Interface Manager

Job Purpose

HanmiGlobal is seeking a highly qualified Interface Manager to join our program management and PMCM team in Saudi Arabia. In this role, you will spearhead comprehensive interface management for a mega multi-work package land and infrastructure development program in Riyadh, delivered on behalf of a major government entity.

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

Reports To: Program Director

Key Responsibilities

• 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.
• Identify, monitor, and manage interfaces between development packages, infrastructure systems, utilities, stakeholders, government authorities, permitting agencies, and third-party organizations.
• Maintain the Program Interface Register and ensure interface obligations, dependencies, risks, constraints, and mitigation actions are effectively managed through to resolution.
• 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.
• Assess the impact of interface issues on scope, schedule, cost, quality, and overall program performance, while proactively identifying and mitigating interface-related risks and escalating critical issues where required.
• 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.
• Promote continuous improvement in interface management practices and support the implementation of PMIS, EDMS, and digital collaboration tools.

Requirements

• 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.

• Saudi National is preferred.

• Core Competencies

• Interface & Program Integration Management

• Stakeholder, Utility & Authority Coordination

• Third-Party & Dependency Management

• Infrastructure & Land Development Coordination

• Permit & Approval Management

• Interface Risk & Issue Management

• Program Governance & Reporting

• PMIS, EDMS & Digital Collaboration Systems

• Executive Reporting & Performance Monitoring

• Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Communication, Negotiation, and Problem Solving