Architect Lead (Retail and Advertising)

SYSTRA; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA is seeking an amazingly talented Architect Lead (Retail and Advertising) to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In this role you will advise the client on commercial strategies for retail areas, advertising schemes, and related services as part of the Riyadh Metro extension.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or related field, has at least 10 years in retail development or mall management, and excels in stakeholder negotiation, spatial planning, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Real Estate Development, Commercial Management, or a related field.
• Experience in retail and advertising integration within metro, rail, airport, or major transit hubs.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in retail development, mall management, or commercial asset optimization.
• Understanding of lease management frameworks, concession contracts, and revenue-share models.
• Proven track record with major commercial developers or as owner’s representative for malls or lifestyle centers.
• Demonstrated experience in spatial planning of retail layouts and high-visibility advertising placements.
• Excellent stakeholder management, commercial negotiation, and technical report-writing abilities.
• Strong cross-disciplinary coordination between tenant fit-outs and core building infrastructure (MEP, structural, ICT).

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial services consultancy on Retail Areas, advertising schemes, and related services.
• Review retail area designs for compliance and ensure fit-for-purpose and rental readiness.
• Review project advertising schemes and distribution of elements.
• Support spatial planning, design review, and layout optimization of all retail and advertising spaces.
• Interface with the client on all above items.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Commercial negotiation

Spatial planning

Tenant coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Real Estate Development, Commercial Management, or related field

Job description

SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and sustainable mobility. With over 10,300 employees, SYSTRA's mission is to design safe and sustainable transport solutions to bring people together, develop social inclusion and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure throughout the world.

For 65 years, the Group has been working alongside cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their infrastructure and transport systems, throughout the life cycle of their projects. SYSTRA is involved from the earliest stages of design through to the testing, deployment and maintenance phases. The company provides all its services in over 80 countries worldwide and generates 74% of its turnover internationally. With its new services, SYSTRA supports its clients and partners in their digital, ecological and energy transition, in order to invent the mobility of tomorrow.

Context

SYSTRA is looking for an amazingly talented Architect Lead (Retail and Advertising) to join our team! In this role you will get to to assist the client regarding commercial strategies for the items below, as part of an extension to the Riyadh Metro.

Missions/Main Duties

• Provide commercial services consultancy services on the following non-exhaustive items: Retail Areas, all types of internal and external advertisement, “click and collect” and ATMS.
• Regarding retail areas, be responsible for reviewing the design of the retail areas, ensuring compliance with the Contract requirements, ensuring that properly sized connections are available at the retail areas to allow rental of these areas, and ensuring that the retail areas are Fit for Purpose
• Regarding advertising, be responsible for reviewing the advertisement scheme of the project, ensuring proper advertisement elements are used on the project, and reviewing the distribution of the advertisement elements
• Support the client to perform spatial planning, design review, and layout optimization of all retail zones and advertising spaces.
• Be the interface with the client on all these above items.

Profile/Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Real Estate Development, Commercial Management, or a related field.
• Experience in retail and advertising integration within metro, rail, airport, or major transit hubs.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in retail development, mall management, or commercial asset optimization.
• Understanding of lease management frameworks, concession contracts, and revenue-share models.
• Proven track record working with major commercial developers or as an owner’s representative for shopping malls or lifestyle centers.
• Demonstrated experience in the spatial planning of retail layouts, commercial tenant zoning, and high-visibility advertising placements.
• Excellent stakeholder management, commercial negotiation, and technical report-writing abilities.
• Strong cross-disciplinary coordination skills, particularly in managing the interface between tenant fit-outs and core building infrastructure (MEP, structural, and ICT).

Systra is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all applicants.

Workplace Type

On-site