Director - Design Project Management (Mixed Use - Urban Core) (REQ738)

Qiddiya Investment Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 650,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya Investment Company seeks a Design Project Management Director to lead the planning, management, and delivery of design across a portfolio of mixed-use precinct developments in the Urban Core. You will bridge development, asset management, consultants, and authorities to translate design vision into high-quality, commercially viable environments.

The role requires strategic leadership, overseeing multiple projects from concept to handover, ensuring integration across architectural,

Qualifications

• 15+ years of design management & project management experience.
• Minimum 7 years in a leadership role on large-scale mixed-use developments.
• Proven client-side experience on complex mixed-use or city-scale projects.
• Strong experience in public realm and placemaking developments.
• Middle East experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide design leadership across multiple projects and programmes.
• Manage end-to-end design management for mixed-use precinct developments.
• Coordinate integration across architectural, landscape, infrastructure and placemaking disciplines.
• Oversee stakeholder engagement with authorities, operators and development partners.
• Support commercial and development objectives while ensuring quality and compliance.
• Lead and develop project delivery teams to meet programme commitments.

Skills

Design leadership

Project management

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Integrated design coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture/Urban Design/Landscape Architecture

Master's degree preferred

Professional accreditation preferred

Job description

The Design Project Management Director will lead the planning, management, coordination, and delivery of design across a portfolio of mixed-use precinct developments within the Urban Core business. The role will oversee the end-to-end design management process for public realm, public spaces, retail, food & beverage, commercial office, and destination-led mixed-use assets.

Working on the client side, the successful candidate will act as the key interface between development, asset management, project delivery, design consultants, authorities, operators, and stakeholders to ensure the design vision is successfully translated into high-quality, commercially viable, and operationally effective built environments.

This role requires a strategic leader capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously, driving design excellence, maintaining programme commitments, and ensuring seamless integration across architectural, landscape, infrastructure, public realm, placemaking, and commercial development disciplines.

Key Responsibilities

• Design Leadership
• Project & Programme Management
• Mixed-Use Development Integration
• Stakeholder Management
• Commercial & Development Support
• Quality & Compliance
• Team Leadership

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture
• Master's Degree preferred.
• Professional accreditation preferred (RIBA, AIA, AICP, ASLA, PMP, MRICS, CEng or equivalent).

Experience

• 15+ years of relevant experience in design management & project management
• Minimum 7 years in a leadership role managing large-scale mixed-use developments.
• Proven client-side experience on complex mixed-use, urban regeneration, masterplan, or destination development projects.
• Strong experience overseeing public realm and placemaking-focused developments.
• Demonstrated success managing international multidisciplinary consultant teams.
• Experience delivering projects throughout the full development lifecycle from concept design through construction and handover.
• Middle East experience strongly preferred.
• Experience within large-scale masterplanned communities, giga-projects, mixed-use districts, or city-scale developments highly desirable.