Senior Director Development Hospitality CM📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Qiddiya Investment Company is developing a landmark destination that redefines entertainment, culture, and hospitality in the Kingdom. The Hospitality Business Unit is focused on building a portfolio of hotel assets to support this vision. We are seeking an experienced professional to lead the end-to-end development of these hospitality assets, ensuring they meet the highest standards of design quality, guest experience, and commercial performance.

Role Context and Objectives

In this Senior Director Development Hospitality CM position based in Riyadh, you will be instrumental in shaping the development strategy for hospitality assets. Your role involves guiding critical decisions from concept through to delivery, ensuring that each asset delivers distinctive guest experiences, strong commercial outcomes, and long-term value for both the individual asset and the wider Qiddiya destination. You will manage complexity and drive alignment across key stakeholders to ensure assets are commercially robust and align with Qiddiya's overarching vision and development objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic development of hospitality assets from early-stage briefing through to delivery, handover, and operational readiness.
• Shape asset strategy, feasibility studies, and business plans to define positioning, guest experience, and value creation.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across strategy, asset management, design, delivery, and Operators to ensure seamless progression from development to operations.
• Ensure assets align with Qiddiya's vision and quality benchmarks, delivering best-in-class design and guest experience.
• Provide strategic oversight of key asset decisions, including positioning, room mix, amenities, guest experience, and operational planning, to maximize differentiation and portfolio performance.
• Lead key asset validation milestones, including mock-up room reviews and critical gateway decisions, balancing Operator, design, commercial, and delivery requirements.
• Proactively manage interfaces, risks, and opportunities across all development workstreams to protect value and maintain delivery momentum.
• Lead governance and executive reporting processes, clearly articulating asset strategy, development priorities, risks, and recommendations in key forums.
• Mentor, guide, and develop teams, embedding strong development capability and best-practice approaches across the portfolio.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience shaping development strategy, feasibility, and positioning.
• Over 20 years of experience in real estate or hospitality development.
• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of value creation.
• Proven track record delivering complex assets, such as luxury hospitality or mixed-use developments.
• Experience developing hospitality assets with Operator engagement, including selection, onboarding, or alignment.
• Experience across the full development lifecycle, from feasibility through delivery and handover.
• Experience working within multi-stakeholder, large-scale destination or master-planned environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Real Estate Development, Architecture, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Professional membership or recognized certification is preferred (*, RICS, RIBA, PMP, or equivalent).
• GCC experience is preferred.

Required Skills and Competencies

• Strong judgment in complex, high-value development environments.
• Ability to manage complexity across stakeholders, workstreams, and project stages.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive key decisions through clear communication and presentation.
• Comfort operating in fast-paced environments, managing ambiguity and shifting priorities.
• Proficiency in project management and reporting tools (*, Aconex).

Work Environment and Type

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh. You will be working within a dynamic environment focused on delivering large-scale, complex hospitality projects. The role requires close collaboration with various internal teams and external partners.