Interface Manager - Digital Infrastructure

Parsons

Riyadh

On-site

SAR 390,600 - 580,320

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Parsons seeks an experienced Interface Manager to lead digital infrastructure delivery in Riyadh. You will establish interface frameworks across fiber, data centers, towers, and utilities, coordinating design and construction teams for timely handover.

You will manage cross‑discipline interfaces, risk registers, and approval processes, ensuring compliance with standards and stakeholder requirements across a major city program.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, ICT, Telecommunications, Digital Infrastructure, Project Management, or a related discipline.
Professional certifications in interface management, project management, systems integration, telecommunications, BIM, GIS, or digital infrastructure are preferred.
Minimum 10 years of experience in interface management, digital infrastructure coordination, telecoms, ICT, smart city systems, utilities, data centers, or major infrastructure delivery.
Strong experience managing Interface Control Documents, interface registers, cross‑discipline coordination, BIM and GIS clash resolution, authority interfaces, operator interfaces, risk closure, and handover evidence.

Responsibilities

Define interface management procedures, workflows, governance structures, and reporting methods for design, engineering, construction, and delivery teams.
Establish the interface control framework across digital infrastructure packages including fiber networks, towers, data centers, utilities, smart systems, MMRs, POPs, and telecom corridors.
Chair interface coordination meetings and ensure actions, decisions, risks, and dependencies are tracked against project standards and masterplan requirements.
Identify and document all technical, contractual, operational, authority, and stakeholder interfaces across digital infrastructure workstreams.
Maintain and update Interface Control Documents across disciplines, contractors, consultants, EPCs, operators, utility providers, and client teams.
Develop and control interface registers, issue logs, dependency trackers, mitigation plans, escalation records, and closure evidence.

Skills

Digital infrastructure interface mgmt

Systems implementation/integration

Interface control documents

BIM clash detection

GIS clash resolution

Fiber networks

Data centers

MNO coordination

Stakeholder management

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, ICT, Telecommunications, Digital Infrastructure, Project Management, or related discipline

Tools

BIM

GIS

Job description

Interface Manager - Digital Infrastructure

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: IT and Services
Function: Systems Implementation/Integration
Experience: Minimum 10 years
Job Type: Full-time
Estimated Salary: 35,000 – 52,000 SAR per month

Job Overview

Senior interface management professional leading digital infrastructure delivery for a large program in Riyadh. Responsible for establishing and controlling interface frameworks across fiber networks, towers, data centers, smart systems, utilities, MMRs, POPs, telecom infrastructure, and city‑wide digital infrastructure packages.

Key Responsibilities

Define interface management procedures, workflows, governance structures, and reporting methods for design, engineering, construction, and delivery teams.
Establish the interface control framework across digital infrastructure packages including fiber networks, towers, data centers, utilities, smart systems, MMRs, POPs, and telecom corridors.
Chair interface coordination meetings and ensure actions, decisions, risks, and dependencies are tracked against project standards and masterplan requirements.
Identify and document all technical, contractual, operational, authority, and stakeholder interfaces across digital infrastructure workstreams.
Maintain and update Interface Control Documents across disciplines, contractors, consultants, EPCs, operators, utility providers, and client teams.
Develop and control interface registers, issue logs, dependency trackers, mitigation plans, escalation records, and closure evidence.
Track interface risks, unresolved issues, delayed inputs, third‑party dependencies, design conflicts, and construction coordination gaps.
Ensure clash detection and resolution is properly managed through BIM and GIS integration processes.
Review district CMP and DMP submissions to confirm interface requirements, access corridors, utility dependencies, and construction coordination needs are addressed.
Coordinate between design managers, engineering managers, construction managers, consultants, contractors, and operators to resolve interface conflicts.
Facilitate approvals and change management for cross‑disciplinary modifications affecting digital infrastructure, utilities, smart systems, and operational requirements.
Monitor adherence to interface milestones and escalate delays, deviations, unresolved decisions, or non‑compliant submissions.
Support commissioning, Integrated Systems Testing, and Operational Readiness and Airport Transfer style readiness activities by ensuring interfaces are resolved and ready for handover.
Ensure digital infrastructure interfaces comply with applicable codes and standards including TIA, BICSI, SBC, IEC, IEEE, MOMRAH, and CST requirements.
Validate that safety, resilience, cybersecurity, maintainability, and operational access considerations are built into interface decisions.
Act as the primary point of contact for interface topics with authorities and key stakeholders including SEC, NWC, CST, MOMRAH, SDAIA, and HCIS.
Manage interface alignment with external concessionaires, TowerCo, FiberCo, data center operators, mobile network operators, utilities, and service providers.
Represent interface status, risks, decisions, and closure progress in client, owner, and steering committee forums.
Ensure Operations and Maintenance teams are engaged in interface reviews to validate accessibility, maintainability, monitoring, handover, and lifecycle requirements.
Support red‑line drawing reviews and as‑built integration across multiple contractors and delivery packages.
Provide interface closure evidence for Provisional Acceptance and Final Acceptance processes.
Lead the interface management team, assign responsibilities across packages, and monitor performance against interface deliverables.
Promote collaboration, transparency, accountability, and structured communication between disciplines, EPCs, consultants, authorities, and contractors.
Mentor junior interface coordinators and improve interface processes through lessons learned, quality reviews, and continuous improvement.

Ideal Profile

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, ICT, Telecommunications, Digital Infrastructure, Project Management, or a related discipline.
Professional certifications in interface management, project management, systems integration, telecommunications, BIM, GIS, or digital infrastructure are preferred.
Minimum 10 years of experience in interface management, digital infrastructure coordination, telecoms, ICT, smart city systems, utilities, data centers, or major infrastructure delivery.
Strong experience managing Interface Control Documents, interface registers, cross‑discipline coordination, BIM and GIS clash resolution, authority interfaces, operator interfaces, risk closure, and handover evidence.
Proven city‑wide digital infrastructure leadership experience covering masterplans, implementation roadmaps, fixed networks, mobile networks, MMRs, POPs, data centers, resilience, standards, and design authority governance.
Strong delivery experience from RFP through design, construction, testing, cutover, operational readiness, provisional acceptance, and final acceptance.
Experience coordinating consultants, EPC contractors, utilities, authorities, mobile network operators, tower companies, fiber operators, data center operators, and client stakeholders.
Strong knowledge of digital infrastructure interface requirements for fiber routes, tower locations, duct corridors, network rooms, data centers, smart systems, and utility corridors.
Familiarity with standards and authority requirements such as TIA, BICSI, SBC, IEC, IEEE, MOMRAH, CST, and related local approval processes.
Understanding of cybersecurity, resilience, safety, O & M access, maintainability, commissioning, IST, ORAT, and handover requirements.
Ability to lead interface meetings, resolve conflicts, manage approvals, elevate risks, and maintain clear decision records.
Strong stakeholder management capability with the ability to work in an integrated client and PMC office environment.
Excellent communication, reporting, negotiation, leadership, and problem‑solving skills.
Ability to manage multiple interface packages, contractors, authorities, and technical dependencies in a fast‑moving project environment.

Skills Set