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About the Role

Qiddiya is seeking a Director Delivery Audit to lead its delivery audit function in Riyadh. This full-time position provides independent, strategic assurance over the organization's capital delivery portfolio. The scope encompasses construction, infrastructure, engineering, consultancy services, procurement, and facilities management, adhering to the Global Internal Audit Standards (2024).

Strategic Leadership and Assurance

The Director Delivery Audit owns the delivery audit strategy and is responsible for setting the risk-based delivery audit plan. This role directs multiple management layers and concurrent engagements, serving as the senior point of assurance to executive management and the Audit Committee. Key areas of assurance include the effectiveness of controls governing project delivery, cost and change management, contractor and consultant performance, and programme and portfolio governance. The role also involves continuously advancing the function's delivery audit methodology and capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the delivery audit strategy, ensuring alignment with capital delivery objectives and the enterprise risk profile.
• Direct the development and execution of the risk-based delivery audit plan across the capital portfolio, ensuring adequate coverage of major projects and programmes.
• Provide executive-level assurance and reporting to senior management and the Audit Committee on delivery, cost, contractor performance, and programme governance risks.
• Oversee multiple concurrent engagements and management layers, ensuring quality, consistency, and timeliness across the delivery audit portfolio.
• Lead complex and high-value engagements, including major construction contracts, claims, and programme-level governance reviews.
• Set and maintain the delivery audit methodology, frameworks, and quality assurance standards, ensuring conformance with the Global Internal Audit Standards (2024).
• Manage the delivery audit budget, resourcing, and capability planning, including specialist and co-sourced resources.
• Drive innovation in delivery audit, including data analytics, continuous auditing, and emerging-risk coverage.

Team Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement

The Director will build and sustain trusted relationships with executive stakeholders, programme leadership, and external assurance providers to promote risk awareness and control accountability. A key aspect of this role involves leading, developing, and performance-managing Associate Directors, Senior Managers, and Managers, fostering a high-performing delivery audit team and succession pipeline. The role also champions integrated assurance with governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) and external auditors to optimize coverage and minimize duplication.

Qualifications and Work Setting

Candidates for this full-time position in Riyadh must possess over 10 years of relevant experience. The role requires a leader capable of operating within a dynamic environment, providing critical assurance across a diverse capital delivery portfolio.