Senior Contract Governance & Change Control Lead – Telecom

Norconsult Telematics Limited; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

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

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Skills

Contract governance

Contract administration

Change management

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Risk management

Leadership

Reporting

Education

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

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Job description

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