Interface Manager - Stakeholder Coordination
Posted date [2026-07-08]
(ID: 47758)
Job Description and Requirements
Interface Manager - Stakeholder CoordinationJob Snapshot
Role: Interface Manager - Stakeholder Coordination
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: Transportation-Trucking-Railroad
Function: Public Relations
Experience: Minimum 15 years
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Interface Manager - Stakeholder Coordination in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a Transportation-Trucking-Railroad opportunity with Parsons Corporation for a Saudi National stakeholder management professional experienced in government coordination, public authority engagement, utility interface resolution, transportation stakeholder alignment, community outreach, and strategic communication on large-scale infrastructure projects. This role supports project delivery by building trusted relationships, resolving external interface issues, managing approvals, and helping the client maintain alignment with government entities, service providers, transport operators, public safety authorities, and community stakeholders.
Job Details
Country: Saudi Arabia
City: Riyadh
Industry: Transportation-Trucking-Railroad
Function: Public Relations
Salary: 40000-60000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Saudi
National
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Interface Manager - Stakeholder Coordination will lead external stakeholder engagement and interface support for a major transportation infrastructure program in Riyadh. The role requires strong diplomatic judgment, public sector awareness, negotiation capability, and the ability to manage complex relationships that can affect project access, approvals, utilities, traffic management, land acquisition, and delivery schedules. By maintaining transparent communication and resolving stakeholder concerns early, the position helps protect project momentum, reduce delivery risk, and strengthen the public image of the program.
Key Responsibilities
* Build and maintain strong relationships with government entities, public authorities, industry partners, service providers, transport operators, and senior decision-makers.
* Lead stakeholder engagement activities that support project delivery, regulatory alignment, interface resolution, and client objectives.
* Establish clear communication channels with external stakeholders, industry peers, and public sector representatives.
* Facilitate coordination with government authorities on transportation policy matters, approvals, permits, access requirements, and project-related decisions.
* Manage critical interface issues between project infrastructure and existing utility networks, including power, water, telecommunications, drainage, and other service providers.
* Support the client in promoting an integrated public transportation network through coordination with transport stakeholders, operators, and related authorities.
* Coordinate with traffic authorities, public safety bodies, police, civil defense, and relevant agencies to support traffic management and safe project execution.
* Assist with land acquisition coordination, stakeholder approvals, access planning, site constraints, and third-party requirements that may affect project schedules.
* Monitor emerging stakeholder concerns, political developments, regulatory changes, public sector priorities, and industry trends that may influence project strategy.
* Support community engagement initiatives, public outreach activities, stakeholder briefings, and communication programs that improve project understanding.
* Provide strategic stakeholder management advice to the client and project leadership team.
* Facilitate meetings, workshops, coordination sessions, and issue-resolution discussions with internal and external stakeholders.
* Prepare stakeholder reports, engagement plans, interface updates, risk summaries, approval trackers, action logs, and management briefings.
* Identify stakeholder-related risks early and recommend practical mitigation strategies to protect project objectives.
* Resolve conflicts between project teams, authorities, utility providers, landowners, public agencies, and community representatives.
* Coordinate across technical, commercial, legal, construction, traffic, interface, and communications teams to support joined-up stakeholder responses.
* Maintain records of stakeholder commitments, approvals, correspondence, meeting outcomes, decisions, and follow-up actions.
* Promote transparency, professionalism, and trust in all stakeholder interactions.
Ideal Profile
* Saudi National candidate required.
* Minimum 15 years of related experience with a technical degree or higher.
* Strong experience leading stakeholder engagement activities on large-scale infrastructure, transportation, rail, metro, public sector, or urban development projects.
* Proven ability to influence, negotiate, and build relationships with senior stakeholders, government representatives, public authorities, service providers, and decision-makers.
* Demonstrated experience working across diverse internal and external stakeholder groups in complex project environments.
* Experience managing teams, leading major projects, or coordinating multiple concurrent stakeholder initiatives.
* Strong understanding of public sector stakeholder management, government coordination, community engagement, utility interfaces, and approval processes.
* Experience supporting transportation, rail, metro, public transport, or public sector programs is preferred.
* Previous experience within a government entity or large-scale infrastructure project environment is advantageous.
* Ability to work effectively under pressure while managing competing priorities, sensitive issues, and changing project conditions.
* Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving, decision-making, diplomacy, and conflict-resolution capability.
* Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
* Experience working in a multicultural environment is preferred.
* Strong ability to prepare clear reports, stakeholder updates, meeting records, and executive briefings.
* Professional approach with sound judgment, discretion, patience, and credibility when dealing with high-pressure stakeholder matters.
Skills Set
* Stakeholder management
* Public Relations
* Government coordination
* Public authority engagement
* Transportation stakeholder coordination
* Utility interface management
* Power utility coordination
* Water utility coordination
* Telecommunications coordination
* Traffic authority coordination
* Public safety coordination
* Land acquisition support
* Access approvals
* Stakeholder approvals
* Community engagement
* Public outreach
* Interface management
* Conflict resolution
* Negotiation
* Strategic communication
* Relationship management
* Government relations
* Public sector coordination
* Transport operator coordination
* Regulatory monitoring
* Political awareness
* Stakeholder reporting
* Engagement plans
* Approval trackers
* Action logs
* Risk mitigation
* Executive briefings
* Multicultural coordination
* Infrastructure projects
* Rail projects
* Metro projects
* Public transportation
* Riyadh stakeholder management jobs
* Saudi Arabia transportation jobs
Why Join Us
This opportunity gives a Saudi National stakeholder management professional the chance to support a major transportation infrastructure program in Riyadh with Parsons Corporation. The role offers direct exposure to government entities, public authorities, utility providers, transport operators, public safety agencies, and community stakeholders. It is well suited for a diplomatic and strategic professional who wants to influence complex project delivery, improve stakeholder alignment, and contribute to the growth of integrated public transportation infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, transportation, and program management company supporting major rail, metro, urban development, mobility, and public sector projects. In Saudi Arabia, Parsons contributes to complex transportation programs through stakeholder coordination, interface management, project governance, technical delivery, and construction oversight. The company supports Riyadh’s infrastructure transformation with international delivery expertise, strong regional knowledge, and disciplined coordination across public and private sector stakeholders.
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Interface Manager - Stakeholder Coordination will lead external stakeholder engagement and interface support for a major transportation infrastructure program in Riyadh. The role requires strong diplomatic judgment, public sector awareness, negotiation capability, and the ability to manage complex relationships that can affect project access, approvals, utilities, traffic management, land acquisition, and delivery schedules. By maintaining transparent communication and resolving stakeholder concerns early, the position helps protect project momentum, reduce delivery risk, and strengthen the public image of the program.
Key Responsibilities
* Build and maintain strong relationships with government entities, public authorities, industry partners, service providers, transport operators, and senior decision-makers.
* Lead stakeholder engagement activities that support project delivery, regulatory alignment, interface resolution, and client objectives.
* Establish clear communication channels with external stakeholders, industry peers, and public sector representatives.
* Facilitate coordination with government authorities on transportation policy matters, approvals, permits, access requirements, and project-related decisions.
* Manage critical interface issues between project infrastructure and existing utility networks, including power, water, telecommunications, drainage, and other service providers.
* Support the client in promoting an integrated public transportation network through coordination with transport stakeholders, operators, and related authorities.
* Coordinate with traffic authorities, public safety bodies, police, civil defense, and relevant agencies to support traffic management and safe project execution.
* Assist with land acquisition coordination, stakeholder approvals, access planning, site constraints, and third-party requirements that may affect project schedules.
* Monitor emerging stakeholder concerns, political developments, regulatory changes, public sector priorities, and industry trends that may influence project strategy.
* Support community engagement initiatives, public outreach activities, stakeholder briefings, and communication programs that improve project understanding.
* Provide strategic stakeholder management advice to the client and project leadership team.
* Facilitate meetings, workshops, coordination sessions, and issue-resolution discussions with internal and external stakeholders.
* Prepare stakeholder reports, engagement plans, interface updates, risk summaries, approval trackers, action logs, and management briefings.
* Identify stakeholder-related risks early and recommend practical mitigation strategies to protect project objectives.
* Resolve conflicts between project teams, authorities, utility providers, landowners, public agencies, and community representatives.
* Coordinate across technical, commercial, legal, construction, traffic, interface, and communications teams to support joined-up stakeholder responses.
* Maintain records of stakeholder commitments, approvals, correspondence, meeting outcomes, decisions, and follow-up actions.
* Promote transparency, professionalism, and trust in all stakeholder interactions.
Ideal Profile
* Saudi National candidate required.
* Minimum 15 years of related experience with a technical degree or higher.
* Strong experience leading stakeholder engagement activities on large-scale infrastructure, transportation, rail, metro, public sector, or urban development projects.
* Proven ability to influence, negotiate, and build relationships with senior stakeholders, government representatives, public authorities, service providers, and decision-makers.
* Demonstrated experience working across diverse internal and external stakeholder groups in complex project environments.
* Experience managing teams, leading major projects, or coordinating multiple concurrent stakeholder initiatives.
* Strong understanding of public sector stakeholder management, government coordination, community engagement, utility interfaces, and approval processes.
* Experience supporting transportation, rail, metro, public transport, or public sector programs is preferred.
* Previous experience within a government entity or large-scale infrastructure project environment is advantageous.
* Ability to work effectively under pressure while managing competing priorities, sensitive issues, and changing project conditions.
* Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving, decision-making, diplomacy, and conflict-resolution capability.
* Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
* Experience working in a multicultural environment is preferred.
* Strong ability to prepare clear reports, stakeholder updates, meeting records, and executive briefings.
* Professional approach with sound judgment, discretion, patience, and credibility when dealing with high-pressure stakeholder matters.
Skills Set
* Stakeholder management
* Public Relations
* Government coordination
* Public authority engagement
* Transportation stakeholder coordination
* Utility interface management
* Power utility coordination
* Water utility coordination
* Telecommunications coordination
* Traffic authority coordination
* Public safety coordination
* Land acquisition support
* Access approvals
* Stakeholder approvals
* Community engagement
* Public outreach
* Interface management
* Conflict resolution
* Negotiation
* Strategic communication
* Relationship management
* Government relations
* Public sector coordination
* Transport operator coordination
* Regulatory monitoring
* Political awareness
* Stakeholder reporting
* Engagement plans
* Approval trackers
* Action logs
* Risk mitigation
* Executive briefings
* Multicultural coordination
* Infrastructure projects
* Rail projects
* Metro projects
* Public transportation
* Riyadh stakeholder management jobs
* Saudi Arabia transportation jobs
Why Join Us
This opportunity gives a Saudi National stakeholder management professional the chance to support a major transportation infrastructure program in Riyadh with Parsons Corporation. The role offers direct exposure to government entities, public authorities, utility providers, transport operators, public safety agencies, and community stakeholders. It is well suited for a diplomatic and strategic professional who wants to influence complex project delivery, improve stakeholder alignment, and contribute to the growth of integrated public transportation infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, transportation, and program management company supporting major rail, metro, urban development, mobility, and public sector projects. In Saudi Arabia, Parsons contributes to complex transportation programs through stakeholder coordination, interface management, project governance, technical delivery, and construction oversight. The company supports Riyadh’s infrastructure transformation with international delivery expertise, strong regional knowledge, and disciplined coordination across public and private sector stakeholders.
