Local Content Manager

About the Role

As the Local Content Manager based in Saudi Arabia, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and enforcing local content strategies, ensuring compliance with Saudi regulations, and fostering growth across diverse projects within Buro Happold. This position promises engagement with high-profile projects and an inclusive workplace dedicated to sustainable and equitable development, offering meaningful career progression within a global consultancy.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the annual local content certification and audit processes for the Saudi Arabia entity.
• Ensure adherence to all pertinent Saudi local content laws and regulations.
• Develop and maintain policies, controls, and reporting systems to support continuous compliance and readiness for audits.
• Keep abreast of regulatory changes and analyze their impact on operations, projects, and strategic growth plans.
• Prepare comprehensive local content reports, risk assessments, and performance updates for senior leadership and governance committees.
• Serve as the resident local content expert for Saudi-related projects worldwide.
• Assist bid teams in interpreting local content requirements, contractual responsibilities, and risk factors.
• Calculate and verify project-specific local content targets using LCGPA methodologies.
• Create simulations and scenario models to inform bidding strategies, project delivery, and contract decisions.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to integrate local content obligations into project execution frameworks.
• Support the preparation and submission of certificates, bid documents, and client reports related to local content.
• Guide project teams to establish realistic and compliant local content goals.
• Monitor and analyze project performance against local content targets throughout project lifecycles.
• Analyze costs, forecasts, and estimates to complete to identify trends and risks.
• Work with teams to develop mitigation plans for at-risk commitments.
• Support audits, compliance reviews, and reporting at the project level, escalating significant risks appropriately.
• Partner with finance, legal, commercial, procurement, and operations to enhance local content compliance and effectiveness.
• Create tools, templates, dashboards, training, and awareness programs to promote compliance culture.
• Drive an organizational culture based on compliance, accountability, and ongoing improvement.

Candidate Profile

• A degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
• Demonstrable experience with Saudi local content frameworks such as IKTVA, ICV, or similar localisation programs.
• Strong financial acumen, commercial insight, and analytical capabilities.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, including financial modeling, forecasting, and scenario analysis.
• Experience assessing project financial data, budgets, and performance indicators.
• Ability to comprehend regulatory requirements and convert them into actionable business solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Background in project-based sectors like engineering, infrastructure, construction, or professional services is advantageous.
• Experience supporting audits, certification processes, and regulatory compliance is desirable.

Our Offer

• Opportunity to contribute expertise at a globally respected consultancy.
• Hybrid working options to support work-life balance.
• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• Strong focus on continuous professional development with tailored learning programs.
• Entitlement to two memberships or subscriptions to professional bodies.
• An international work culture promoting diversity and inclusion, empowering employees to thrive without masking their identity.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to inclusive recruitment, encouraging applications from individuals seeking flexible career options and those from underrepresented groups in the built environment sector. Adjustments to the application process are available upon request to ensure accessibility and comfort throughout your engagement with us.