Requirement Manager

Overview

Role Description

Responsibilities

• Leading the development, implementation, and maintenance of the Requirements Management Plan.
• Establishing and applying processes and tools to capture, classify, allocate, verify, validate, and manage requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Managing the requirements database and ensuring full traceability from contract requirements to design, construction, testing, commissioning, handover, and acceptance evidence.
• Leading requirements management activities on major Rail, Metro, High-Speed Rail, or infrastructure projects.
• Coordinating with engineering, RAMS, safety, quality, testing and commissioning, O&M, and stakeholder teams to validate and close requirements.
• Ensuring requirements are clearly communicated and implemented across all relevant design, construction, systems, and project disciplines.
• Supporting verification, validation, acceptance, and compliance activities in line with contract, regulatory, safety, and customer requirements.
• Identifying and resolving requirement gaps, conflicts, dependencies, deviations, and non-compliances with project teams.
• Supporting change management, configuration management, interface management, and design baseline control processes.
• Assessing the impact of design changes, change notices, and deviations on project requirements and compliance status.
• Liaising with designers, consultants, clients, contractors, and consortium teams using tools such as DOORS, DOORS NG, ComplyPro, Polarion, Visure, JAMA, or similar platforms.
• Supporting systems assurance and RAMS teams in managing safety-tagged requirements, hazard log linkages, V&V evidence, ISA comments, and safety case evidence where applicable.
• Tracking and reporting requirements compliance KPIs, progress reports, open actions, risks, and closure status to project leadership and the client.
• Chairing or supporting requirements review meetings, compliance workshops, design reviews, interface meetings, and client progress meetings.
• Providing guidance to Requirement Engineers and project teams on requirements management procedures, tools, evidence requirements, and closure processes.
• Promoting a structured, disciplined, and auditable approach to requirements management across the programme.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s
• or master's
• degree in engineering, systems engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering, or related technical field with 10–15 years of progressive infrastructure, Rail, Metro, High-Speed Rail, or transportation project experience.
• In lieu of bachelor’s degree, minimum 15 years of relevant work experience.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in requirements management on major Rail or infrastructure projects.
• Previous experience as Requirement Manager, Senior Requirement Engineer, Systems Engineering Manager, Interface Manager, Configuration Manager, or Systems Assurance / RAMS Manager is preferred.
• GCC project experience, particularly UAE or KSA Rail / Metro / major infrastructure projects, is an advantage.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary project teams.
• Proven experience managing requirements on major Rail, Metro, High-Speed Rail, or infrastructure projects.
• Hands-on experience with requirements management tools, particularly IBM DOORS, DOORS NG, ComplyPro, Polarion, Visure, JAMA, or similar platforms.
• Strong knowledge of requirement capture, allocation, traceability, verification, validation, evidence management, compliance reporting, and closure.
• Experience in interface management, configuration management, change management, and technical engineering coordination.
• Solid understanding of systems engineering principles and the V-model lifecycle.
• Good understanding of systems assurance, RAMS, safety requirements, hazard management, safety case evidence, and ISA review processes.
• Experience with standards such as EN 50126, EN 50128, EN 50129, IEC 61508, ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288, and related Rail or infrastructure standards.
• Ability to read and interpret contracts, employer requirements, specifications, design documents, interface documents, test procedures, and acceptance evidence.
• Strong analytical, reporting, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with KPI dashboards, Power BI, DXL, Python, or database exports is an advantage.

We Offer

• Opportunity to collaborate with a forward-thinking, innovative, and synergistic team.
• Exposure to impactful projects shaping the development of the Middle East and North Africa region.
• Tailored professional growth and career development opportunities.
• If you would you like to join our highly motivated and very successful team, please send us your complete application!