing the project core team, escalating resource gaps, and leading multi-site/multi-functional teams to achieve project objectives,
- Leading and coordinating project activities and stakeholders, in line with customer satisfaction goals,
- Overseeing alignment with contractual requirements, managing variation orders, and addressing claims or litigations as needed,
- Proactively managing risks, savings, and opportunities to ensure successful project delivery,
- Monitoring and reporting project progress and KPIs to senior management with transparency, ensuring adherence to business and critical project review processes,
- Ensuring alignment with contractual requirements and effective contract management, maintaining compliance with applicable rules, standards, and policies, including Alstom’s Code of Ethics & Compliance, EHS, Railway Safety, and Quality standards.
All about you
We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:
- Experience in EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) project management (railway industry preferred), with at least 15 years of experience, including 5 years managing critical projects,
- Proven experience as a project execution leader (Project Director) with full responsibility for delivery and project financial performance on large-scale turnkey projects valued at approximately 500 million USD or more,
- Strong EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) background, with hands-on experience operating as a main contractor and managing interactions with customers, civil works organizations, and electromechanical teams,
- Familiarity with multi-national business cultures and cross-functional collaboration,
- Strong team management skills, including the ability to coordinate and collaborate with multi- site/multi-functional teams,
- Leadership and entrepreneurship mindset with a results-oriented…
Title: Project Director (Rail
Company: ALSTOM Gruppe
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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