Director Design Golf Sport BU (SPA )📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a Director - Design - Golf - Sport BU (SPA304) to lead the end-to-end design management, governance, and technical delivery of world-class golf courses, clubhouses, country clubs, and associated real estate assets. This full-time role involves leading multidisciplinary consultant teams through all project phases, ensuring adherence to international golf industry standards and local regulatory requirements.

Strategic Design Leadership

• Lead the overall design vision, strategy, and delivery approach for golf and country club developments.
• Establish and maintain design standards across all golf-related assets.
• Ensure alignment between master planning, golf course design, architecture, landscape architecture, hospitality, sports operations, and development objectives.
• Provide executive-level design leadership to internal stakeholders and project leadership teams.
• Support development and operational teams by translating business requirements into successful design outcomes.

Golf Course & Clubhouse Design Management

• Lead the design management of championship golf courses, private golf clubs, resort golf courses, practice facilities, academies, driving ranges, and associated hospitality assets.
• Manage relationships with internationally recognized golf course architects and specialist consultants.
• Review and approve golf course routing plans, landscape strategies, irrigation approaches, agronomy design requirements, and operational considerations.
• Ensure seamless integration between golf operations, hospitality functions, member experiences, and real estate developments.
• Oversee clubhouse, maintenance facility, academy, food & beverage, event, wellness, and recreation facility designs.

Consultant and Stakeholder Management

• Manage Lead Design Consultants and specialist sub-consultants across all disciplines.
• Establish clear design deliverables, review protocols, and governance frameworks.
• Lead design workshops, technical reviews, and stage-gate approvals.
• Present design strategies and project progress to executive leadership and steering committees.
• Engage with operators, golf management companies, hospitality brands, governing bodies, and external stakeholders.
• Support procurement activities including consultant selection and technical evaluations.

Design Governance and Quality Assurance

• Chair design review meetings and design approval forums.
• Implement and maintain Design Review and Change Control processes.
• Ensure compliance with project design standards, quality requirements, operational objectives, and international best practice.
• Review and approve design submissions throughout each project stage.
• Drive innovation whilst protecting design intent and project value.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 15+ years of design leadership experience across large-scale golf, hospitality, sports, mixed-use, or destination developments.
• Demonstrated experience delivering internationally recognized golf and country club projects.
• Strong client-side, developer, or owner-representative experience.
• Experience managing globally recognized golf course architects and specialist consultants.
• Proven experience delivering projects from concept design through construction and handover.
• Experience across major mixed-use destinations, luxury resorts, golf communities, or giga-project environments.
• Experience working within complex multi-stakeholder environments.
• Middle East experience is preferred.