Lead Workplace & Village Campus Development📣 Job Ad

About Qiddiya and the Role

Qiddiya is seeking a Lead Workplace & Village Campus Development to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position involves leading the strategic planning and execution of workspace and community environments that support collaboration, innovation, and well-being within the company's vision.

Role Overview

The Lead Workplace & Village Campus Development will oversee the design, construction, and operational readiness of Qiddiya's workplace and residential campuses. This role ensures alignment with the objective of creating a world-class entertainment destination by fostering environments conducive to productivity and community life.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary corporate workplace authority, translating corporate objectives into spatial, technical, and operational requirements across various workplace specialisms.
• Approve project briefs, employer's requirements, and design gateways, and chair technical review and design assurance forums.
• Ensure compliance with corporate, regulatory, and ESG standards throughout all development phases.
• Embed workplace principles, occupancy strategies, space planning standards, and density targets into project delivery and master planning.
• Develop campus technical design standards and comprehensive workplace guidelines.
• Provide design and technical oversight, reviewing architectural, MEP, ICT, and security proposals while ensuring lifecycle cost optimization and driving value engineering governance without compromising quality.
• Oversee sustainability and energy performance objectives for all campus developments.
• Participate in stage-gate review frameworks, monitor CAPEX governance and budget adherence, and review risk registers and mitigation strategies.
• Align phasing with business continuity needs and define operational readiness criteria.
• Collaborate with Workplace Operations and Workplace Experience teams to oversee commissioning and post-occupancy evaluation.
• Lead stakeholder engagement and change management, including overseeing relocation and consolidation strategies, and managing cross-functional governance committees.
• Provide executive reporting to senior leadership on workplace and campus development initiatives.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Architecture, Urban Planning, Facilities Management, or a related field.
• A minimum of 12 years of experience in delivering large-scale workplace or campus developments.
• Proven experience acting as a client-side representative.
• Extensive experience across master planning, design, construction governance, and operational readiness.
• Demonstrated delivery of developments exceeding 100,000m2 or multi-building campuses.
• Experience in office portfolio consolidation for 1,000+ occupants.

Preferred Attributes

Candidates with the following experience will be given preference:

• Experience within the GCC / Saudi Arabia region.
• Exposure to giga-project environments.
• Familiarity with hospitality-integrated workplace models.
• Experience in complex multi-stakeholder corporate environments.

Application Information

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Further details regarding the application process will be provided upon inquiry.