PM Contracts and Change Control (Telecom)

Norconsult Telematics; Riyadh; Presencial; SAR 300.000 - 540.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Norconsult Telematics Limited seeks a senior Contract Governance Lead to manage governance, compliance, and change control for telecom program contracts in Saudi Arabia. You will coordinate with Legal, Finance, Procurement, Engineering, PMO, and vendors to ensure clear scope, deliverables, SLAs/KPIs, and aligned commercial terms.

The role requires 10+ years in contract management within telecom or large-scale technology programs, fluent English, and strong negotiation, reporting, and

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 10+ years of contract management experience.
• Experience with telecom infrastructure projects in KSA preferred.
• Fluent English; Arabic is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Establish and maintain effective contract governance and administration processes throughout the contract lifecycle.
• Coordinate with Legal, Contracts, Finance, Procurement, Engineering, Project, and other stakeholders on contract drafting, review, execution, and implementation.
• Represent the PMO in contract discussions, negotiations, amendments, renewals, and updates.
• Review contracts to ensure clear scope, responsibilities, deliverables, SLAs/KPIs, milestones, commercial terms, and governance requirements.
• Maintain a comprehensive contract register covering obligations, milestones, deliverables, approvals, risks, changes, and outstanding actions.
• Monitor contractual performance and compliance, identifying deviations, risks, disputes, and potential contractual exposure.
• Establish and manage a robust contract change control process covering scope, cost, schedule, responsibilities, and contractual obligations.
• Review and assess change requests, variations, amendments, and new scope requirements.
• Coordinate with project and technical teams to assess the impact of changes on scope, cost, schedule, resources, risks, and contractual obligations.
• Lead the preparation and review of contract amendments, change orders, and annexes required for changes in scope or responsibilities.
• Maintain contract change logs and ensure all changes receive appropriate approvals and are formally incorporated into contractual documentation.
• Monitor contractual compliance and proactively identify and elevate legal, commercial, operational, and compliance risks.
• Coordinate with Legal/Contracts and project stakeholders to resolve contractual claims, disputes, ambiguities, and non-compliance matters.
• Maintain a centralized repository of contracts, amendments, annexes, change requests, compliance records, and supporting documentation.
• Develop management reports covering contract status, compliance, changes, risks, claims, issues, and outstanding actions.
• Ensure contract governance, documentation, reporting, and records meet program, audit, and management requirements.

Conocimientos

Contract governance

Contract administration

Change management

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Risk management

Leadership

Reporting

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Law, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, Commercial Management, or related discipline

Herramientas

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Descripción del empleo

Lead and manage contract governance, compliance, administration, and change management activities for contracts between client (Telecom) and Specialized and other subsidiaries supporting the Program. Ensure contractual obligations, scope, changes, risks, and commercial requirements are effectively controlled and aligned with program objectives. Report to the Project Control Head on contract management, governance, compliance, and change control activities.

Job Description & Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain effective contract governance and administration processes throughout the contract lifecycle.
• Coordinate with Legal, Contracts, Finance, Procurement, Engineering, Project, and other stakeholders on contract drafting, review, execution, and implementation.
• Represent the PMO in contract discussions, negotiations, amendments, renewals, and updates.
• Review contracts to ensure clear scope, responsibilities, deliverables, SLAs/KPIs, milestones, commercial terms, and governance requirements.
• Maintain a comprehensive contract register covering obligations, milestones, deliverables, approvals, risks, changes, and outstanding actions.
• Monitor contractual performance and compliance, identifying deviations, risks, disputes, and potential contractual exposure.
• Establish and manage a robust contract change control process covering scope, cost, schedule, responsibilities, and contractual obligations.
• Review and assess change requests, variations, amendments, and new scope requirements.
• Coordinate with project and technical teams to assess the impact of changes on scope, cost, schedule, resources, risks, and contractual obligations.
• Lead the preparation and review of contract amendments, change orders, and annexes required for changes in scope or responsibilities.
• Maintain contract change logs and ensure all changes receive appropriate approvals and are formally incorporated into contractual documentation.
• Monitor contractual compliance and proactively identify and elevate legal, commercial, operational, and compliance risks.
• Coordinate with Legal/Contracts and project stakeholders to resolve contractual claims, disputes, ambiguities, and non-compliance matters.
• Maintain a centralized repository of contracts, amendments, annexes, change requests, compliance records, and supporting documentation.
• Develop management reports covering contract status, compliance, changes, risks, claims, issues, and outstanding actions.
• Ensure contract governance, documentation, reporting, and records meet program, audit, and management requirements.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Law, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, Commercial Management, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in contract management, preferably within telecom, network deployment, ICT, infrastructure, or large-scale technology programs.
• Proven experience in contract administration, governance, compliance, change management, variations, amendments, and contract negotiations.
• Experience managing contracts associated with large and complex telecom/network infrastructure projects is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of contract structures, contractual obligations, commercial terms, SLAs/KPIs, change control, and risk management.
• Experience working with Legal, Finance, Procurement, Engineering, PMO, vendors, and senior stakeholders.
• Experience in Saudi Arabia and knowledge of contractual practices applicable to telecom infrastructure projects in KSA is preferred.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to operate effectively across multiple organizational levels.
• Excellent reporting and presentation skills with strong proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Fluent English is mandatory; Arabic is an advantage.