SAIF UR REHMAN, PMP®, PMI-RMP®

Project Manager| Business Development Manager | PMO & Contract Management

Civil Construction• Engineering •Infrastructure Management, KSA

saif.pmp36@gmail.com | +966 500 552 095 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

PMP® and PMI-RMP®-certified Project Manager, Business Development Manager, PMO & Contract Management professional with 18 years of experience across Saudi Arabia and GCC civil construction, engineering and infrastructure sectors. Delivers multi-million-SAR projects from pre-qualification to final handover in line with PMI standards. Proven record of building companies and business lines from the ground up, generating significant revenue and winning high-value contracts with tier-one clients including STC, SEC, TAHAKOM and NWC. Combines commercial acumen and stakeholder management with hands-on delivery of civil construction, engineering and utility infrastructure projects, ensuring compliance with Saudi standards and HSE regulations.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Project Planning & Scope Management
Risk Management (PMI-RMP®) & Compliance
Business Development & Growth
Quality Management (QA)
Contract Governance & Lifecycle (CLM)
RFP / RFQ / Tender Management
Subcontractor & Vendor Management
Contract Negotiation & Commercial Acumen
Key Account Management
Budgeting & Forecasting
FTTH / 5G & OSP Fibre Rollout
Salesforce CRM & Generative AI
Civil Construction & Utilities
HR Compliance (Qiwa, Muqeem, GOSI, TAMM)
ISO Management Representative

PMI-VERIFIED SKILLS (CREDLY DIGITAL BADGES)

Project: Project Management, Project Planning, Scope Management, Project Performance & Evaluation, Agile, Product Mgmt.

Risk: Risk Management, Project Risk Management, Risk Management Plans, Risk Assessment, Risk Analysis, Threat Management

Quality & Delivery: Quality Management (QM), Quality Assurance (QA), Construction Management (CM), Technical Acumen

People: Stakeholder Engagement, Communications Management, Communication Skills, HR Management, Artificial Intelligence (AI)

SOFTWARE & DIGITAL TOOLS

Business, PMO & Contract Systems: Salesforce CRM, SAP-Ariba, KPI dashboards, MS Project, Odoo ERP, CLM; Qiwa, Muqeem, GOSI, TAMM and client vendor portals.

Generative AI & Productivity: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity for proposals, tender analysis and research.

KEY CLIENTS & PRE-QUALIFICATION EXPERIENCE

Vendor registration, pre-qualification, RFQ / RFI / RFP and compliance processes with: STC, SEC, TAHAKOM, National Water Company (NWC), Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, Mobily, Zain, ACWA Power, Roshn Group, Taqa, NEOM, Red Sea Global, Saudi Railway Company, Tawal, and 20+ additional national developers, utilities and government entities.

SELECTED DELIVERED PROJECTS

Project Client Value / Period Installation & Replacement Civil Works TAHAKOM 51M SAR (2023–2025)

Civil Construction for Roadside Cameras Project TAHAKOM 33M SAR (2019–2022)

Civil Works for Domestic Water Connections NWC 42M SAR (2023–2025)

Water Line Connections Service Agreement Contract NWC 36M SAR (2023–2025)

Infrastructure Development – OSP Fibre Project, NBB Phase 2 STC 80M SAR (2019–2022)

Infrastructure Development – OSP Works, NBB Project STC 60M SAR (2019–2022)

Unified Contract – Distribution Networks up to 36 kV Saudi Energy 100M SAR (2015–2018)

OSP Fibre Optic Deployment Project STC 25M SAR (2014–2017)

Civil Construction – Wireline / Wireless / GSM Towers incl. Access Roads STC 25–35M SAR (2011–2015)

Civil Construction – Wireline / Wireless / GSM Towers STC 19M SAR (2009–2012)

CAREER HISTORY

First Net Gulf Company 27 Dec 2025 – Present

Lead business development and opportunity management, building a qualified telecom, OSP fibre-optic and utility infrastructure pipeline aligned with organizational strategy.
Govern the bid life cycle, including vendor registration, pre-qualification and compliance (RFI, RFQ, RFP, DDQ) with STC, SEC, TAHAKOM and NWC, assessing opportunity fit and risk exposure before bid commitment.
Develop commercial and technical proposals, translating client requirements into defined scope, cost estimates, assumptions and risk-adjusted bid strategies to strengthen win probability.
Establish PMO governance aligned with PMI standards (PMBOK® Guide): project charters, scope baselines and WBS, integrated schedules, cost baselines and KPI-based performance reporting.
Embed risk management into PMO practice: risk management plans, risk registers, qualitative analysis, risk owners and response plans monitored across the life cycle.
Administer contract governance and lifecycle management (obligations, SLAs, change control, Saudi regulatory compliance), engaging BD, engineering and finance stakeholders to align new business with delivery capacity.

MCE Company (1 Oct 2022 – 25 Dec 2025)

Directed business development and capture strategy for infrastructure and OSP fibre-optic contracts; won a 600M SAR bid in 2023 that contributed directly to new contract awards.
Managed multiple concurrent projects across the full life cycle for STC, TAHAKOM and NWC, from vendor registration, pre-qualification and proposals (RFI, RFQ, RFP) through closeout.
Monitored and controlled cost, schedule, quality and resource performance against approved baselines through KPI tracking, variance analysis and corrective action; managed subcontractors.
Administered contracts with a risk-based approach, identifying, assessing and responding to contractual, permitting, subcontractor and HSE risks.
Reviewed and approved method statements, RFIs, shop drawings, progress and as-built reports for quality assurance and control.
Engaged government and regulatory stakeholders for permits and approvals; built client relationships that secured repeat business.

Fibnet – Engenharia e Telecomunicações S.A. (Portuguese Company) (1 Nov 2015 – 30 Sep 2022)

Founded the KSA entity: secured commercial registration and licenses, built the founding team and established governance and core business processes.
Held full P&L accountability for the KSA business unit; defined the market-entry strategy and long-term growth roadmap.
Generated over 100M SAR in revenue through OSP and NBB projects for STC; contributed to a flagship RFP valued at 7.3 billion SAR.
Secured a 33M SAR purchase order for civil works on TAHAKOM's Roadside Cameras project and led its delivery as Project Manager.
Managed multiple concurrent projects and 30+ subcontractors, delivering to scope, schedule and cost baselines with full HSE and labour-law compliance.
Negotiated contract terms, NDAs and pricing schedules with balanced risk allocation; principal contact for banks and authorities.

AWS Company (1 Jan 2012 – 30 Oct 2015)

Project Manager | Business Development Manager | PMO | Project Control | Contract Management

Established the company's presence within the SEC ecosystem; contributed to the bid for the Unified Distribution Networks Contract (up to 36 kV) and negotiated and executed a new client contract.
Led vendor registration, pre-qualification and compliance for SEC and related utilities; prepared commercial and technical proposals for RFIs, RFQs and RFPs.
Monitored and controlled contract performance against SEC specifications, quality and safety requirements; reported forecasts to management.

Central Development & Technical Services (5 Aug 2008 – 31 Dec 2011)

Project Coordinator

Coordinated a turnkey GSM tower project for STC to schedule and quality requirements, managing approved scope growth that expanded the budget from 5M SAR to 13M SAR.
Coordinated engineers, subcontractors and suppliers; prepared progress and cost reports and tender and pre-qualification documents; supported HSE monitoring.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS Qualification Institutio

Project Management Professional (PMP)® – Credential ID 4515969 Project Management Institute (PMI) 2026–2029

PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) ® – Credential ID 4520193 Project Management Institute (PMI) 2026–2029

Project Management for Entrepreneurs Project Management Institute (PMI) 2026

Generative AI for Project Managers; Introduction to Project Management Project Management Institute (PMI) 2024

Certificate of Quality Management (60 hrs) American Federation of Accreditation (AFA) 2022

Cyber Security Awareness Course FIDIC Academy 2026

Applied AI for Business Operations and Sales Coursiv 2026

BS Computer Science University of Karachi 2005

Bachelor's Degree University of the Punjab 2002

Diploma in Computer Applications College of Computer Sciences & Business Administration 2000

DIPMF, Dubai (Attendee); GIS Symposia, Eastern Province (Attendee) DIPMF; High Committee of GIS, KSA 2015; 2010–11

LANGUAGES

Arabic: Professional working proficiency| English: Fluent