Program Director

Tata Consulting Engineers

1. Program Leadership & Governance

• Act as the single point of accountability for PMC activities across all project packages (civil, track, signaling, telecom, rolling stock interfaces, utilities).
• Establish and lead the program governance framework, including reporting structures, escalation protocols, and decisionmaking processes.
• Interface at executive level with government stakeholders, project leadership, financiers, and other partners.
• Provide strong leadership and direction to large multidisciplinary and multinational teams.

2. Delivery Oversight

• Oversee endtoend program delivery from concept validation through design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Ensure integration and coordination across all contract packages to achieve seamless execution.
• Monitor progress against baseline schedule, budget, and KPIs, driving corrective actions where required.
• Lead resolution of critical program risks, technical challenges, and interface issues.

3. Contract & Commercial Management

• Provide executive oversight of FIDICbased contracts, including variation management, claims strategy, change control, and dispute avoidance.
• Guide Contracts and Commercial teams to protect commercial and contractual interests.
• Support highvalue negotiations with contractors, suppliers, and consultants.
• Ensure adherence to approved procurement, commercial, and governance frameworks.

4. Stakeholder & Interface Management

• Maintain strong relationships with project consultants, contractors, utility authorities, regulators, and local agencies.
• Lead stakeholder engagement related to land access, permits, utilities, and thirdparty coordination.
• Represent the program in executive reviews, steering committees, and statutory forums.

5. Risk, Quality, HSE & Compliance

• Champion a proactive risk management culture across the program.
• Ensure robust implementation of HSE, Quality, and Systems Assurance frameworks.
• Confirm compliance with Saudi regulations, standards, and best practices.
• Drive a strong safety leadership culture aligned with zeroharm objectives.

6. Systems & Integration

• Oversee systems engineering, signaling, telecom, rolling stock interfaces, and operational readiness.
• Ensure full systems integration, commissioning readiness, and handover to operations.
• Guide teams on RAMS, systems assurance, and operational acceptance processes.

7. Reporting & Performance Management

• Ensure timely, accurate, and decisionfocused program reporting.
• Review and approve executive dashboards, risk registers, cost reports, and milestone updates.
• Drive continuous improvement and lessons learned across the program lifecycle.