PM Contracts and Change Control (Telecom)

Job Summary

Norconsult Telematics is seeking a PM Contracts and Change Control (Telecom) to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This contract role involves leading and managing contract governance, compliance, administration, and change management activities for contracts between the client (Telecom) and specialized subsidiaries supporting the program. The objective is to ensure contractual obligations, scope, changes, risks, and commercial requirements are effectively controlled and aligned with program objectives, reporting directly to the Project Control Head.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain effective contract governance and administration processes throughout the contract lifecycle.
• Coordinate with Legal, Contracts, Finance, Procurement, Engineering, Project, and other stakeholders on contract drafting, review, execution, and implementation.
• Represent the PMO in contract discussions, negotiations, amendments, renewals, and updates.
• Review contracts to ensure clear scope, responsibilities, deliverables, SLAs/KPIs, milestones, commercial terms, and governance requirements.
• Maintain a comprehensive contract register covering obligations, milestones, deliverables, approvals, risks, changes, and outstanding actions.
• Monitor contractual performance and compliance, identifying deviations, risks, disputes, and potential contractual exposure.

Change Control Management

• Establish and manage a robust contract change control process covering scope, cost, schedule, responsibilities, and contractual obligations.
• Review and assess change requests, variations, amendments, and new scope requirements.
• Coordinate with project and technical teams to assess the impact of changes on scope, cost, schedule, resources, risks, and contractual obligations.
• Lead the preparation and review of contract amendments, change orders, and annexes required for changes in scope or responsibilities.
• Maintain contract change logs and ensure all changes receive appropriate approvals and are formally incorporated into contractual documentation.

Compliance and Reporting

• Monitor contractual compliance and proactively identify and escalate legal, commercial, operational, and compliance risks.
• Coordinate with Legal/Contracts and project stakeholders to resolve contractual claims, disputes, ambiguities, and non-compliance matters.
• Maintain a centralized repository of contracts, amendments, annexes, change requests, compliance records, and supporting documentation.
• Develop management reports covering contract status, compliance, changes, risks, claims, issues, and outstanding actions.
• Ensure contract governance, documentation, reporting, and records meet program, audit, and management requirements.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in contract management, preferably within the telecommunications sector.
• Demonstrated experience in contract governance, compliance, and change control processes.
• Strong understanding of contractual obligations, commercial terms, and risk management.