Sultan Abdulaziz Alshumaysi
Riyadh,Riyadh Region
Summary
Progressive Director with 10+ years of professional experience with proven record in managing large scale multi–million programs and projects in complex setups. Experienced in many sectors including Government, IT and Management Consulting. Expert in PMO and Strategy establishments and implementations.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Strategy & Digital Transformation Director
stc
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
09.2023 - Current
- Responsible of business strategies design to obtain short and long-term goals for company.
- Formulated business plans to increase growth, efficiency and minimize cost for company.
- Lead all digitization /automation strategies and their Implementation within stc group.
- Deliver and facilitate business units to fully utilize digitization initiatives as per the industry benchmark.
- Perform data analytics and insights tools to support decision making for business dimensions improvements.
- Promote agility & best practices to introduce digitization and related enhancements.
- Adopt the cutting-edge technologies & to envision the Group Units processes at optimal level.
- Developed financial strategies to maximize budget allocations and ROI.
- Maintains robust and relevant research, collection and analysis of data to guide and impact key strategic planning and decision making in the stc Group.
EPMO Senior Manager - CEO Executive Office
Mobily
Riyadh
01.2023 - 09.2024
- Establish the EPMO role and create a Center of Excellence in alignment with Project Management Institute (PMI) guidelines, quality standards and company requirements.
- Constructed and designed implementation strategies for profitable growth.
- Recommended improvements to existing business strategies to drive growth.
- Manage to operationalize strategy and define a targeted set of objectives (desired outcomes).
- Proactively manage and lead the delivery of Company-focused EPMO utilising the Project Portfolio Platform, showing agility, flexibility and a capability to be creative in solutions.
- Develop, implement, and govern program management processes, dashboards, templates, policies, and metrics.
- Monitor compliance with project policies and standards.
- Oversee Project Managers for the delivery of projects/programs on time, within scope and on budget.
- Provide executive leaders with the information needed to assess and decide which proposals have the highest potential value, impact, and strategic alignment.
- Interface with executives to define project priorities, implementation opportunities, challenges and communicate project risks and opportunities.
Consulting Transformation Manager
Pricewaterhousecoopers (PwC)
Riysdh, Saudi Arabia
06.2022 - 01.2023
- Generated market assessments and analysis, providing concise view of market size and share.
- Led projects and programs teams, consistently achieving against KPIs.
- Deftly managed estimation processes by preparing accurate bid packages, procurement plans and contract reviews.
- Developed and delivered six-monthly refreshes of B2B business plan.
- Worked with analysts to run scenario planning and strategic forecasting.
- Built positive, productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders through outstanding client management skills.
- Manage and run a wide variety of projects including but not limited to: Transformation Projects and programs, IT Implementations, Business Process Re-engineering, Feasibility Studies etc.
- Risk, issue and change management - maintain mechanisms to manage change control, risks and issues within specific projects
- Identify project objectives, policies, procedures and performance standards.
- Organize the activities of specific program/project areas.
- Ensure that recording and maintaining a project database containing all related information, (data, documents, reports etc.) takes place
- Lead knowledge building and sharing, using knowledge management methodologies, techniques, and processes.
- Analysed industry trends to identify process improvements and business opportunities.
PMO Manager
stc
Riyadh, KSA
04.2018 - 05.2022
- Participates in the development and implementation of the Projects, Contracts, and Control Department plans, in line with the corporate objectives.
- Directs and manages PMO Section mandates, providing leadership and facilitating work processes in order to achieve high performance standards. Interprets and implements change PMO Section providing guidance and support, necessary for continuous improvement.
- Build effective portfolio, program, and project governance framework for sectors (Processes, operating model and decision engine framework).
- Oversees the implementation of strategic programs across the company (e.g. priority programs to stc strategy).
- Provides guidance to stakeholders on the implementation of key projects, facilitates the resolution of bottlenecks and escalate any delays for further actions.
- Acts as the main point of contact for the company to report on strategic projects progress across the sectors.
- Provides standards and methodologies and promote project management within company.
- Reviews project RFPs to ensure compliance with STC project standards.
- Facilitates the process of identifying, escalating, and resolving issues that arise during the project.
- Manages guidelines for aligning project governance and organizational strategy.
- Develop project quality guidelines aligned with Quality Assurance.
- Perform integrated Change Control and perform Quality Assurance over sector project.
- Monitor projects execution and report execution status to project planning and communication section.
- Implement risk response plans, track identified risks, monitor residual risks, identify new risks, and evaluate risk process effectiveness throughout the key projects.
Strategic Planning Supervisor
Strategy Planning Department - stc
Riyadh
10.2019 - 04.2021
- Development of a decentralized activity planning process and ensuring its adoption across the businesses.
- Supervising the development team in building long-term stc technology strategy (RAQAMI) strategy.
- Assessing market trends and competitors.
- Developed number of KPI's based on the market demand and trends to reach stc strategy directions.
- Manage the development of weekly/quarterly/annual performance reports for the business’s leaders.
- Supports the maintenance of an effective strategy department inclusive of management, coaching, and development of strategy management personnel and identifying and advising on areas for enhancement and focus.
- Developed different possible scenarios for the mitigation of possible risks and provides recommendations for the management of these scenarios.
Strategic Planning Specialist
stc- Norconsult Contract
Riyadh, KSA
07.2017 - 04.2018
- Coordinated strategic planning activities based on current data.
- Developed key performance indicators for tracking and evaluating new policies.
- Implemented proactive changes to programme operations to best meet goals.
- Implemented operational business plans, establishing priorities and recommending improvements.
- Provide feedback reports and summery reports to Project Management about budget and cost.
- Negotiated agreements with diverse parties to support strategic plans.
Cost Controller
United Engineering Construction
Riyadh, KSA
01.2016 - 07.2017
- Established credit control policies that increased year-on-year cashflow by.
- Prepared external audit documentation and financial reports in operational planning and key decision making.
- Oversaw all aspects of accounting and financial control operations for segment, managing + revenue annually.
- Worked with executives to create annual budget and tracked actual expenses against projected expenses.
Business Analyst
Ministry of Commerce
Riyadh, KSA
01.2014 - 09.2014
- Monitor and Analyze commodity prices trends and changes in Saudi market.
- Prepare weekly and monthly financial reports to the Minister of Commerce and Investment.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Administration
King Saud University
Riyadh, Riyadh Region01.2013
Executive MBA - Analytics and Decision Making
Al Yamamah University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 03.2025 -
Diploma - Business Analytics
Washington State Universty
Pullman, WA, USA 08.2025 -
Diploma - Effective Leaders Program
IE Business School
Madrid, Spain 04.2025 - 07.2025
Cooperative Training Program (COOP) - Business Administration
Saudi British bank
Riyadh01.2013
Skills
- Strategic planning and decision-making
- Digital Accelerator
- Key stakeholder engagement
- Business development and operational leadership
- Performance management and team building
- Organizational change and transformation
- Executive leadership and stakeholder engagement
- Budget planning and cost control
- Operational efficiency and process improvement
- Data-driven decision-making
- Business analytics and KPI monitoring
- High-level negotiation and conflict resolution
- Executive communication and public speaking
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Building and maintaining strategic partnerships
Languages
Arabic
Native language
English
Master or proficient
C2
Certification
- Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) - PMI
- Program Management Professional (PgMP) - PMI
- Project Management Professional (PMP) - PMI
- Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) - PMI
- Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) - PMI
- Portfolio, Program and Project Offices (P3O) - AXELOS
- Management of Value (MoV) - AXELOS
Courses
- Digital Talent Transformation @5G Era 2018
- Predictive Modelling: Predictive Analytics & Exploratory Data Analysis.
- Time Management Fundamentals.
- Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Machine Learning.
- Cisco CCNA (200-301) Cert Prep: Network Fundamentals and Access.
- Learning Cloud Computing: Core Concepts.
- Learning Networking.
- Practical Software-Defined Networking: 1 SDN and Open Flow Quick Start.
- English course in USA – San Francisco 2015.
Timeline
Diploma - Business Analytics
Washington State Universty
08.2025 -
Diploma - Effective Leaders Program
IE Business School
04.2025 - 07.2025
Executive MBA - Analytics and Decision Making
Al Yamamah University
03.2025 -
Strategy & Digital Transformation Director
stc
09.2023 - Current
EPMO Senior Manager - CEO Executive Office
Mobily
01.2023 - 09.2024
Consulting Transformation Manager
Pricewaterhousecoopers (PwC)
06.2022 - 01.2023
Strategic Planning Supervisor
Strategy Planning Department - stc
10.2019 - 04.2021
PMO Manager
stc
04.2018 - 05.2022
Strategic Planning Specialist
stc- Norconsult Contract
07.2017 - 04.2018
Cost Controller
United Engineering Construction
01.2016 - 07.2017
Business Analyst
Ministry of Commerce
01.2014 - 09.2014
Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Administration
King Saud University
Cooperative Training Program (COOP) - Business Administration
Saudi British bank
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