Senior Rail Requirements Manager

SYSTRA; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA is seeking an amazingly talented Requirements Manager to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for a major rail project. You will lead requirements management, ensure traceability, and coordinate with engineering, safety, and stakeholders to deliver contractual compliance.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in rail design/construction, strong experience with requirements engineering, and proficiency in DOORS or ComplyPro, EN/ISO standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and/or Chartered Engineer Status with not less than 10 years’ experience in management of design and/or construction of rail projects.
• Extensive experience in management and implementation of requirements management practices for major railway/Metro projects.
• Detailed working knowledge and experience in requirements management tools, in particular DOORS or similar, with compliance to EN 50126/50128/50129 and ISO 29148.
• Ability to analyze and validate requirements, including requirements writing and acquisition-related tasks.
• Solid understanding of systems engineering principles.
• Experience applying systems assurance standards such as EN 50126, EN 50128, EN 50129, IEC 61508.

Responsibilities

• Provide requirements management expertise to analyze, track and clarify requirements.
• Manage the process to develop, maintain, and participate in requirements processes.
• Establish and apply processes and tools to capture, structure, and manage requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage the application of the Requirements Management Plan in line with project governance.
• Track and maintain traceability of technical information across the lifecycle.
• Coordinate with engineering, operations, safety, environmental, and stakeholder teams to validate requirements.
• Advise Client and coordinate with project stakeholders in the resolution of requirements-related issues.
• Manage a requirements database, ensuring full traceability from contract and programme requirements to design and delivery.
• Ensure requirements are clearly communicated and implemented across all design and construction disciplines.
• Lead verification, validation, and acceptance activities, ensuring compliance with contract, regulatory, and customer requirements.
• Identify and resolve requirement gaps, conflicts, and dependencies in collaboration with project teams.
• Support change, configuration, and interface management processes.
• Liaise with designers and consortium teams using tools such as DOORS / ComplyPro, including evidence linking.
• Track and report requirements compliance KPIs to project leadership.
• Promote a structured and disciplined approach to requirements management across the programme.

Skills

Requirements management

DOORS

Systems engineering

Requirements analysis

Rail experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Chartered Engineer

Tools

IBM DOORS

ComplyPro

Job description

SYSTRA is seeking an amazingly talented Requirements Manager to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for a major rail project. You will lead requirements management, ensure traceability, and coordinate with engineering, safety, and stakeholders to deliver contractual compliance.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in rail design/construction, strong experience with requirements engineering, and proficiency in DOORS or ComplyPro, EN/ISO standards.