Senior Manager PlayPath Development Programs📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Qiddiya is seeking a Senior Manager PlayPath Development Programs to lead the design, development, and execution of talent development initiatives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role focuses on establishing a sustainable internal Saudi talent pipeline, particularly for engineering professions, aligned with Qiddiya's future workforce needs and strategic objectives. The position requires 5-10 years of relevant experience in program design and delivery, with a strong emphasis on accelerating capability build and strengthening participant experience.

Core Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end design, governance, and delivery of the Engineering Professions Program.
• Design and maintain program pathways, including attraction, selection, assessments, rotations, development experiences, and progression requirements.
• Define assignments, assessment methods, and exposure opportunities aligned to engineering capability and workforce needs.
• Establish and maintain governance frameworks, policies, selection criteria, documentation standards, and evaluation methodologies.
• Ensure alignment with talent strategy, capability priorities, workforce planning, and future skills requirements.
• Define program KPIs, success measures, and effectiveness metrics to evaluate impact against strategic talent objectives.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition, Rewards, and other stakeholders to ensure program competitiveness, internal equity, attraction, and retention outcomes.

Program Delivery and Stakeholder Management

• Lead participant recruitment, onboarding, cohort management, rotation planning, and overall program operations.
• Ensure a high-quality participant experience through structured development, mentoring, engagement activities, and support mechanisms.
• Partner with business leaders and functional teams to secure placements, meaningful assignments, and development opportunities.
• Drive stakeholder alignment through clear expectations, communication, and coordinated execution across business units.

Performance Tracking and Insights

• Oversee participant progress tracking, performance reviews, assessment outcomes, and readiness evaluations.
• Ensure all assessment, feedback, and review cycles are delivered in line with governance requirements.
• Monitor program performance, pipeline health, and talent outcomes through dashboards, analytics, and reporting.
• Provide insights and recommendations to leadership on program effectiveness, risks, and opportunities for improvement.

Continuous Improvement and Partnerships

• Drive continuous improvement through participant feedback, benchmarking, data insights, and external leading practices.
• Ensure alignment with Capability & Learning, Talent Management, Performance, and Workforce Planning to strengthen development pathways.
• Manage external partners and vendors supporting assessments, learning interventions, and program delivery.
• Recommend and implement improvements to program design, content, and delivery to enhance participant outcomes and accelerate readiness.

Required Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of engineering and development environments, including how technical teams operate, how capability is built, and what is required to develop early-career engineering talent.
• Proven experience designing and delivering structured learning or talent development programs, including rotations, assessments, development plans, mentoring, and progress tracking.
• HR/Talent/Learning candidates must bring direct experience working with engineering, construction, infrastructure, or real estate development functions.
• Engineering/Development candidates must bring demonstrated experience in learning, capability building, program design, or talent development.
• CIPD, SHRM, ICE, SCE or equivalent preferred.