Interface Manager - Airport Projects

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 391,000 - 536,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons Corporation is seeking an experienced Interface Manager for Airport Projects in Riyadh. The role focuses on coordinating technical, operational, contractual, and stakeholder interfaces across major airport development programs.

The candidate will establish interface management processes, resolve cross-package conflicts, and ensure alignment with schedules, safety standards, and regulatory obligations. Strong English is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, project management, construction management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of project management or interface management experience.
• Aviation-sector experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the project interface management plan.
• Establish interface governance procedures, reporting requirements, workflows, and escalation routes.
• Identify and document interface points across airport facilities, infrastructure systems, work packages, and stakeholder organizations.
• Maintain a comprehensive interface register covering technical, physical, operational, contractual, and programme dependencies.
• Define interface ownership, responsibilities, target dates, required actions, and closure criteria.
• Facilitate regular interface meetings, workshops, and coordination reviews.
• Ensure stakeholders remain aligned on design assumptions, responsibilities, schedules, and delivery requirements.
• Act as the principal point of contact for interface-related matters.
• Coordinate with airport authorities, project teams, consultants, contractors, regulators, operators, and third parties.

Skills

Airport interface management

Aviation infrastructure

Interface management plans

Interface registers

Interface matrices

Interface control documents

Stakeholder coordination

Contractor management

Regulatory coordination

Multidisciplinary coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline

Tools

Project management software

Job description

Interface Manager - Airport Projects Job Snapshot

Role: Interface Manager - Airport Projects

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry: Airlines/Aviation

Function: Project-Program Management

Experience: Minimum 15 years

Job Type: Full-time

Interface Manager - Airport Projects in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a senior Airlines/Aviation opportunity focused on coordinating technical, operational, contractual, and stakeholder interfaces across major airport development and expansion programs. Parsons Corporation is hiring an experienced project professional to establish interface management processes, resolve cross-package conflicts, and support the seamless integration of airport infrastructure, systems, facilities, and operational requirements. The role will serve as the central point of coordination between airport authorities, consultants, designers, contractors, regulatory bodies, internal project teams, and other delivery partners. The successful candidate will ensure that interface responsibilities are clearly defined, decisions are documented, emerging conflicts are addressed promptly, and all project components remain aligned with approved schedules, safety standards, and regulatory obligations.

Job Details Country: Saudi Arabia City: Riyadh Industry: Airlines/Aviation Function: Project-Program Management Salary: 35000-48000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality: Any Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Interface Manager will oversee coordination between the many organizations and work packages involved in airport development. These interfaces may include terminals, airside facilities, landside infrastructure, utilities, baggage systems, security systems, aviation technology, roads, buildings, and operational stakeholders. Effective interface management is essential to prevent design conflicts, construction delays, duplicated scope, incomplete responsibilities, and disruption to airport operations. The role will create a structured framework for identifying dependencies, assigning ownership, tracking decisions, and escalating unresolved matters before they affect project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the project interface management plan.
• Establish interface governance procedures, reporting requirements, workflows, and escalation routes.
• Identify and document interface points across airport facilities, infrastructure systems, work packages, and stakeholder organizations.
• Maintain a comprehensive interface register covering technical, physical, operational, contractual, and programme dependencies.
• Define interface ownership, responsibilities, target dates, required actions, and closure criteria.
• Facilitate regular interface meetings, workshops, and coordination reviews.
• Ensure stakeholders remain aligned on design assumptions, responsibilities, schedules, and delivery requirements.
• Act as the principal point of contact for interface-related matters.
• Coordinate with airport authorities, project teams, consultants, contractors, regulators, operators, and third parties.
• Maintain clear and consistent communication between internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure all relevant parties receive timely information about project progress, design developments, and interface changes.
• Identify potential interface conflicts early in the design and construction lifecycle.
• Assess the effects of interface issues on safety, operations, cost, schedule, quality, and project scope.
• Develop practical mitigation and resolution strategies.
• Coordinate action plans with responsible stakeholders and monitor progress through closure.
• Escalate critical or unresolved interface issues to senior management.
• Support multidisciplinary coordination between architecture, structures, MEP, aviation systems, security, utilities, operations, and construction teams.
• Ensure that design and construction packages are integrated and compatible.
• Monitor interface milestones against the approved project programme.
• Highlight delayed decisions, incomplete information, and dependencies affecting critical activities.
• Maintain accurate records of meetings, technical decisions, agreements, actions, and approvals.
• Prepare interface matrices, control documents, decision logs, action trackers, and status reports.
• Ensure interface documentation is current, traceable, accessible, and properly controlled.
• Prepare regular reports and dashboards for senior management and project stakeholders.
• Present current interface status, key risks, overdue actions, and required decisions.
• Verify compliance with relevant aviation regulations, airport standards, contractual requirements, and project procedures.
• Promote safety, quality, and regulatory compliance during all interface activities.
• Coordinate with safety, quality, project controls, design, and construction teams.
• Support the management of interface-related design changes and technical deviations.
• Ensure approved changes are communicated and incorporated across all affected packages.
• Identify opportunities to improve interface processes, reporting, coordination, and decision-making.
• Apply lessons learned and recognized best practices from previous infrastructure and aviation projects.
• Perform other responsibilities related to airport interface management and multidisciplinary project coordination.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor 's degree in engineering, project management, construction management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of project management or interface management experience.
• Strong background supporting large-scale infrastructure or airport development projects.
• Previous experience managing complex technical and organizational interfaces.
• Aviation-sector experience is strongly preferred.
• Good understanding of airport operations, development requirements, and regulatory obligations.
• Experience coordinating consultants, contractors, airport authorities, operators, and government bodies.
• Proven ability to identify and resolve cross-package design and construction conflicts.
• Experience creating interface management plans, registers, matrices, and control documents.
• Strong knowledge of multidisciplinary design and construction coordination.
• Ability to monitor interfaces across multiple contracts, packages, systems, and stakeholders.
• Strong conflict-resolution, negotiation, facilitation, and decision-making capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate technical issues clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
• Proficiency in project management software, collaboration platforms, and reporting tools.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize several issues and dependencies in a fast-moving project environment.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Arabic language capability is advantageous.
• Previous Middle East project experience is preferred.
• Master 's degree in engineering, project management, or a related field is advantageous.
• PMP or an equivalent project management certification is preferred.

Skills Set

• Airport interface management
• Aviation infrastructure
• Airport development
• Interface management plans
• Interface registers
• Interface matrices
• Interface control documents
• Stakeholder coordination
• Airport authority coordination
• Contractor management
• Consultant coordination
• Regulatory coordination
• Technical interface management
• Operational interface management
• Physical interface management
• Contractual interfaces
• Multidisciplinary coordination
• Design integration
• Construction coordination
• Airport operations
• Conflict resolution
• Risk identification
• Issue management
• Change management
• Schedule coordination
• Action tracking
• Decision logs
• Interface reporting
• Executive dashboards
• Document control
• Safety compliance
• Quality management
• Project management software
• Project governance
• Lessons learned
• Process improvement

Why Join Us

This position offers the opportunity to play a central role in the delivery of major airport development and expansion projects in Riyadh. The Interface Manager will influence how complex infrastructure, operational systems, design packages, and stakeholder requirements are integrated across the wider program. The successful candidate will gain senior-level exposure to aviation authorities, international consultants, contractors, regulators, and multidisciplinary project teams. Parsons Corporation provides access to major infrastructure assignments, advanced project management practices, diverse technical expertise, and long-term professional development within Saudi Arabia 's growing aviation sector.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation is a digitally enabled solutions provider serving civil engineering, defense, intelligence, transportation, and critical infrastructure markets. The company delivers engineering, program management, technical assurance, technology, and infrastructure solutions for complex projects in Saudi Arabia and international markets. Parsons supports professional development, technical innovation, environmental responsibility, workplace flexibility, and long-term career growth while helping clients deliver resilient infrastructure and future-ready communities.