Stakeholder Manager - Saudi National

Mace; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is providing strategic project management consultancy for major stadium programmes in Riyadh, delivering new stadiums, capacity upgrades, and mixed-use developments with a strong focus on knowledge transfer and sustainability. You will lead engagement across clients, authorities, and communities to ensure projects align with client requirements and approvals.

The role requires an engineering degree, early PMO exposure, APM certifications, and Saudi visa eligibility, with opportunities for

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent qualification.
• Introductory PMO and project controls experience.
• APM Foundation and Practitioner certification.
• Saudi Arabia visa eligibility and relevant high-value project experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the project's stakeholder engagement and communications strategy.
• Identify, map, and manage key stakeholders, including clients, government authorities, sporting bodies, utility providers, operators, and local communities.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with regulatory authorities to secure approvals, permits, and stakeholder buy-in.
• Coordinate stakeholder requirements and ensure they are incorporated into project planning, design, and delivery.
• Manage stakeholder issues, conflicts, and escalations to minimize impacts on programme, cost, and project objectives.
• Facilitate workshops, meetings, and consultations with internal and external stakeholders.
• Monitor stakeholder risks, maintain action trackers, and provide regular reporting to senior leadership.
• Supervise community engagement initiatives and manage public-facing communications where required.
• Support the delivery of stakeholder and communications activities, ensuring alignment with project objectives and client requirements.
• Build effective relationships with clients, stakeholders, and project teams to enable successful outcomes.
• Monitor performance, reporting, and compliance against stakeholder and communications management plans.
• Drive continuous improvement, strengthening methodologies, integration, and delivery across communications disciplines.

Skills

PMO exposure

Stakeholder management

Communications planning

Workshop facilitation

Presentation skills

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

APM Foundation and Practitioner

Job description

The Project

Mace is providing strategic project management consultancy for major new build stadiums, multiple stadium redevelopments, and wider precinct transformations in Riyadh. The scope includes the delivery of new stadiums, increasing existing stadia capacity, delivering major mixed‑use amenities, and introducing robust knowledge transfer to ensure operational excellence and long‑term sustainability beyond construction.

The Project

Mace is providing strategic project management consultancy for major new build stadiums, multiple stadium redevelopments, and wider precinct transformations in Riyadh. The scope includes the delivery of new stadiums, increasing existing stadia capacity, delivering major mixed‑use amenities, and introducing robust knowledge transfer to ensure operational excellence and long‑term sustainability beyond construction.

Provides dedicated stakeholder and communications support to project teams, delivering coordinated services that enable effective engagement, clear communication, and successful project outcomes.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Develop and implement the project's stakeholder engagement and communications strategy.
• Identify, map, and manage key stakeholders, including clients, government authorities, sporting bodies, utility providers, operators, and local communities.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with regulatory authorities to secure approvals, permits, and stakeholder buy‑in.
• Coordinate stakeholder requirements and ensure they are incorporated into project planning, design, and delivery.
• Manage stakeholder issues, conflicts, and escalations to minimize impacts on programme, cost, and project objectives.
• Facilitate workshops, meetings, and consultations with internal and external stakeholders.
• Monitor stakeholder risks, maintain action trackers, and provide regular reporting to senior leadership.
• Supervise community engagement initiatives and manage public‑facing communications where required.
• Support the delivery of stakeholder and communications activities, ensuring alignment with project objectives and client requirements.
• Build effective relationships with clients, stakeholders, and project teams to enable successful outcomes.
• Monitor performance, reporting, and compliance against stakeholder and communications management plans.
• Drive continuous improvement, strengthening methodologies, integration, and delivery across communications disciplines.

You’ll Need To Have

• Engineering degree or equivalent qualification.
• Introductory experience in PMO and project controls services.
• APM Foundation and Practitioner (or equivalent) certification.
• Commitment to professional development and chartered status progression.
• Necessary visa criteria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and relevant work experience working on high‑valued projects/programmes for a project management consultancy business, which are required for immigration and client approval.

Our values

Safety first - Going home safe and well:

We champion a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of well‑being in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise:

We own the quality of deliverables and strategic outcomes and build long‑term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing:

We influence positive outcomes within our industry while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel:

We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates.

We are also open to discussing part‑time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.