Contracts Management Department Manager (Central)

Hill International, Inc.; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Hill International, Inc. in Riyadh seeks a Contracts Management Department Manager – Central to establish and lead the contracts management function in Saudi Arabia, ensuring compliance with client requirements, PMM procedures, and local procurement regulations across the program.

You will oversee the full contract lifecycle including performance, payments, change orders, claims, and close-out. The role emphasizes team leadership, capability development, and knowledge transfer, with strategic

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum 20 years’ experience in contract management, including overall responsibility for contract management on large-scale projects.
• Experience with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia procurement law.
• Direct experience in workload distribution, execution of work and personnel management. Formation and administration of (sub) contracts: pre-qualification, compilation of bid requests, receipt of bids, bid evaluation, award, monitoring contractor performance, back charges, resolution of claims and disputes.
• Thorough knowledge of prime contracts management administration as well as (sub) contract formation and administration, execution office and field procedures and documents relating to a multi-discipline construction project.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both Arabic and English.
• Preferable Experience of working in KSA.

Responsibilities

• Develop and ratify department operating structure and processes based on PMM.
• Ensure compliance for awarded contracts in performance, guarantees, invoicing and payments, change management, claims, handover, defects and close-out.
• Maintain responsibility for contract administrators across clusters and business units.
• Assess capabilities of client’s contracts staff and assign roles and responsibilities.
• Prepare a knowledge transfer program including on-the-job learning for Contracts Management.
• Review change requests and claims and recommend approvals.
• Support other departments with contract formation and management services (templates for consultants' services contracts, etc.).
• Maintain approved contractors, consultants and suppliers lists and monitor contract adherence to regulations.

Skills

Contract management

Leadership

Negotiation

Risk management

Arabic language

English language

Procurement

Education

Bachelor’s in engineering

Job description

Job DescriptionThe Contracts Management Department Manager – Central is responsible for establishing and leading the contracts management function, ensuring all contracts are administered in full compliance with client requirements, PMM procedures, and Saudi procurement regulations across the program. The role oversees the entire contract lifecycle, including performance, payments, change management, claims, and close-out, while supporting bid evaluations, contract formation, and maintaining approved contractor and supplier frameworks. With extensive experience, the position also focuses on team leadership, capability development, and knowledge transfer, while providing strategic oversight on contract risks, negotiations, and dispute resolution to ensure effective and consistent project delivery.

Job DescriptionThe Contracts Management Department Manager – Central is responsible for establishing and leading the contracts management function, ensuring all contracts are administered in full compliance with client requirements, PMM procedures, and Saudi procurement regulations across the program. The role oversees the entire contract lifecycle, including performance, payments, change management, claims, and close-out, while supporting bid evaluations, contract formation, and maintaining approved contractor and supplier frameworks. With extensive experience, the position also focuses on team leadership, capability development, and knowledge transfer, while providing strategic oversight on contract risks, negotiations, and dispute resolution to ensure effective and consistent project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Developing and getting ratified department operating structure and department operating processes and procedures based on the PMM processes and procedures.
• Ensuring Functional compliance for awarded contracts in the areas of:
• Performance
• Guarantees
• Invoicing and payment
• Change management
• Claims
• Preliminary and final handover
• Defects and warranty
• Close-out
• Maintaining functional responsibility for contract administrators assigned to Clusters and Business units.
• Assessing the capability of the Client’s existing contracts staff and recommending appropriate roles and responsibilities.
• Prepare the Contracts Management Section knowledge transfer program, which includes comprehensive on-the-job learning.
• Review change requests and claims and recommend them for approval.
• Supporting other departments with contracts formation and management services (i.e. templates for consultants’ services contracts, General Engineering Services contracts, etc.).
• NWC’s consolidated list of approved contractors, consultants and suppliers.
• Support NWC in reviewing the commercial part of the bid packages.
• Monitor the adherence of contracts to the government and client’s contractual and procurement regulations.
• Ensure proper implementation of project close-out processes and procedures according to PMM.
• Review project suspension and withdrawal requests and recommend for approval.
• Informs themselves of the relevant quality, environmental, safety, and occupational health policies, as well as manuals and procedures within Hill International, and ensures continued compliance with these requirements while employed by Hill.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the line manager/supervisor.
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum 20 years’ experience in contract management, including overall responsibility for contract management on large-scale projects.
• Experience with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia procurement law.
• Direct experience in managing workload distribution, execution of work and personnel management. Formation and administration of (sub) contracts: pre-qualification, compilation of bid requests, receipt of bids, bid evaluation, award, monitoring contractor performance, back charges, resolution of claims and disputes. Technical and administrative knowledge of engineering/construction industry contracting practices, government and commercial procurement regulations and practices, policies, procedures and work practices.
• Demonstrated experience in pricing, contract law, contract drafting, administration and negotiation of change orders, effective correspondence, planning and scheduling.
• Thorough knowledge of prime contracts management administration as well as (sub) contract formation and administration, execution office and field procedures and documents relating to a multi-discipline construction project.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both Arabic and English.
• Preferable Experience of working in KSA.