Parsons Corporation

Project Director - Luxury Hotels

Parsons Corporation  •  United Arab Emirates (Onsite)  •  2 hours ago
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Job Description

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next!At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.

Parsons is seeking an exceptionally talented Project Director to lead and oversee all aspects of the development and refurbishment of a luxury hotel. In this role, you will be responsible for managing all phases of design, construction, and execution, ensuring that the project is completed on time, within budget, and to the highest standards.

As the Project Director, you will collaborate with architects, designers, contractors, and other stakeholders to deliver an innovative experience for guests. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a high profile hospitality project that leaves a lasting legacy in the industry.

What You'll Be Doing:

  • Lead and manage the overall hotel refurbishment project, ensuring the successful integration of design, engineering, and construction.

  • Oversee project schedules, budgets, resources, and logistics, ensuring smooth execution from concept through to completion.

  • Manage and coordinate multidisciplinary teams, including architects, engineers, contractors, and subcontractors, to deliver high-quality, on-time results.

  • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring that all design and engineering efforts align with the project vision, operational requirements, and safety standards.

  • Ensure that all construction work meets regulatory standards, industry best practices, and safety protocols.

  • Lead efforts to resolve any issues, risks, or challenges that arise during the design or construction phases.

  • Oversee quality control, ensuring high standards of craftsmanship and operational functionality across all project phases.

  • Provide regular progress reports, presentations, and updates to senior leadership and stakeholders, keeping them informed of key milestones and challenges.

  • Drive continuous improvement in project execution, utilizing innovative approaches to optimize cost, schedule, and resource utilization.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from a reputable institution.

  • Minimum of 18 years’ experience in project management and delivery of projects, with substantial experience on hospitality developments and hotel refurbishment projects/programmes.

  • Proven PMC experience managing large, complex programmes, including oversight of multiple projects, consultants, and contractors, and reporting at programme level to senior client stakeholders.

  • Strong design management background, leading multi-disciplinary design teams (infrastructure, master planning, architecture, structure, MEP, and specialist hospitality disciplines) from concept through IFC and construction support.


What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

  • Demonstrated track record delivering hotel and resort projects, including refurbishment in live operational environments, with understanding of guest experience, operator/brand guidelines, FOH/BOH planning, and integration with existing infrastructure and utilities.

  • Strong command of project management principles, tools, and methodologies (scope, schedule, cost, risk, and resource management), including contract administration, change management, and multi‑disciplinary team coordination.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills, with the ability to lead and motivate teams, manage stakeholders and client/operator expectations, and represent the organization professionally in meetings and presentations.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!

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About Parsons Corporation

Founded in 1944, Parsons Corporation, a digitally enabled solutions provider, is focused on creating the future of the defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure markets. From Earth to outer space, we deliver tomorrow’s solutions today. Equipped with the capabilities required to take on any defense, intelligence, or critical infrastructure challenge, our agile, innovative, and disruptive approach enables us to deliver solutions at the speed of relevance.

Our people are our greatest asset. We strive to be an employer of choice that engages employees in the community and creates rewarding career paths to cultivate a resilient workforce that is ready for the future. #WeAreParsons

Disclaimer: Parsons is aware of recruitment scams where individuals posing as Parsons representatives offer fraudulent job opportunities to steal personal information or solicit money. To avoid these scams, remember that Parsons will never ask for money or sensitive personal details, and all legitimate job openings are listed on https://jobs.parsons.com/; report any suspicious activity to local law enforcement or security@parsons.com.

Industry
Construction & Skilled Trades
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Chantilly, Virginia
Year Founded
Unknown
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