Senior Manager Operational Readiness

About Qiddiya Investment Company

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a Senior Manager - Operational Readiness to join its team in Riyadh, Riyadh Province. This full-time role is critical for ensuring the smooth transition of major assets and programs from project delivery into operational phases.

Role Summary

The Senior Manager - Operational Readiness provides strategic leadership to ensure an integrated and controlled transition into safe, compliant, and sustainable operations. This involves setting readiness direction, governing assurance and activation decisions, and aligning senior stakeholders on priorities, risks, and outcomes across various projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Define operational readiness strategy, governance, standards, assurance methodology, and activation decision gates for assigned portfolios.
• Lead integrated readiness planning across people, process, technology, facilities, safety, security, commercial, regulatory, and service workstreams.
• Provide senior oversight of readiness milestones, interdependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and evidence-based completion status.
• Ensure operational requirements are embedded across design, procurement, commissioning, handover, mobilization, and opening plans.
• Chair senior readiness reviews and direct recovery plans for critical gaps that may affect safety, compliance, customer experience, or activation dates.
• Oversee operating model, workforce, training, SOP, OS&E, technology, facilities, and service mobilization readiness.
• Provide governance for permits, licenses, and regulatory interfaces, ensuring accountable teams maintain clear ownership and timely delivery.
• Advise executive leadership on readiness status, activation options, residual risks, and required decisions.
• Lead assurance reviews, inspections, rehearsals, and operational trials, and recommend readiness to proceed through key stage gates.
• Oversee consultants, contractors, and operators supporting readiness, ensuring clear scope, quality, schedule, and accountability.
• Build team capability through direction, coaching, performance management, and consistent quality standards.
• Champion continuous improvement, lessons learned, and standardization across the operational readiness function.

Experience and Qualifications

• Candidates should possess 5-10 years of relevant professional experience.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Riyadh Province, requiring dedicated engagement in a dynamic project environment.

Application Process

Salary details for this position will be disclosed during the interview process.