Senior Contracts & Change Control Lead

Norconsult Telematics; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Norconsult Telematics is seeking an experienced professional to lead contract governance, compliance, and change management for a major telecom program in Saudi Arabia. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, ensure alignment of contractual terms with program objectives, and maintain rigorous change control and reporting.

Responsibilities include managing contract lifecycle, approvals, risk oversight, and stakeholder communications with Legal, Finance, Procurement, Engineering, and PMO.

Qualifications

• 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, 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.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain contract governance and administration processes throughout the contract lifecycle.
• Coordinate with Legal, Contracts, Finance, Procurement, Engineering, PMO, and other stakeholders on contract drafting and amendments.
• Review execution and implementation of contracts and changes.
• Represent the PMO in contract discussions, negotiations, amendments, renewals, and updates.
• Review contracts to ensure clear scope, responsibilities, deliverables, SLAs, KPIs, milestones, and terms.
• Maintain a contract register covering obligations, milestones, risks, and actions.
• Monitor performance and compliance, identifying deviations, risks, disputes, and exposure.
• Establish and manage a robust change control process covering scope, cost, schedule, and obligations.
• Assess change requests, variations, amendments, and new scope requirements.
• Coordinate with project teams to assess impact on scope, cost, schedule, resources, and risks.
• Lead preparation and review of amendments, change orders, and annexes.
• Maintain change logs and ensure changes are approved and incorporated.
• Develop management reports on status, compliance, changes, risks, and issues.
• Ensure governance documentation, reporting, and records meet audit requirements.

Skills

Governance

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Contract administration

Risk management

Reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Job description

Norconsult Telematics is seeking an experienced professional to lead contract governance, compliance, and change management for a major telecom program in Saudi Arabia. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, ensure alignment of contractual terms with program objectives, and maintain rigorous change control and reporting.

Responsibilities include managing contract lifecycle, approvals, risk oversight, and stakeholder communications with Legal, Finance, Procurement, Engineering, and PMO.