Job Description
Job Title: Head of PMO
Location: Jeddah
Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer
Role Purpose
The Head of PMO will work directly with the CEO to drive strategic execution, establish and manage the PMO function, improve governance, build KPI frameworks, and ensure effective tracking of key business initiatives across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and manage the PMO function from scratch.
- Develop project governance frameworks, reporting cadence, escalation process, and follow-up mechanisms.
- Track strategic projects, business priorities, risks, delays, and dependencies across departments.
- Design, launch, and monitor KPI frameworks across all business functions.
- Implement and manage work management platforms such as Monday.com or similar tools.
- Automate manual workflows and enhance visibility, accountability, and execution speed.
- Build executive dashboards and exception reports for the CEO.
- Support governance and IPO-readiness requirements, including DoA, SOPs, segregation of duties, documentation, and board reporting.
- Coordinate with department heads to ensure timely delivery of strategic initiatives.
- Prepare executive reports, meeting agendas, minutes of meetings, and action trackers.
- Maintain confidentiality and act as a trusted strategic partner to the CEO.
Requirements
- Proven experience in building and managing PMO from scratch.
- Strong experience in KPI design and performance management.
- Hands-on experience with workflow automation and work management platforms, preferably Monday.com.
- Experience in governance, SOPs, DoA, board reporting, or IPO-readiness.
- Previous exposure to CEO Office, Chief of Staff, Strategy, Transformation, or PMO leadership roles.
- Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
- Fluent in Arabic and English.
- Based in or willing to relocate to Jeddah.
Preferred Background
- Management Consulting, Transformation, PMO, Strategy, Retail, FMCG, Luxury, Consumer Goods, or mature operational groups