AspenTech

Sr Principal Professional Services Project Manager

Saudi Arabia · Work style not stated

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EmployerAspenTech
LocationSaudi Arabia
Work styleWork style not stated
Employer posted11 Sep 2026

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The Role

Aspen Technology is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join the Professional Services Project Management Office supporting the Middle East region. The successful candidate will lead the delivery of cutting-edge technology projects for market-leading organizations, ensuring successful execution from initiation through completion. This is a highly visible role offering significant influence with both internal stakeholders and clients, with the opportunity to drive project success and deliver measurable business value.

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Your Impact

Strategically monitors and manages projects.
Delivering software implementation projects on budget and on schedule with high customer satisfaction.
Execution of all project management phases from initiation through delivery to closeout.
Functional supervision of contractors, consultants and engineers assigned to the projects.
Compliance with all reporting, project administration, and documentation requirements.
Communicate and develop relationships with clients.
Ensures a high degree of customer satisfaction through world-class delivery practices.
Work collaboratively among teams: R&D, Support, Product Management, Sales and other organizations.
Bringing projects back on track through implementation of changes, clear leadership and best practices.

What You'll Need

Minimum of three (3) years project management leadership experience with IT initiatives with a minimum of ten (10) years of project management experience
Experience in process industry (preferably oil & gas, petrochemicals or related)
Experience in managing multiple projects impacting different business functions and multiple locations
Experience with international customers mainly in the Middle East region (ideally also Eastern Europe and India)
Excellent analysis skills and ability to translate business requirements into project deliverables and tasks.
Excellent communications skills (written and oral), with ability to listen and articulate status and issues.
Experience in creating detailed project plans, meaningful presentations and accurate financial reports
Ability to adopt and tune communication to accommodate different levels of stakeholders.
Team building and management skills, to bring a diverse group together to deliver required business results.
Leadership through influence, rather than exercising leadership via formal hierarchy.
Technical understanding to enable effective delivery of technology projects including new systems implementations
Proficiency in key areas of project management including scope, time, cost, quality, risk and procurement.
Customer Focus – ensure customer satisfaction and delivery success and establish long-term relationships.
Problem Solving - ability to identify key issues, develop and evaluate alternative solutions and make improvements.
Must be able and willing to travel at least 25% of time, including international travel.
Industry recognized Project Management certification desirable.
Experience in both waterfall and agile project management is desirable.

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