Senior Manager Development Hospitality

About the Role

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a Senior Manager - Development - Hospitality to lead the early planning and development of hotel and hospitality assets. This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Riyadh Province, and requires 5-10 years of relevant experience. The role focuses on real estate development and asset creation, ensuring alignment across master planning, asset positioning, operator strategy, design requirements, and commercial assumptions before development execution.

Role Context and Purpose

This role is critical as several hospitality assets are progressing into early-stage development. The Senior Manager will provide dedicated hotel development expertise to align stakeholders, define each asset, establish viable project assumptions, and position assets for successful delivery and long-term operational performance. The focus is on real estate development and asset creation, not hospitality consulting or hotel operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead hotel and hospitality assets from concept, feasibility, and positioning through project definition and development readiness.
• Translate the destination vision and masterplan into clear hospitality asset strategies, development briefs, scope, and delivery requirements.
• Define hotel type, classification, brand positioning, target market, room mix, amenities, and guest experience in line with market demand.
• Lead market assessments, feasibility studies, business cases, development budgets, and financial assumptions with investment and finance teams.
• Drive hotel operator and brand selection, including RFPs, proposal evaluation, commercial assessment, and support for management agreement negotiations.
• Coordinate architects, designers, project managers, technical specialists, and operators to embed operational requirements into the design.
• Manage development risks, key decisions, approvals, schedules, and stakeholder alignment before handover to execution teams.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5-10 years of experience in hospitality development.
• Demonstrated expertise in leading early planning and development phases of hotel and hospitality assets.
• Experience in aligning master planning, asset positioning, operator strategy, design requirements, and commercial assumptions.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within the Qiddiya Investment Company. The role involves working with various internal and external stakeholders, including architects, designers, project managers, technical specialists, and operators.

Application Process

Candidates interested in this Senior Manager - Development - Hospitality role are encouraged to apply. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.