Projects Manager

About the Role

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a Projects Manager to oversee project delivery activities for assigned assets, projects, packages, or site areas within the Business Unit. This full-time role is based in Riyadh, Riyadh Province, and requires ensuring alignment with approved designs, schedules, budgets, quality, governance, HSE, and project execution requirements. The Projects Manager will also evaluate construction readiness inputs to identify gaps, risks, dependencies, or issues before execution.

Core Responsibilities

• Manage project delivery activities across assigned assets, projects, packages, or site areas within the Business Unit.
• Review construction readiness inputs, including design information, procurement status, permits, logistics plans, technical submissions, and site access requirements.
• Ensure delivery activities align with approved design, schedule, budget, quality, governance, HSE, and project execution requirements.
• Monitor site progress, construction sequencing, critical path activities, workforce deployment, and delivery constraints.
• Review site reports, inspection records, technical submissions, non-conformance records, and corrective action updates.
• Ensure construction activities comply with approved specifications, Qiddiya standards, regulatory requirements, project controls, and applicable governance.
• Monitor the performance of contractors, subcontractors, construction supervision consultants, project management consultants, and delivery partners.
• Manage delivery interfaces across design, commercial, project controls, procurement, operations, asset management, infrastructure, utilities, and other relevant workstreams.
• Coordinate testing, commissioning, snagging, defect close-out, authority approval, and handover readiness activities with stakeholders.
• Develop project delivery trackers, action logs, progress summaries, readiness dashboards, and reporting inputs.
• Supervise assigned team members or project support resources to ensure accurate and timely completion of project reviews, records, and reporting outputs.

Generic Responsibilities

• Manage the implementation of the department strategy, ensuring alignment with Qiddiya's vision and mission.
• Ensure effective implementation of the policies and procedures framework for the department.
• Manage the implementation of a comprehensive stakeholder engagement strategy.
• Manage the department’s budgeting process within the approved budget and support cost-control actions.
• Ensure continuous improvement of department systems, processes, and practices.
• Manage the overall talent management cycle at the department level.
• Manage the development of a comprehensive reporting process for the department.

Qualifications and Experience

• Professional certifications or memberships with recognized engineering, construction, project management, quantity surveying, or built environment institutes (*, SCE, ICE, CIOB, PMI, APM, RICS, AACE) are preferred.
• Demonstrated experience of 5-10 years in managing project delivery activities across construction readiness, site execution, contractor and consultant coordination, interface management, HSE, quality, schedule monitoring, risk and issue resolution, testing, commissioning, completion, handover, and operational readiness.
• Experience within large-scale construction, infrastructure, real estate, and mixed-use environments is required.

Work Type

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Application Process

Interested candidates are invited to apply for this role to contribute to significant projects within Qiddiya Investment Company.