Specialist, Digital Transformation Projects

Position Title: Specialist, Digital Transformation Projects (Yanbu)

Job Purpose

To coordinate and monitor the execution of digital transformation projects, ensuring alignment with approved scope, schedule, budget, governance requirements, and strategic objectives while supporting the successful delivery of business outcomes.

Key Duties & Responsibility

• Coordinate and monitor the execution of assigned digital transformation projects to ensure delivery against approved objectives, timelines, budgets, and quality requirements.
• Track project progress, milestones, deliverables, risks, issues, and dependencies, and provide timely status updates and recommendations.
• Coordinate with Project Team Leaders, business units, technology teams, vendors, and other stakeholders to facilitate effective project execution and issue resolution.
• Monitor project expenditures, commitments, forecasts, and payment milestones against approved budgets and highlight variances for corrective action.
• Prepare and maintain project documentation, dashboards, reports, presentations, and records to support governance and management decision-making.
• Apply approved project governance frameworks, methodologies, standards, and reporting requirements across assigned initiatives.
• Support Project Team Leaders in resolving project delivery constraints and identifying practical, cost-effective solutions.
• Monitor project risks and issues, maintain risk registers, and follow up on mitigation and corrective action plans.
• Support stakeholder engagement, communication, and change management activities to facilitate user adoption and realization of project benefits.
• Monitor and report on project performance metrics, KPIs, and benefits realization against approved targets.
• Coordinate vendor activities and monitor contractual deliverables to support successful project implementation.
• Maintain awareness of emerging digital technologies, project delivery practices, and industry trends, and recommend improvement opportunities where applicable.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of digital transformation project management processes, tools, and practices.
• Perform any other related duties as assigned within the scope of the role.
  
  

Position Requirements

Minimum Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, or related discipline.

Minimum Experience Requirements

5+ years of experience in project coordination, project management, PMO, digital transformation, business process improvement, or related fields.

Experience in coordinating cross-functional projects, preparing project reports and dashboards, and tracking project performance and risks.

Preferred

Experience in the utilities, energy, infrastructure, or technology sectors.

Preferred Professional Certification(s)

PMP, CAPM, PRINCE2, or an equivalent recognized project management/project controls certification.