Stakeholder Manager (Rail) – Bid Opportunity
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About the Role
SYSTRA seeks a Stakeholder Manager for a rail bid opportunity in Riyadh. The role involves developing stakeholder management strategies, engaging with government and regulatory entities, and coordinating project approvals.
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Responsibilities
- 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
- 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
- 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
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as Engineering, Business Administration, Communications, Public Relations, Urban Planning, or related field
- Minimum 15 years’ experience in stakeholder management or related function
- Proven experience on major rail, metro, transport, or infrastructure projects
- Experience engaging with government authorities, municipalities, regulatory bodies, and external agencies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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Context
- This requirement is for a bid opportunity only at this stage. Any engagement will be subject to successful project award and final client approval.
- In compliance with local nationalisation policy, this position is reserved for candidates holding a valid Saudi National ID.
- The Stakeholder Manager will be responsible for developing and implementing stakeholder management strategies to support project delivery.
Missions/Main Duties
- Develop, implement, and maintain the stakeholder management strategy and stakeholder engagement plan.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Strong track record of engaging with government authorities, public sector entities, and external stakeholders on complex, high profile projects.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to influence, negotiate, and build trusted relationships.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as Engineering, Business Administration, Communications, Public Relations, Urban Planning, or related field.
- Minimum 15 years’ experience in stakeholder management or 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.
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