Interface Manager

About Dar

Dar, a founding member of the Sidara group, is an international multidisciplinary consulting organization. The company specializes in engineering, architecture, planning, environment, project management, facilities management, and economics. Sidara operates in 60 countries with a team of 20,500 professionals. Dar focuses on connecting people, places, and communities through innovative solutions for complex challenges, delivering projects from inception through completion.

The Role of Interface Manager

Dar is seeking an Interface Manager to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position involves overseeing and coordinating all technical, construction, and stakeholder interfaces across multiple project packages within a major roads and bridges program. The role ensures seamless integration between design, procurement, and construction disciplines, aiming to minimize conflicts and delays while upholding quality, schedule, and performance objectives. The Interface Manager reports directly to the Project Director and holds a key leadership role in managing cross-disciplinary coordination, stakeholder alignment, and communication among all involved entities.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and implement the overall interface management framework, including standards, protocols, and escalation procedures.
• Coordinate and resolve construction interface issues across project packages.
• Monitor interface progress through consolidated interface registers and logs, ensuring early identification and mitigation of high-risk interfaces.
• Define and oversee a consistent project-wide stakeholder engagement framework.
• Identify, classify, and assess stakeholders based on power, interest, influence, and project impact.
• Develop and implement stakeholder engagement strategies to maximize collaboration and minimize conflicts.
• Approve and monitor stakeholder engagement plans, ensuring effective communication, roles, and responsibilities are clearly defined.
• Act as an escalation point for critical stakeholder issues, ensuring timely intervention and resolution.
• Maintain an accurate, up-to-date stakeholder register documenting engagement history and management approaches.
• Oversee information exchange across project teams, ensuring confidentiality and accuracy of shared data.
• Prepare consolidated interface and communication reports for the Project Director, highlighting key risks, issues, and recommendations.
• Participate in executive and coordination meetings related to interface, stakeholder, and communication management.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience is required for this role.

Company Values

Dar's culture is shaped by its core values, which guide decision-making and operations. These values include Excellence, Responsibility, Empowerment, Connectivity, and Courage. The company aims to be a preferred environment for professionals dedicated to crafting solutions that empower people and who possess a passion for learning and innovation.