Interface Manager

The Interface Manager is a client facing role embedded within an integrated client PMC office on a major program. You will establish and manage the interface control framework across all digital infrastructure packages. Key Responsibilities • Define interface management procedures, workflows, and governance for design, engineering, and construction teams. • Chair interface coordination meetings and ensure compliance with project standards and masterplan requirements. • Identify and document all technical and contractual interfaces (fiber, towers, data centers, utilities, smart systems). • Maintain and update the Interface Control Documents (ICDs) across disciplines and contractors. • Track interface risks, issues, and dependencies; maintain an interface register with mitigation plans. • Ensure proper clash detection and resolution through BIM/GIS integration. • Review District's CMP/DMP submissions • Coordinate between design, engineering, and construction managers to resolve interface conflicts. • Facilitate approvals and change management for cross-disciplinary modifications. • Monitor adherence to interface milestones and escalate delays or deviations. • Support commissioning, IST, and ORAT by ensuring handover of resolved interfaces. • Ensure interfaces comply with applicable codes and standards (TIA, BICSI, SBC, IEC/IEEE, MOMRAH, CST). • Validate safety, resilience, and cybersecurity considerations are integrated at all interfaces. • Act as primary contact point for interface topics with authorities (SEC, NWC, CST, MOMRAH, SDAIA, HCIS). • Manage interface alignment with external concessionaires (TowerCo, FiberCo, DC operators, MNOs) • Represent interface decisions and status in client/owner steering committees. • Ensure O&M teams are engaged in interface reviews to validate accessibility and maintainability. • Support red-line drawing reviews and as-built integration across multiple contractors. • Provide interface closure evidence for Provisional Acceptance and Final Acceptance processes. • Lead the interface management team and assign responsibilities across packages. • Promote collaboration and transparency between disciplines, EPCs, and consultants. • Mentor junior interface coordinators and enforce continuous improvement in interface processes. Qualifications & Experience • Bachelor s degree in Engineering, ICT, Telecoms, Digital Infrastructure, or Project Management; relevant professional certifications preferred. • 10+ years ICDs, interface registers, cross-discipline coordination, BIM/GIS clash resolution, authority/operator interfaces, risk closure and handover evidence. • Proven city-wide digital infrastructure leadership, covering masterplans, roadmaps, fixed/mobile networks, MMRs/POPs, data centers, resilience, standards, and design authority governance. • Strong delivery and interface management experience, from RFP to handover, including consultants, EPCs, utilities, authorities, MNOs, tower companies, fiber operators, DC operators, testing, cutover, and operational readiness.