ERI Project Lead

OVERVIEW

Position

ERI Project Lead

Job Code

Reports to

Senior Project Manager

Direct Reports

0

Division/Section

ERI Operations

Department

ERI Assets

Sector

Education, Research, & Innovation (ERI)

Job Family

Role Purpose

NEOM is a smart and sustainable regional development in northwest Saudi Arabia, a unique global living lab for intelligent, innovative, efficient, and effective infrastructure solutions. The vision of NEOM comprises of 14 economic sectors with each sector realized to support the future of NEOM as a global cognitive city. NEOM’s Education Research and Innovation (ERI) Higher Education Sector is comprised of 3 Pillars: NEOM U, ERI Foundation and the Talent Academy.

NEOM U will be a pre-eminent knowledge-based university which fully integrates digital thinking and technology. A “university” without boundaries, combining on-site and online learning at the undergraduate and graduate level, defining new pathways to academic degrees and an integral part of a self-sustained NEOM community.  ERI Foundation is comprised of international research institutes, and funds research that focuses on global and NEOM-relevant themes. The Talent Academy is a professional and vocational college that provides upskilling and lifelong learning opportunities. The Talent Academy will develop the human capital team and network to support the needs of NEOM sectors.

Reporting directly to the Senior Project Manager, the successful candidate will work on projects to support the design and construction of assets within ERI as a member of the Asset Proponent team representing the sector. The Project Analyst will coordinate with the Project Management Team, as well as other NEOM sectors and departments. The Project Analyst will support all design and construction responsibilities to assigned projects. The position will assist all Project Management activities and will work adjacent to similar roles in the NEOM organization.  

The role demands stakeholder management, leadership and influencing skills to ensure the project is executed within time, cost, quality, and of course safety constraints to meet NEOM’s ambition.  

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES & ACTIVITIES

Project Management Support 

• Support the Senior Project Manager by providing project management and project planning expertise, based on previous experience of similar large scale higher education and/or research-oriented developments during the design and construction stages.
• Ensure from the outset strategic priorities and outcomes are matched to early-stage project budgets and schedules ensuring alignment with the sector and other stakeholders.
• Engage Stakeholders to provide the necessary input feedback. Engage in design management to reach an assurance that early-stage concepts and plans are realistic and achievable with documented risks and mitigations. 
• Provide support to ensure to capture comments and organize documents while ensuring objectives are achieved.
• Develop presentations for internal projects and leadership meetings and collaborate on the development of presentations with the senior Project Manager

Stakeholder Engagement

• Assisting the Senior Project Manager with activities related to coordinating with the respective Regional Proponent Development Teams
• Providing input to the Planner and Document Controller, with regards to schedule and documentation.  
• Chair weekly progress and coordination meetings with various stakeholders and ensure meeting minutes are issued promptly.
• Follow up on all actions required from internal and external parties

Design Management:

• Work with internal and external stakeholders during design stages to ensure all sector requirements are incorporated into the design and as per the approved project brief.
• Provide conceptualized ideas during design especially for interior design
• Engage with other sectors and stakeholders to gather all design comments and ensure they are all closed out after each stage
• Review all design submissions and validate adherence to the project brief

Planning Support

• Develop a work breakdown structure and packaging/procurement strategy for the design and construction and ensure this is approved. 

• Ensure cost and schedule estimates contained within the business plan are updated and accurate. 
• Ensure all agreed construction deliverables are checked and subject to external audit at the planning stage gateway review for each project in the program.