Stakeholder Manager (Rail) - Bid Opportunity

Overview

Context

Missions/Main Duties

• The successful candidate will lead the planning, implementation, and continuous improvement of stakeholder management processes across the project lifecycle.
• They will identify, map, and analyse stakeholder groups, assessing their level of influence, interest, and impact on the project.* Develop, implement, and maintain the stakeholder management strategy and stakeholder engagement plan for the project.
• Identify and map internal and external stakeholders and assess their influence, interest, and project impact.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with the client, authorities, regulatory agencies, utility providers, contractors, consultants, and other project stakeholders.
• Coordinate with relevant entities to support project approvals, permits, interfaces, access requirements, and other external dependencies.
• Organize and lead stakeholder meetings, workshops, briefings, and consultation sessions as required.
• Prepare high-quality stakeholder correspondence, reports, presentations, meeting minutes, and action trackers.
• Monitor stakeholder concerns, commitments, and expectations, ensuring timely follow-up and resolution of issues.
• Manage stakeholder-related risks and escalate critical matters to project leadership when required.
• Maintain up-to-date stakeholder registers, communication plans, contact databases, and records of engagement activities.
• Liaise with internal project teams including engineering, construction, interface, planning, communications, and commercial functions to ensure coordinated stakeholder responses.
• Support the client and senior management in managing sensitive relationships and high-priority external issues.
• Ensure stakeholder activities are aligned with project governance, contractual requirements, and local regulatory frameworks.

Profile/Skills

• Candidates should have a strong track record of engaging with government authorities, public sector entities, and external stakeholders on complex, high-profile projects.
• The successful applicant should possess strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate, and build trusted relationships across a wide range of stakeholder groups. The role requires diplomacy, sound judgment, cultural awareness, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic project environment.Candidates should hold a bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as *Engineering, Business Administration, Communications, Public Relations, Urban Planning,* or a related field.
• Minimum *15 years’ experience* in stakeholder management or a related function.
• Proven experience on *major rail, metro, transport, or infrastructure projects*.
• Previous experience working within a *PMC, consultancy, or client-side project environment*.
• Strong understanding of stakeholder coordination across complex project interfaces.
• Experience engaging with *government authorities, municipalities, regulatory bodies,* and external agencies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong reporting, presentation, coordination, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to manage stakeholder issues, risks, and escalations effectively.
• Familiarity with local approval processes, authority coordination, and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience working on high-value, multi-stakeholder infrastructure programmes.
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• Systra is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all applicants.