Coordination Manager (Program & Interface)

Your role

Program Leadership & Integration

· Lead the overall planning, coordination, and delivery of strategic programs and projects.

· Act as the central integration point across multiple workstreams.

· Establish and maintain program governance, reporting structures, decision-making processes, and escalation mechanisms.

· Drive alignment between strategic objectives, delivery plans, budgets, resources, and stakeholder expectations.

· Ensure dependencies, interfaces, risks, and opportunities are proactively identified and managed.

Project & Interface Management

· Manage complex interfaces across multiple projects and disciplines.

· Coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure effective collaboration between stakeholder groups.

· Monitor program performance, schedule, risks, issues, and delivery milestones.

· Lead problem-solving and decision-making across organizational boundaries.

Client Representation

· Operate as a client-side representative, providing leadership, challenge, and direction to RCU stakeholders and delivery teams.

· Prepare executive-level briefings, recommendations, reports, and presentations.

· Support leadership in strategic decision-making and prioritization.

People Transition & Operational Integration

· Lead organizational and operational transition initiatives, including workforce mobilization and relocation programs.

· Coordinate staff transfers and integration activities across locations.

· Oversee related program workstreams such as:

o Staff well-being and employee experience

o Accommodation and housing arrangements

o Transportation and mobility planning

o Aviation and travel coordination

o Education and schooling support

o Healthcare access and services

o Stakeholder engagement and communications

· Ensure a coordinated and seamless transition experience for affected personnel.

Stakeholder Management

· Build and maintain effective relationships with client leadership, government entities, consultants, contractors, and service providers.

· Facilitate workshops, steering committees, governance meetings, and executive reviews.

· Manage complex stakeholder environments and competing priorities.

About you

· 8+ years of experience (our PMO Framework experience requirements) in program management, project management, or strategic delivery roles.

· Demonstrated experience leading large, complex, multi-stakeholder programs.

· Strong background in integration management, interface management, and governance.

· Proven ability to operate independently and lead senior stakeholders.

· Experience working in client-side organizations, PMOs, major development programs, or government environments.

· Strong commercial, contractual, and risk management awareness.

· Excellent communication, presentation, and leadership skills.

Preferred

· Arabic speaker.

· Experience within Saudi Arabia and/or large public-sector transformation programs.

· Experience supporting organizational transitions, relocations, operational readiness, or mobilization programs.

· PMP, PgMP, MSP, PRINCE2, or equivalent program management certification.

· Experience working with executive leadership and C-suite stakeholders.

Personal Attributes

· Strategic thinker with strong execution capability.

· Confident and decisive leader.

· Able to "run the show" and drive outcomes with minimal direction.

· Comfortable managing ambiguity and complexity.

· Highly collaborative while maintaining accountability and ownership.

· Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.

· Solution-oriented, proactive, and commercially aware.