Planning Director

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. Job Description:Parsons are looking for Planning Director who will be leading the strategic planning, governance, and phased implementation of the digital infrastructure program across the development. The role provides leadership for long-term planning of fiber, mobile, data center, and smart city infrastructure, ensuring alignment with the Digital Infrastructure Masterplan, project objectives, utility interfaces, and regulatory requirements. Working closely with internal stakeholders, consultants, authorities, and service providers, the Planning Director establishes planning frameworks, drives cross-functional coordination, manages planning governance, and ensures that digital infrastructure is delivered efficiently, sustainably, and in line with operational readiness objectives.Key ResponsibilitiesDefine planning horizons (short-, mid-, long-term) for fiber, mobile, data centers, and smart systems.Chair planning review boards; enforce compliance with standards and masterplan objectives.Align capacity, resilience, and cybersecurity planning with overall projectLead demand forecasting and capacity modelling for fixed, mobile, and data center infrastructure.Develop fiber routing and tower siting strategies; validate district connectivity plans.Coordinate data center and edge computing, siting and phasing plans.Review and approve Networks for DC, MMRs/POPs, duct banks, and right-of-way allocations.Integrate planning with SEC power, NWC water, district cooling, and other utilities.Provide planning baselines for design and construction teams; monitor adherence.Manage change requests, planning deviations, and phasing adjustments.Support constructability reviews, sequencing, and co-build opportunities with other disciplines.Track delivery progress against planning baselines; report variances.Ensure planning compliance with standards for critical facilitiesIntegrate sustainability targets (LEED, PUE, renewable energy) into planning milestones.Coordinate planning approvals with CST, SEC, NWC, MOMRAH, SDAIA, and other authorities.Engage with MNOs, TowerCo, FiberCo, and DC operators for alignment of capacity and rollout plans.Represent planning scenarios in client/owner steering committees and governance forums.Ensure O&M requirements are embedded into planning (access corridors, bypass routes, redundancy).Support Operational Readiness by aligning phasing with training, spares, and operations setup.Provide planning input for commissioning, IST schedules, and phased handovers.Build and lead planning teams for fiber, mobile, and data centers.Mentor planners; establish best practices, planning methodologies, and knowledge-sharing culture.Foster collaboration with designers, construction managers, and external consultants.Qualifications & ExperienceMaster’s degree in engineering, ICT, Telecoms, Digital Infrastructure, Urban/Infrastructure Planning, or Project Management; PMP/PRINCE2/Chartered status preferred.20+ years’ experience in ICT, telecoms, fiber deployment, smart city, data center, utilities, and critical infrastructure planning, preferably on city-wide, giga-project, mixed-use, campus, or large infrastructure programs.Proven digital infrastructure planning leadership, covering masterplans, phased implementation plans, short/mid/long-term planning horizons, fiber/mobile/DC/smart systems, demand forecasting, capacity modelling, and district connectivity planning.Strong multidisciplinary coordination experience, including integration with design, construction, utilities, SEC, NWC, district cooling, authorities, MNOs, tower companies, fiber operators, DC operators, consultants, and contractors.Strong planning governance and delivery-control capability, including planning review boards, baseline management, change control, phasing adjustments, progress tracking, risk management.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!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.