113 Agile jobs in Saudi Arabia

1. 8+ years of experience in project/program management, with 5+ years in Agile delivery.
2. Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks (e.g., Scrum, SAFe, LeSS) and tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence).
3. Excellent leadership, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
4. Fluency in Arabic & English languages is required.

1. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, IT, Finance, or related field.
2. Banking or financial services experience is strongly preferred.
3. Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Agilist (SA), or PMI-ACP certification is a plus.

Arthur Lawrence is a management and technology consulting firm providing enterprise-wide business transformation and business applications implementation services. Our in-depth technical knowledge and broad experience of working with world-class companies enable organizations to leverage our capabilities in developing winning strategies and cost-effective solutions.

We are an UN Women Empowerment Principal Signatory and are certified from National Minority Supplier Development Council.

• Winner of Entrepreneur 360 Award (2019).
• IAOP Award; Ranked in top 100 internationally.
• Arthur Lawrence ranked within the Inc 5000 twice in 2016 and 2017 as one of the fastest-growing companies in America.
• Named one of the top ten fastest-growing businesses in Houston in 2016.
• Ranked 25th in the HBJ's Fast 100 Private Companies Award in 2017.

We rely on seven core values that enable us to deliver quality for our consultants and clients: Education, Integrity, Value Creation, Collaboration, Best Client, Best People, and Stewardship.

Through strict adherence to these core values, we have achieved success beyond all documented forecasts and expectations.

1. 8+ years of experience in project/program management, with 5+ years in Agile delivery.
2. Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks (e.g., Scrum, SAFe, LeSS) and tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence).
3. Excellent leadership, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
4. Fluency in Arabic & English languages is required.

1. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, IT, Finance, or related field.
2. Banking or financial services experience is strongly preferred.
3. Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Agilist (SA), or PMI-ACP certification is a plus.

Arthur Lawrence is a management and technology consulting firm providing enterprise-wide business transformation and business applications implementation services. Our in-depth technical knowledge and broad experience of working with world-class companies enable organizations to leverage our capabilities in developing winning strategies and cost-effective solutions.

We are an UN Women Empowerment Principal Signatory and are certified from National Minority Supplier Development Council.

• Winner of Entrepreneur 360 Award (2019).
• IAOP Award; Ranked in top 100 internationally.
• Arthur Lawrence ranked within the Inc 5000 twice in 2016 and 2017 as one of the fastest-growing companies in America.
• Named one of the top ten fastest-growing businesses in Houston in 2016.
• Ranked 25th in the HBJ's Fast 100 Private Companies Award in 2017.

We rely on seven core values that enable us to deliver quality for our consultants and clients: Education, Integrity, Value Creation, Collaboration, Best Client, Best People, and Stewardship.

Through strict adherence to these core values, we have achieved success beyond all documented forecasts and expectations.

Join Our Team as an Agile Project Manager for a 6-month project, traveling to engage with a reputable bank in KSA.

Does this sound like the perfect role for you? We'd love to hear from you!

This role is ideal for someone who has previously worked with a Saudi bank, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and enjoys leading teams to success in the banking sector.

At Muller's Solutions, we're passionate about empowering businesses to leap forward, and our mission is to provide top-tier tech services that fuel your growth.

You will play a crucial role in our project execution and delivery process.

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and reviews.
• Collaborate with product owners, stakeholders, and development teams to define project scope and objectives.
• Track project progress, identify risks, and implement effective mitigation strategies.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the team.
• Communicate project status, issues, and risks to stakeholders and management.
• Ensure deliverables meet quality standards and are completed on schedule.
• Coach team members on Agile methodologies and best practices.

• Proven experience as an Agile Scrum Master or similar role in a software development environment, especially with Saudi experience.
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies, principles, and practices.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Strong organizational and time management abilities.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent certification preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Why Join Us:

• Opportunity to work with a talented and passionate team.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Exciting projects and an innovative work environment.

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organisations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

As Senior Program Director, you will lead large-scale, multi-dimensional initiatives enabling your clients Digital Business Transformation. You will partner with senior client executives and ultimately be accountable for the overall strategic shaping, planning, implementation, and effectiveness of work for client engagements. You will guide globally distributed teams to deliver successful software outputs and meaningful business outcomes for clients while influencing change

Your Impact:

Act as the primary Engagement Lead for delivery of large-scale and complex programs for client’s digital business or engineering transformation programs

• Facilitate internal teams and advise clients to connecting solutions and integrating processes to ensure program development is in line with broader goals and objectives of the program

• Define processes and tools needed by teams across all programs enabling successful program implementation and delivery

• Provide guidance on consistent application of project management methodologies that align with strategic plans

• Partner with clients to plan, evolve, and formulate a customer-focused digital business transformation (DBT) strategy; seed, estimate, and facilitate budget planning for value based digital business transformation engagements

• Track and evaluate the delivery metrics of the product teams within the engagement and facilitate continuous improvement to improve flow, quality, and value realization

• Act as a trusted strategic advisor to clients to transform their business by guiding internal leaders and external senior stakeholders on engineering and digital business transformation methods and approaches

• Own or liaise with the Executive PMO to communicate program executional metrics, risks, issues, and dependencies

• Articulate engagement commercial metrics including client outcomes, leakage, burn rate, revenue & margins, etc. to support account health and drive account-level planning within the industry vertical

• Deliver thought-leadership around industry, process, PMO, delivery, and technology on behalf of the organization

Your Skills & Experience:

• Experience with a distributed delivery model, leading diverse teams, and collaborating in a multi-cultural environment for end-to-end engagements

• Experience in the Travel & Hospitality industry or has experience working on projects related to this sector.

• Program management experience in scaled digital implementation leading high performing teams within IT and consulting environment

• Effective systems thinking skills and ability to identify interconnectivity across multiple streams of work

• Demonstrated experience navigating a large organization, showcasing the ability to influence with storytelling and data

• Comfortable with C-suite reporting relationships and presenting to C-level executives, senior business leaders, and technology leaders

• Knowledge of best practices in design thinking/user-centered design (e.g., user research, hypothesis-driven development, prototyping, and usability testing)

• Experience with a variety of methodologies like scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile frameworks (SAFe etc.), waterfall, and hybrid

• Effective leadership, analytical skills, and negotiation skills

• Effective conflict resolution skills

Set Yourself Apart With:

Fostering innovation and creative problem solving backed by a strategic fact-base

• A passion for creating unprecedented customer experiences and innovative digital businesses

• Experience in engaging and coaching c-level clients in highly strategic, critical business initiatives

• Published thought leadership that pushes an industry leading POV on industry sector, technology, delivery, or organizational evolution

• Deep experience in one or more of our industry verticals

• CSM, CPSO, SAFe certified

A successful candidate acts as a fair and trusted strategic advisor for clients. You solve problems quickly – but for the long term, by leading teams to have a measurable impact on the client’s business. Your breadth and depth of highly strategic execution and political savviness enables you to effortlessly traverse complex organizations and supplier landscapes

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Job Description

As Senior Program Director, you will lead large-scale, multi-dimensional initiatives enabling your clients Digital Business Transformation. You will partner with senior client executives and ultimately be accountable for the overall strategic shaping, planning, implementation, and effectiveness of work for client engagements. You will guide globally distributed teams to deliver successful software outputs and meaningful business outcomes for clients while influencing change

Job Description

As Senior Program Director, you will lead large-scale, multi-dimensional initiatives enabling your clients Digital Business Transformation. You will partner with senior client executives and ultimately be accountable for the overall strategic shaping, planning, implementation, and effectiveness of work for client engagements. You will guide globally distributed teams to deliver successful software outputs and meaningful business outcomes for clients while influencing change

Qualifications

Your Skills & Experience:

• Experience with a distributed delivery model, leading diverse teams, and collaborating in a multi-cultural environment for end-to-end engagements
• Experience in the Travel & Hospitality industry or has experience working on projects related to this sector.
• Program management experience in scaled digital implementation leading high performing teams within IT and consulting environment
• Effective systems thinking skills and ability to identify interconnectivity across multiple streams of work
• Demonstrated experience navigating a large organization, showcasing the ability to influence with storytelling and data
• Comfortable with C-suite reporting relationships and presenting to C-level executives, senior business leaders, and technology leaders
• Knowledge of best practices in design thinking/user-centered design (e.g., user research, hypothesis-driven development, prototyping, and usability testing)
• Experience with a variety of methodologies like scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile frameworks (SAFe etc.), waterfall, and hybrid
• Effective leadership, analytical skills, and negotiation skills
• Effective conflict resolution skills
  
  

• A passion for creating unprecedented customer experiences and innovative digital businesses
• Experience in engaging and coaching c-level clients in highly strategic, critical business initiatives
• Published thought leadership that pushes an industry leading POV on industry sector, technology, delivery, or organizational evolution
• Deep experience in one or more of our industry verticals
• CSM, CPSO, SAFe certified
  
  

• Seniority level Director

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Project Management and Information Technology
• Industries IT Services and IT Consulting

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PMO – Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Contract Type: Project-based, 6 months (extendable)

Start Date: Mid-September 2025

About Optimus Fit

Optimus Fit is a specialized human resources and business solutions firm based in Riyadh. We support top-tier organizations in identifying, attracting, and onboarding high-caliber professionals across industries. Our recruitment model is rooted in precision, discretion, and alignment with client strategy, ensuring sustainable talent solutions.

This opportunity is with one of the largest consulting firms in Saudi Arabia , delivering a strategic project for a major government entity . The role represents a unique chance to contribute to national transformation initiatives under Saudi Vision 2030.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Project Management Office (PMO) Subject Matter Expert to join a high-impact government project. The candidate will play a key role in driving project success by leading planning, ensuring quality, managing stakeholders, and providing subject-matter guidance to teams.

Given the sensitivity of the project, detailed scope, deliverables, and timelines will be shared directly by the Project Director during the interview stage.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Leadership & Planning: Own the overall workstream plan, ensuring scope, timelines, and deliverables are aligned with client expectations.
• Client Relationship Management: Act as the primary contact for key stakeholders, facilitate meetings, and manage client satisfaction.
• Quality Assurance: Review team outputs, ensuring deliverables meet the highest standards before client submission.
• Team Guidance: Provide direction to associates and analysts, delegate tasks effectively, and resolve issues proactively.
• Risk & Issue Management: Identify risks, develop mitigation strategies, and escalate issues when required.

Qualifications & Skills

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• Experience: 7+ years in consulting, project management, or PMO roles, with a proven record of working with government entities, mega projects, or transformation programs.
• Certifications: PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management credentials are an advantage.
• Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in MS PowerPoint, Excel, and Word; strong reporting and presentation skills.
• Core Competencies:
• Strategic thinking and structured problem-solving.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills with client-facing experience.
• Ability to lead in ambiguous, complex environments and drive clarity.
• Leadership with demonstrated ability to coach and manage cross-functional teams.

Candidate Profile

• Availability: Immediate joining post-selection.
• Contract: 6-month engagement with possibility of extension, subject to project needs and performance.

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Consulting, Project Management, and Strategy/Planning
• Industries: Business Consulting and Services, Government Administration, and Education Administration Programs

Overview

The Project Management Associate is a dynamic and versatile role designed for individuals who are proactive, bilingual (Arabic and English), and capable of working across multiple projects. This position provides critical support to project managers—sometimes to more than one at a time—and plays a key role in ensuring the smooth execution of projects from start to finish. The role offers strong growth potential to progress to Assistant Project Manager and ultimately Project Manager positions.

• Support one or more Project Managers in planning, coordinating, and executing projects across various sectors.
• Perform a wide range of tasks that vary in complexity—from simple administrative work to complex project-related assignments.
• Conduct site visits and handle out-of-office assignments as required.
• Prepare, update, and maintain project documentation, schedules, and deliverables.
• Assist in coordinating stakeholders, arranging meetings, and following up on action items.
• Research, compile, and analyze information relevant to project needs.
• Utilize AI tools ethically to enhance productivity and quality of work.
• Manage tasks effectively under pressure and within tight deadlines.

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or related field (preferred).
• Bilingual in Arabic and English (both written and spoken).
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.
• Familiarity with project management tools such as Zoho Projects and Microsoft Project.
• Strong research skills and ability to leverage AI tools effectively.
• Highly organized, fast-paced, and adaptable to changing project needs.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.

• Previous experience in a project coordination, administration, or associate role.
• Exposure to multiple sectors, with the ability to adapt quickly to different project requirements.
• Experience in working with cross-functional teams.

• Associate

• Full-time

• Analyst

• IT Services and IT Consulting