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Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Overview

This role leads on single, controlled sub‑consultant onboarding and compliance model and on defining managing procurement governance with clear decision rights. The role ensures sub‑consultant onboarding is consistent, audit‑ready, and centrally controlled, while also embedding governance, approval thresholds, and clear accountability across all procurement activities.

Your role

Lead Sub‑Consultant Onboarding & Compliance Model

  • Maintain a single, controlled onboarding and compliance model for all sub‑consultants.

  • Align onboarding requirements with relevant functions.

  • Implement end‑to‑end onboarding workflows and maintain audit‑ready documentation.

  • Ensure ongoing monitoring, compliance refresh cycles and risk mitigation activities.

  • Reduce duplicated effort by eliminating inconsistent project‑level checks.

Lead Procurement Governance

  • Monitor procurement decision rights, approval thresholds and RACI responsibilities.

  • Develop and maintain governance guardrails, policy rules and exceptions routes.

  • Embed governance across all sourcing activities, ensuring consistent application.

  • Develop and support delivering training and guidance to project and commercial teams on decision ownership.

  • Ensure standing audit readiness and reduce remediation through proactive governance.

  • Monitor governance adherence and escalate deviations with recommended actions.

Cost, Commercial & Procurement

Location

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Job Type

Full time

Ref

R-152559

Salary range

-

About you

  • 5+ years' experience in procurement, supplier management, compliance or governance roles.
  • Strong knowledge of procurement controls, audit requirements and risk frameworks.
  • Experience developing or operating onboarding, due‑diligence, or compliance workflows.
  • Excellent understanding of approval frameworks, governance design and process controls.
  • Experience with ERP/SRM platforms and compliance management tools.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
  • Governance & Compliance Discipline
  • Risk & Issue Management
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Policy Development & Process Design
  • Data Accuracy & Documentation Control
  • Collaboration & Cross‑Functional Leadership
  • Onboarding cycle time and compliance completeness.
  • Audit findings and remediation volume.
  • Governance adherence across projects and functions.
  • Stakeholder satisfaction with clarity of decision rights.
  • Reduction in duplicated onboarding effort across projects.
  • Consistency and accuracy of governance documentation.
Why choose AtkinsRéalis?

Why choose AtkinsRéalis?

Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.

This includes:

  • Tax-free salary.
  • Life insurance coverage.
  • Medical insurance.
  • Annual leave balance.
  • Company gratuity scheme.
  • Discretionary bonus program.
  • Annual flight contribution.
  • Transportation & housing allowances.
  • Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.
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About AtkinsRéalis

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. Find out more.

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