Director Interior Design Hospitality📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Qiddiya Investment Company is developing a landmark destination for entertainment, culture, and hospitality in the Kingdom. The Hospitality Business Unit is seeking an experienced Director - Interior Design - Hospitality to lead the creative interior design agenda for its hotel portfolio. This full-time role is based in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia.

Role Overview

In this leadership position, you will be responsible for defining the interior design narratives, signature elements, and material strategies across all hotel asset tiers. The objective is to unlock distinctive, innovative, and commercially effective designs that establish each asset's unique identity, ensuring this vision is consistently applied from concept through to design freeze.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the definition of hotel interior design concepts from development brief to approved design direction, ensuring alignment with Qiddiya, district, and Operator visions.
• Articulate and position design proposals through compelling narratives and presentations to secure stakeholder alignment.
• Define interior design principles, narratives, material strategies, and signature elements for each hotel tier.
• Oversee consultant briefing and scope definition, validating interior design scope and FF&E requirements.
• Govern interior design and specialist consultants, overseeing performance and quality.
• Provide functional governance to project design management teams, reviewing and endorsing interior design deliverables.
• Lead structured reviews of design submissions and provide clear feedback.
• Oversee FF&E strategies and specifications, ensuring commercial alignment and consistency with design intent.
• Lead mock-up and design validation processes, guiding inspections to ensure quality.
• Provide creative and technical design oversight through design and construction, resolving interfaces and deviations.
• Guide value engineering and design optimization, balancing design intent with operational requirements.
• Champion innovation in guest experience, materials, and sensory design, embedding ESG and Vision 2030 priorities.
• Mentor teams and drive continuous improvement of design processes and best practices.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design, Interior Architecture, or a related discipline.
• Professional membership or recognised certification is preferred (*, RIBA, NCIDQ, BIID, or equivalent).
• Over 10 years of experience in interior design, with a strong hospitality focus and senior creative leadership experience.

Required Skills and Attributes

• Strong interior design literacy, creative judgment, and design review capability.
• Deep understanding of creative and technical hospitality design, including guest experience, spatial planning, materials, lighting, and FF&E specification.
• Exceptional storytelling and visual communication skills.
• Ability to manage design consultants and influence creative outcomes.
• Commercial awareness of cost, program impacts, FF&E budgets, and procurement timelines.
• Strong stakeholder management and creative leadership abilities.
• Proficiency in design and coordination tools (*, Adobe Creative Cloud, SketchUp, Revit, BIM, CDE platforms, Aconex, Autodesk Construction Cloud).

Preferred Background

• Experience in a senior creative leadership role (Design Director, Studio Director, or equivalent) within a leading design practice or developer environment.
• Proven track record delivering hospitality assets, including luxury and ultra-luxury tiers.
• Experience managing interior design consultants across multiple projects.
• Experience managing FF&E strategies, specification development, and mock-up programs.
• Experience working with international hotel Operators and brand standards.
• Experience in KSA / GCC or similar large-scale development environments is preferred.