Client-Side Program & Interface Lead

WS Atkins & Partners Overseas Engineering Consultants; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free salary

Life insurance coverage

Medical insurance

Annual leave balance

Company gratuity scheme

Discretionary bonus program

Annual flight contribution

Transportation & housing allowances

Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7

Job summary

WS Atkins & Partners Overseas Engineering Consultants seeks an experienced Program Manager to lead complex, multi-stakeholder programs on behalf of the client. The role focuses on client-side leadership, delivering integration, governance, and decision-making across workstreams rather than a traditional secondee.

You will drive alignment between objectives, delivery plans, budgets, and stakeholders, proactively managing risks, interfaces, and dependencies to ensure successful program outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in program management, project management, or strategic delivery roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading large, complex, multi-stakeholder programs.
• Strong background in integration management, interface management, and governance.
• Proven ability to operate independently and lead senior stakeholders.
• Experience working in client-side organizations, PMOs, major development programs, or government environments.
• Strong commercial, contractual, and risk management awareness.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall planning, coordination, and delivery of strategic programs and projects.
• Act as the central integration point across multiple workstreams.
• Establish and maintain program governance, reporting structures, decision-making processes, and escalation mechanisms.
• Drive alignment between strategic objectives, delivery plans, budgets, resources, and stakeholder expectations.
• Ensure dependencies, interfaces, risks, and opportunities are proactively identified and managed.
• Manage complex interfaces across multiple projects and disciplines.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure effective collaboration between stakeholder groups.
• Monitor program performance, schedule, risks, issues, and delivery milestones.
• Lead problem-solving and decision-making across organizational boundaries.
• Operate as a client-side representative, providing leadership, challenge, and direction to stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Prepare executive-level briefings, recommendations, reports, and presentations.
• Support leadership in strategic decision-making and prioritization.
• Lead organizational and operational transition initiatives, including workforce mobilization and relocation programs.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Governance

Leadership

Client-side experience

Risk management

Education

PMP, PgMP, MSP, PRINCE2

Job description

WS Atkins & Partners Overseas Engineering Consultants seeks an experienced Program Manager to lead complex, multi-stakeholder programs on behalf of the client. The role focuses on client-side leadership, delivering integration, governance, and decision-making across workstreams rather than a traditional secondee.

You will drive alignment between objectives, delivery plans, budgets, and stakeholders, proactively managing risks, interfaces, and dependencies to ensure successful program outcomes.