Interface Manager

Role Overview

HanmiGlobal Saudi is seeking an Interface Manager to join the program management and PMCM team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. You will lead comprehensive interface management for a mega multi-work package land and infrastructure development program delivered on behalf of a major government entity.

Role Purpose

You will provide program-level leadership, governance, coordination, and strategic oversight for establishing and managing the program-wide Interface Management Framework. You will ensure all external dependencies, utility connections, authority approvals, and package-to-package interfaces are fully integrated and resolved among stakeholders while supporting successful delivery of the overall development program.

Key Responsibilities

Interface Management Framework & Governance

• Develop and maintain the Program Interface Management Framework, including interface management plans, procedures, registers, governance processes, reporting requirements, and escalation protocols.
• Establish standardized processes for identifying, tracking, managing, and closing interfaces across all project packages while promoting best practices in interface management.
• Maintain the Program Interface Register and ensure interface obligations, dependencies, risks, constraints, and mitigation actions are effectively managed through to resolution.

Interface Identification & Coordination

• Identify, monitor, and manage interfaces between development packages, infrastructure systems, utilities, stakeholders, government authorities, permitting agencies, and third-party organizations.
• Coordinate with utility providers and regulatory authorities to facilitate utility connections, diversions, permits, approvals, and statutory compliance.
• Coordinate closely with Planning & Scheduling, Design, Technical, Commercial, Construction, Project Controls, and Risk Management teams to ensure seamless integration across all program functions.

Risk Assessment & Escalation

• Assess the impact of interface issues on scope, schedule, cost, quality, and overall program performance.
• Proactively identify and mitigate interface-related risks and escalate critical issues where required.

Reporting & Communication

• Prepare interface management reports, dashboards, executive summaries, and recommendations for PMCM Management and the Client.
• Lead interface coordination meetings, stakeholder workshops, and cross-functional review sessions to facilitate timely issue resolution and maintain effective communication between all project participants.

Digital Transformation

• Promote continuous improvement in interface management practices and support the implementation of PMIS, EDMS, and digital collaboration tools.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Urban Development, or a related discipline.
• Chartered Professional membership or equivalent professional accreditation.
• Minimum fifteen (15) years of professional experience in interface management, infrastructure delivery, utilities, transportation, land development, urban development, or major capital projects.
• Experience within PMCM, PMC, EPCM, client-side organizations, or major infrastructure delivery programs, preferably in Saudi Arabia or the GCC.

Skills & Competencies

• Interface and Program Integration Management.
• Stakeholder, Utility and Authority Coordination.
• Third-Party and Dependency Management.
• Infrastructure and Land Development Coordination.
• Permit and Approval Management.
• Interface Risk and Issue Management.
• Program Governance and Reporting.
• PMIS, EDMS and Digital Collaboration Systems.
• Executive Reporting and Performance Monitoring.
• Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Communication, Negotiation, and Problem Solving.

Additional Information

• Reports To: Program Director.