Senior Manager, Interface and Configuration Management

Project and role

Key responsibilities

• Develop interface- and configuration-management strategies, processes, and tools across the portfolio.
• Support project processes and milestones in line with schedules and standards, and report progress to the director of systems engineering.
• Coordinate with safety, certification, and regulatory leadership to support authority approvals.
• Advise teams on interface management and traceable configuration control; define consistent supply-chain systems-architecture requirements.
• Plan and coordinate integration activities; lead interface identification, analysis, implementation, and validation.
• Lead configuration management and ensure configurations are controlled, recorded, and suitable for each delivery stage.
• Support early-career colleagues and coach teams and suppliers on standards, best practice, and delivery readiness.
• Help identify and manage delivery-related carbon emissions and reductions in support of net-zero transition.

Requirements and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, electronic, computer, or systems engineering; a master’s degree is preferred.
• Recognised professional membership and Chartered Engineer status, or equivalent.
• 10–15 years of relevant land-transport design, construction, and/or operations and maintenance experience.
• Significant experience developing and managing interface-management plans, tools, techniques, and deliverables.
• Detailed configuration-management understanding across staged-delivery transport projects.
• In-depth knowledge of railway assets, safety regulations, industry standards, and best practices, such as EN 50126.
• Strong understanding of smart-city frameworks and sustainable-design principles.
• Middle East experience and experience with systems architecture, configuration-management, or interface-management tools are advantageous.
• Saudi visa criteria and relevant high-value project/programme experience with a project-management consultancy are required for immigration and client approval.

Standards and disciplines

• Project processes and analysis may follow ISO 15288, EN 50126/29, and EN 50716.
• The degree must be in an electrical, electronic, computer, or systems engineering discipline.

Workplace and flexibility

• The posting is marked onsite.
• Part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options may be discussed if suitable for the role.

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