senior manager

About Us 

Created by the integration of longstanding organizations dating back to 1911 AtkinsRalis is a worldleading professional services and project management company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. There is an increasing demand for strategic advisory services including programme and portfolio management services within the Middle East to support the development and growth of giga projects and infrastructure projects in real estate government utilities (energy water and waste) and transport (Aviation Road and Rail) sectors. Our clients in these built environment sectors need real estate strategies not only at the project level but also at the corporate portfolio and organisational levels

Position Summary

Our Strategic Advisory team requires an experienced professional to join our team in KSA. The successful candidate will have proven experiences in providing strategic advice based on socio economic and financial feasibilities for largescale international projects and ideally in KSA UAE and the wider Middle East region. The role will require identifying and managing key stakeholders (Government and Private entities) lobbying for Government contribution to City Development Monitoring negotiations between development authorities and external stakeholders. It also includes advocating on behalf of the sponsors and  based on business case for government contribution and intervention with external stakeholders to resolve issues and disputes.

The ideal candidate should be someone who has worked in a government liaison or senior stakeholder management capacity and previously facilitated external stakeholders in urban and spatial plans.

This is an excellent career development opportunity for the right candidate who is looking to progress their career to the next level and in a fastpaced and exciting field of work. You will work collaboratively with a range of development authorities key stakeholders in Public and private sectors and leadership across business sectors. The right candidate will be based in Riyadh but will be required to work across the broader Middle East.

Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities

• Develop strategic communication and external stakeholder management policies protocols and plans for management of external stakeholders in collaboration with Planning and Development authorities.

• Drive end to end stakeholder management including planning identification engagement communication and monitoring.

• Identify and manage stakeholder interface for key stakeholders working with relationship owners for each stakeholder to drive development and growth of the new initiatives. 

• Undertake representation and build and foster relationships with representatives of government entities including Ministers and senior officials and with the private sector as required. Pursue strategic partnerships and act as the principal point of contact at the senior level with a selected number of other government entities notably the Ministries and departments of planning and economic development environment and sustainability infrastructure and public facilities land assets housing smart cities  and other entities in jointly advancing goals of economic city growth investment and development.

• Provide informed contributions to steering committee and deliberations on matters concerning the Government led contribution to the City growth and external stakeholder concerns and activities.

• Monitor negotiations between internal and external stakeholders for projects governance and reporting

• Oversee execution of anchor projects led by external stakeholders and advocate resolution of issues if they arise on behalf of Atkinsrealis and project sponsors.

• Steer project execution to deliver agreed upon service aligned with client expectations.

• Project Manage all aspects of time cost and quality for our consulting projects.

• Work together with our technical advisors engineers planners commercial consultants to bring integrated offerings to our clients.

• Build strong internal relationships across the AtkinsRalis business.

• Work within both traditional and agile project environments with high degree of ambiguity and a track record of highquality delivery

Win Work

• Assist service line leadership in identifying business development opportunities with current and potential clients.

• Prepare and submit technical and commercial proposals to win work and expand the service line.

• Identify opportunities for new and integrated services bringing the best from our global business and technical domains to our clients in the middle east and beyond.

Practice Building & Development

• Contribute to positioning our Consulting and strategic advisory services across the Middle East through thought leadership development and social media presence.

• Provide guidance coaching and training to junior staff.

• Lead peoplerelated initiatives including recruiting and retaining consulting professionals.

• Be a champion for ED&I initiatives.

Education and Experience

• A postgraduate degree preferably in international development economics or a related social science field. A first level university degree in combination with 20 years of qualifying senior level or executive level experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced level university degree.

• Clear evidence of at least 15 years of substantive experience and results in areas of work relevant to this role. Candidates are expected to have served as either a senior official or in a senior position in Government Liaison or Senior Stakeholder Management role

• Substantial people management experience including experience of recruiting and developing high performing and multiprofessional teams; of working effectively with diversity; and of managing and supporting change

• Sound program/project management experience in large scale programs

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Excel/Spreadsheets PowerPoint Share Point and Outlook

• Exposure to specialized project management and analytics software and project reporting tools is preferrable.

Behavioral Skills

• Role: Effective and persuasive leadership comfortable with all levels of staff public and others

• Professionalism: Ability to assist in defining and effectively managing highprofile communications challenges which directly affect the City Development and Growth

• Organization: Ability to help develop integrate and manage strategic communications; sophisticated understanding of global and regional investment and economic trends and varied communication environments.

• Communication: Highly developed communication skills (spoken written public speaking and presentation) including ability to present and defend difficult positions often in unanticipated situations.

• Client orientation:  Ability to build a relationship of trust with the client leadership as well as external stakeholders; and Ability to understand and manage highprofile sensitive or controversial political situations

• Judgment / decisionmaking Identifies the key issues in a complex situation and comes to the heart of the problem quickly.

• Empowering others Delegates responsibility clarified expectations and gives staff autonomy in important areas of their work.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills; capable of presenting detailed subject matter to a variety of stakeholders.

• Willingness and ability to interact with regulatory agencies stakeholders and clients while developing effective teamwork relationships.

• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic

• Willing to travel within KSA and the GCC region.

• Strong report writing verbal and presentation skills and able to review the work of others to ensure quality.

• Able to prioritize and work effectively under pressure.

• Flexible adaptable and prepared to take on new challenges and work from other AtkinsRalis or client office locations.

• Highly selfmotivated possessing strong enthusiasm and commitment to delivering sustainable outcomes.

Rewards and Benefits

We work in a hybrid working environment promoting worklife balance and are outcome oriented. We offer an excellent package which includes:

• A competitive taxfree salary.

• Accommodation allowance.

• Transportation allowance.

• 22 days annual leave.

• Medical and life insurance cover.

• Company gratuity scheme.

• Discretionary bonus scheme.

• Annual flight allowance to point of origin.

• Employee Assistance Program 24hour free advice on financial legal and family care specialists and also access to personal health fitness and nutrition consultants.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime