Design Director, City Assets & Operational Readiness

JASARA Program Management Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Jasara Program Management Company in Saudi Arabia seeks a Design Director Estate Management to lead operability and maintainability reviews for city and district assets, ensuring long-term sustainability and service delivery. You will act as the estate management design authority across planning, design development and asset handover.

You will define and maintain operational design requirements and review criteria, coordinating with development teams and consultants to optimize whole-life asset

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of progressive experience in design management, operational readiness, facilities planning, asset management, infrastructure delivery, estate management or related disciplines, including leadership experience.
• Experience reviewing complex developments from an operational, maintainability and service delivery perspective.
• Experience coordinating development, operations, asset management and delivery stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational design reviews of city and district assets to assess operability, maintainability, functionality and long-term serviceability.
• Develop maintain and continuously improve operational design standards guidance documents and review criteria.
• Define operability maintainability and service delivery requirements for use by development and design teams.
• Establish design review frameworks and assurance processes to support consistent assessment of developments.
• Coordinate operational handover activities with City Asset Management and other stakeholders.

Skills

Operational design reviews

Stakeholder coordination

Design authority

Operability and maintainability

Whole-life asset thinking

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Facilities Management

Master's degree desirable

Chartered/licensed status preferred

Job description

Jasara Program Management Company in Saudi Arabia seeks a Design Director Estate Management to lead operability and maintainability reviews for city and district assets, ensuring long-term sustainability and service delivery. You will act as the estate management design authority across planning, design development and asset handover.

You will define and maintain operational design requirements and review criteria, coordinating with development teams and consultants to optimize whole-life asset