Interface Lead

Mace; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace in Riyadh is seeking an experienced interface lead to drive interface management across a major airport programme in Saudi Arabia. You will lead multidisciplinary coordination, embed dependencies within programme schedules and resolve complex interfaces across packages and stakeholders.

Significant experience delivering complex, multi-package aviation programmes is essential, with a focus on safety, governance and timely milestone delivery.

Qualifications

• Extensive airport interface management experience.
• Strong planning, controls and coordination capability.
• Middle East experience; assured leadership.
• Relevant degree qualification.

Responsibilities

• Champion Safety First, ensuring compliance with HSE standards while fostering wellbeing, inclusion and a positive safety culture.
• Manage end-to-end project delivery, maintaining quality systems and supporting senior leaders to achieve programme milestones.
• Oversee budgets, risks and ethical governance, contributing to long-term business sustainability.
• Manage collaborative project teams, drive performance, stakeholder engagement and best practice innovation across all phases.
• Manage programme-wide interface management, setting strategy, governance, processes and reporting.
• Coordinate complex interfaces across design, infrastructure, systems, construction, commissioning and operations.
• Maintain interface registers, ownership, dependencies and schedules, driving timely resolution and escalation.
• Guide teams and stakeholders, identifying risks early and providing senior leaders with clear, actionable insight.

Skills

Airport interface management

Planning & coordination

Leadership

Middle East experience

Education

Relevant degree qualification

Job description

Position status

This opportunity is for not secured role yet.

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.

The Project

This is an opportunity to work on a large new build airport, that will set a global benchmark for aviation experience and aims to attract 120 million passengers by 2030 in Saudi Arabia.

We are seeking an experienced interface iead to drive interface management across a major airport programme in Saudi Arabia. You will lead multidisciplinary coordination, embed dependencies within programme schedules and resolve complex interfaces across packages and stakeholders. Significant experience delivering complex, multi-package aviation programmes is essential.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Champion Safety First, ensuring compliance with HSE standards while fostering wellbeing, inclusion and a positive safety culture.
• Manage end-to-end project delivery, maintaining quality systems and supporting senior leaders to achieve programme milestones.
• Oversee budgets, risks and ethical governance, contributing to long-term business sustainability.
• Manage collaborative project teams, drive performance, stakeholder engagement and best practice innovation across all phases.
• Manage programme-wide interface management, setting strategy, governance, processes and reporting.
• Coordinate complex interfaces across design, infrastructure, systems, construction, commissioning and operations.
• Maintain interface registers, ownership, dependencies and schedules, driving timely resolution and escalation.
• Guide teams and stakeholders, identifying risks early and providing senior leaders with clear, actionable insight.

You’ll Need To Have

• Relevant degree qualification.
• Extensive airport interface management experience.
• Strong planning, controls and coordination capability.
• Middle East experience; assured leadership.

Our values

Safety first - Going home safe and well:

We champion a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of well-being in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise:

We own the quality of deliverables and strategic outcomes and build long-term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing:

We influence positive outcomes within our industry while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel:

We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfill all the criteria, you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.

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