Senior Manager Virtual City

About the Role: Senior Manager - Virtual City

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a Senior Manager - Virtual City to join the Central Development Unit (CDU) in Riyadh Province. This full-time role focuses on the technical oversight and quality control of digital assets within Qiddiya City's Unreal Engine environment. The CDU serves as a center of excellence, establishing standards and ensuring consistency across complex development projects.

Role Context and Impact

The Virtual City team is responsible for managing the Qiddiya City Unreal Engine, which provides real-time visualization, simulation, and collaboration. This is achieved by integrating GIS, BIM, and IMS data to inform strategic development decisions. The Senior Manager – Virtual City will ensure that all digital models, which integrate BIM, GIS, and engineering data, comply with established technical standards and file structures, embodying "Qiddiya-ness" through design excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion QIC's "Safety First" value, including enacting ‘Stop Work’ authority and adhering to health, safety, and wellbeing standards.
• Model leadership behaviors consistent with Qiddiya Values.
• Cultivate a high-performance culture through clear direction, continuous feedback, recognition, and fostering collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
• Ensure compliance of all digital models, integrating BIM, GIS, and engineering data, with technical standards and file structures.
• Maintain technical excellence and optimize workflows for digital asset management across the Qiddiya program.
• Oversee and maintain the quality and structure of digital models and assets within Unreal Engine.
• Develop, implement, and enforce technical standards for digital modeling, ensuring compliance across all digital assets.
• Monitor and evaluate the quality of model updates provided by external consultants and designers.
• Establish and maintain robust file structures, workflows, and documentation to support technical compliance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to digital asset integration and modeling.
• Continuously assess and improve technical workflows to enhance the integrity of digital models.
• Implement and execute best practices for asset compliance and digital data management.

Qualifications and Experience

• 7-10 years of relevant experience.
• Deep technical expertise in digital asset management and Unreal Engine.
• Demonstrated attention to detail in technical oversight and quality control.

Core Values and Behaviors

• Safety: Prioritize wellbeing, address challenges directly, take responsibility for safety, correct unsafe practices, learn from mistakes, and foster mutual accountability.
• Integrity: Communicate truthfully, keep commitments, respect others' rights and opinions, and uphold high professional standards.
• Innovation: Encourage an open and nimble approach, maintain a curious mindset, seek continuous improvement, think creatively, and enhance performance.
• Collaboration: Engage openly and honestly with stakeholders, communicate frequently and transparently, celebrate successes, and resolve issues collaboratively.
• Inclusion: Respect diverse cultures, listen to different perspectives, maintain an open mindset, build diverse teams equitably, and treat everyone with respect.
• Quality: Ask direct questions, communicate relevantly, be a team player, share knowledge, and maintain uncompromising quality standards.

Application Information

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.