Director Organizational Development

About the Role

Qiddiya Investment Company (شركة قدية الاستثمارية) is seeking a Director - Organizational Development to provide enterprise-wide leadership in organizational design, workforce planning, and OD foundations across the group and its subsidiaries. This full-time role, based in Riyadh Province, specifically Riyadh, focuses on aligning organizational structures, roles, governance, and workforce capacity with business priorities, capital programs, and long-term growth ambitions. The Director will own the organization’s OD frameworks, job architecture, grading standards, and job evaluation governance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and continuous evolution of enterprise and functional target operating models (TOMs) aligned with strategy and growth plans.
• Establish and govern organizational design frameworks, principles, and standards to ensure scalability and clarity of accountability.
• Oversee the design of organization structures, reporting lines, role charters, and governance forums.
• Lead the setup of OD foundations for new subsidiaries and group entities, including structure, grading architecture, and job frameworks.
• Provide governance oversight for structural changes across the group, ensuring alignment with enterprise design principles.
• Oversee analysis of spans of control, workforce layering, and reporting lines to optimize leadership bandwidth and cost-effectiveness.
• Own the enterprise workforce planning framework and annual/multi-year planning cycles in partnership with HRBPs and Finance.
• Govern enterprise job architecture, grading standards, and job evaluation methodologies, ensuring equity and internal consistency.
• Act as a strategic advisor to ExCo, business unit heads, and HR leadership on organizational effectiveness and structural design.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the Organizational Development team, building OD capability, tools, and knowledge assets.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 12 years of experience in Organizational Development, Operating Model Design, or Strategic HR roles.
• Proven experience in target operating model (TOM) design and enterprise transformation.
• Hands-on experience in setting up OD foundations for new subsidiaries or business entities.
• Experience working in group company environments with multiple subsidiaries.
• Strong background in strategic workforce planning, organizational design, and job evaluation.
• Exposure to or experience within development-sector organizations is preferred.
• Executive-level stakeholder engagement and governance leadership experience.

Work Environment

This role operates within a dynamic group company environment, requiring collaboration with various stakeholders including Strategy, Finance, HR Business Partners, and senior business leaders. The position involves leading the Organizational Development function and contributing to target operating model development initiatives.