Stakeholder and Interface Manager

Surbana Consultants Pte Ltd – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) branch; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Surbana Jurong is seeking an experienced Stakeholder & Interface Manager to lead engagement and interface management across major airport development programmes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. You will coordinate with operators, airlines, authorities, consultants and contractors to ensure operational requirements are integrated into delivery.

The role demands 10+ years in airport operations or large aviation projects, strong stakeholder management, and fluency in English and Arabic.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Aviation, Airport Management, Project Management, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in airport operations or major aviation projects.
• Strong stakeholder and interface management on complex airport programmes.
• Experience with airport operators, airlines, authorities, and government agencies.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead stakeholder and interface management across airport programmes.
• Coordinate with airport operations, airlines, authorities, consultants, and contractors.
• Capture and manage stakeholder requirements, approvals, and actions.
• Ensure operational requirements are incorporated into design and delivery.
• Manage interfaces, risks, dependencies, and conflicts across projects.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings, workshops, and governance forums.
• Support authority approvals, ORAT, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Maintain stakeholder and interface registers and provide reporting to leadership.

Skills

Fluent English

Fluent Arabic

Communication

Negotiation

Relationship management

Education

Engineering/Aviation/Airport Management/PM degree

Job description

About Surbana Jurong Surbana Jurong (SJ) is a leading global urban, infrastructure, and managed services consulting firm, driven by a vision to build cities and shape lives. Headquartered in Singapore, SJ is a diverse collective of experts delivering sustainable and high-impact solutions across the built environment.

We are seeking an experienced Stakeholder & Interface Manager to lead stakeholder engagement and interface management across major airport development programmes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The role requires close coordination with airport operators, airlines, authorities, consultants, and contractors to ensure operational requirements are successfully integrated into project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead stakeholder and interface management across airport programmes.
• Coordinate with airport operations, airlines, authorities, consultants, and contractors.
• Capture and manage stakeholder requirements, approvals, and actions.
• Ensure operational requirements are incorporated into design and delivery.
• Manage interfaces, risks, dependencies, and conflicts across projects.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings, workshops, and governance forums.
• Support authority approvals, ORAT, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Maintain stakeholder and interface registers and provide reporting to leadership.

Requirements

• Degree in Engineering, Aviation, Airport Management, Project Management, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in airport operations, airport development, ORAT, or major aviation infrastructure projects.
• Strong stakeholder and interface management experience on complex airport programmes.
• Good understanding of airport operations, airline requirements, and regulatory processes.
• Experience working with airport operators, airlines, aviation authorities, and government agencies.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
• Fluent English; Fluent Arabic.
• Aviation PMC, client-side, or airport operator experience.

Surbana Jurong, we put talent, hard work, teamwork and a fun workplace together to approach problems and solve them creatively and collaboratively. Join us in making a positive impact on the world!

Surbana Jurong is a diverse collective of problem solvers for the built environment, continually reimagining ways to create a smart and sustainable future. Headquartered in Singapore, the group has a global talent pool of 16,000 in its member companies AETOS, Atelier Ten, B+H, CHIL, KTP, Prostruct, Robert Bird Group, SAA, SMEC and Surbana Jurong, based in more than 120 offices in over 40 countries. They include architects, designers, planners, engineers, facilities managers and other specialists driven by progressive thinking and creative ideas to shape a better future. Its technical experts deliver sustainable solutions that cover the entire project life cycle from planning and design, through to delivery and management, as well as a full suite of multidisciplinary consultancy services across a diverse range of sectors including transportation, water, aviation, healthcare, hospitality and renewables.

A global urban, infrastructure and managed services consulting firm with over 70 years of track record in successful project delivery, SJ has built more than a million homes in Singapore, created master plans in more than 60 countries and developed over 100 industrial parks globally. SJ is #23 in Engineering News-Record’s 2023 Top 225 International Design Firms, #14 in World Architecture 100 2024, and Asia Pacific FM Technology Provider of the Year 2022, awarded by International Facility Management Association.