Senior Manager Signage and Wayfinding📣 Job Ad

About Qiddiya

Qiddiya Investment Company is dedicated to shaping large-scale entertainment, sports, culture, and leisure destinations. The company focuses on defining ambitious, integrated environments where design quality, functionality, and user experience converge at scale within the broader Qiddiya ecosystem.

The Role: Senior Manager Signage and Wayfinding

This full-time position, based in Riyadh, involves leading signage and wayfinding efforts across complex planning and delivery programs. The Senior Manager will be responsible for creating clear, cohesive navigation experiences that support broader city-making objectives. This role requires collaboration with internal teams and external partners to guide design intent through multiple project phases and into successful delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee and review signage and wayfinding strategies and design packages across all masterplanning phases, from pre-concept through detailed masterplanning.
• Coordinate with internal subject matter experts, business units, and external stakeholders to align signage concepts with broader city objectives.
• Drive the progression of signage typologies from pre-concept and concept through schematic and detailed design into IFT, IFC, and delivery stages.
• Review signage BOQs, message schedules, and location plans in coordination with related public realm disciplines.
• Manage production review activities, including samples and mockups, assessing materiality, fabrication typologies, and cost considerations.
• Oversee signage and wayfinding contractors through delivery to ensure QA/QC, HSE compliance, site coordination, and adherence to installation schedules and program deadlines.
• Ensure as-built documentation and O&M procedures are completed to support smooth handover and ongoing maintenance of signage elements.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in architecture, graphic design, urban planning, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience leading signage, wayfinding, or environmental graphics on complex developments.
• Strong experience across masterplanning, schematic design, IFC, and delivery stages.

Essential Skills and Knowledge

• Proven ability to coordinate consultants, contractors, and multidisciplinary stakeholder teams.
• Knowledge of signage BOQs and message schedules.
• Knowledge of signage fabrication methods is beneficial.
• Experience with installation QA/QC for signage delivery is beneficial.

Location

This position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.