Senior Manager – Systems Assurance (Rail)
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About the Role
Mace Group is seeking a Senior Manager – Systems Assurance for major rail programmes in Riyadh. The role provides independent technical leadership in systems assurance, safety assurance, RAMS, and systems integration.
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Responsibilities
- Provide independent systems assurance leadership across major rail and transit programmes, ensuring compliance with client requirements, contractual obligations, and applicable industry standards.
- Establish and oversee Systems Assurance frameworks, processes, governance structures, and assurance strategies throughout the project lifecycle.
- Lead the review and assurance of Systems Assurance Plans, System Safety Plans, RAM Plans, Verification & Validation Plans, and associated assurance deliverables.
- Ensure the effective implementation of systems assurance processes across the full system lifecycle, including concept, design, development, testing, commissioning, handover, and operations readiness.
- Review and challenge RAMS strategies, quantitative targets, allocation methodologies, demonstration programmes, and lifecycle assurance activities.
- Assess the adequacy and consistency of safety analyses and assurance evidence, including PHA, SHA, SSHA, IHA, O&SHA, FMEA/FMECA, FTA, ETA, RBD, CCF analysis.
- Support the review and acceptance of System Safety Cases and Safety Justifications in collaboration with Independent Safety Assessors and Client representatives.
- Monitor system integration activities across multidisciplinary rail systems, including signalling, telecommunications, SCADA, OCC, PSD, rolling stock, power, and operational technology systems.
- Ensure requirements management, interface management, verification and validation activities are fully aligned with EN 50126 systems lifecycle requirements.
- Oversee programme hazard management processes, hazard logs, safety databases, and assurance reporting tools to ensure traceability, transparency, and audit readiness.
- Lead assurance reviews, technical audits, and compliance assessments across project delivery teams and suppliers.
- Act as the primary systems assurance interface between Mace, the Client, Delivery Partners, Designers, Contractors, Operators, Independent Assessors, and Regulatory Authorities.
Requirements
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent)
- Strong technical leadership and systems thinking capability
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and client facing communication skills
- Ability to provide independent, constructive, and evidence based technical challenge
- Strong understanding of systems engineering and assurance principles underpinning EN 50126 and their practical application on complex rail programmes
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and risk management skills
- Experience working within complex, high profile, multi stakeholder programme environments
- Collaborative, proactive, and solutions focused mindset
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead assurance activities across organisational boundaries
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At Mace
- Mace is a global programme management company delivering some of the world's most complex and transformative infrastructure programmes.
- Our purpose is to pursue a sustainable world and create places and opportunities that have a positive impact on people and communities.
The project
- We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager – Systems Assurance to join our Digital & Technology and Rail Systems team, supporting major rail and transportation programmes across the Middle East and Africa.
- The role will provide independent technical leadership, assurance, and strategic oversight of Systems Assurance, Safety Assurance, RAMS, and systems integration activities.
You’ll be responsible for
- Provide independent systems assurance leadership across major rail and transit programmes, ensuring compliance with client requirements, contractual obligations, and applicable industry standards.
- Establish and oversee Systems Assurance frameworks, processes, governance structures, and assurance strategies throughout the project lifecycle.
- Lead the review and assurance of Systems Assurance Plans, System Safety Plans, RAM Plans, Verification & Validation Plans, and associated assurance deliverables.
- Ensure the effective implementation of systems assurance processes across the full system lifecycle, including concept, design, development, testing, commissioning, handover, and operations readiness.
- Review and challenge RAMS strategies, quantitative targets, allocation methodologies, demonstration programmes, and lifecycle assurance activities.
- Assess the adequacy and consistency of safety analyses and assurance evidence, including PHA, SHA, SSHA, IHA, O&SHA, FMEA/FMECA, FTA, ETA, RBD, CCF analysis.
- Support the review and acceptance of System Safety Cases and Safety Justifications in collaboration with Independent Safety Assessors and Client representatives.
- Monitor system integration activities across multidisciplinary rail systems, including signalling, telecommunications, SCADA, OCC, PSD, rolling stock, power, and operational technology systems.
- Ensure requirements management, interface management, verification and validation activities are fully aligned with EN 50126 systems lifecycle requirements.
- Oversee programme hazard management processes, hazard logs, safety databases, and assurance reporting tools to ensure traceability, transparency, and audit readiness.
- Lead assurance reviews, technical audits, and compliance assessments across project delivery teams and suppliers.
- Act as the primary systems assurance interface between Mace, the Client, Delivery Partners, Designers, Contractors, Operators, Independent Assessors, and Regulatory Authorities.
You’ll need to have
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent).
- Strong technical leadership and systems thinking capability.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and client facing communication skills.
- Ability to provide independent, constructive, and evidence based technical challenge.
- Strong understanding of systems engineering and assurance principles underpinning EN 50126 and their practical application on complex rail programmes.
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and risk management skills.
- Experience working within complex, high profile, multi stakeholder programme environments.
- Collaborative, proactive, and solutions focused mindset.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead assurance activities across organisational boundaries.
Our values
- Safety first Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.
- Client focus Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables, 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.
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