Director - Governance, Risk, and Control Lead

Qiddiya; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya Investment Company in Riyadh seeks a Director – Governance, Risk, and Control Lead to shape the governance, risk, and business continuity framework for City Ops. You will lead across governance, risk, controls, and business continuity, ensuring policy alignment and proactive risk management.

Collaborating with central functions and senior stakeholders, you will drive escalation routes, reporting, and remediation of gaps, while strengthening resilience across City Ops in a high-impact

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required or equivalent professional qualification.
• 12+ years of relevant experience across governance, risk management, internal controls, compliance, and audit.
• Strong understanding of governance frameworks, delegations of authority, control environments, and compliance requirements.
• Experience managing risk registers, mitigation plans, control actions, and issue escalation.
• Experience developing or implementing business continuity plans, recovery requirements, or operational resilience frameworks.
• Experience with enterprise risk management frameworks, internal control frameworks, business continuity standards, or operational resilience frameworks.
• Experience working across operations, finance, legal, risk, audit, and central corporate functions, with the ability to present to and influence executive leadership or heads of central functions.
• Experience in large-scale real estate development, destination or city operations, or other complex multi-stakeholder environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead governance, risk, controls, and business continuity across City Ops to support clear decision-making, compliant operations, effective controls, and proactive risk management.
• Establish and maintain the City Ops governance framework, including governance forums, decision rights, escalation routes, and reporting requirements.
• Develop and oversee standards and controls to ensure City Ops functions operate in line with company policies, delegations, and compliance requirements.
• Manage the City Ops risk management process, including risk identification, assessment, mitigation tracking, reporting, and escalation.
• Support business continuity planning and playbook development, including continuity requirements, recovery plans, coordination protocols, readiness activities, and periodic reviews across City Ops functions.
• Coordinate with central functions on governance, risk, compliance, controls, audit, and business continuity requirements.
• Monitor implementation of controls and support resolution of gaps and audit findings.
• Provide leadership reporting on key risks, gaps, governance actions, and business continuity readiness.

Skills

Governance

Risk management

Internal controls

Audit

Business continuity

Executive presentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, risk management, business administration, or related field

Job description

Qiddiya Investment Company is a Saudi holding and development company leading major investments in entertainment, sports, and culture, including the development of Qiddiya City and related destination offerings. As the organization continues to build and operate complex destination environments, strong governance, risk, and control practices are essential to enabling sound decisions, compliant operations, and resilient performance across critical functions.

This role sits at the center of that effort, helping shape the frameworks and oversight needed to support City Ops in a structured, effective, and forward-looking way. It offers the opportunity to work across a broad operational landscape, partnering with central functions and senior stakeholders to strengthen governance, manage risk proactively, and support business continuity readiness in a high-impact environment.

As Director – Governance, Risk, and Control Lead, you will help define how City Ops operates with clarity, accountability, and resilience. You will provide leadership across governance, risk, controls, and business continuity, supporting effective decision‑making and alignment with company policies and compliance requirements while working closely with operational and corporate stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead governance, risk, controls, and business continuity across City Ops to support clear decision‑making, compliant operations, effective controls, and proactive risk management.
• Establish and maintain the City Ops governance framework, including governance forums, decision rights, escalation routes, and reporting requirements.
• Develop and oversee standards and controls to ensure City Ops functions operate in line with company policies, delegations, and compliance requirements.
• Manage the City Ops risk management process, including risk identification, assessment, mitigation tracking, reporting, and escalation.
• Support business continuity planning and playbook development, including continuity requirements, recovery plans, coordination protocols, readiness activities, and periodic reviews across City Ops functions.
• Coordinate with central functions on governance, risk, compliance, controls, audit, and business continuity requirements.
• Monitor implementation of controls and support resolution of gaps and audit findings.
• Provide leadership reporting on key risks, gaps, governance actions, and business continuity readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, risk management, business administration, or a related field.
• 12+ years of relevant experience across governance, risk management, internal controls, compliance, and audit.
• Strong understanding of governance frameworks, delegations of authority, control environments, and compliance requirements.
• Experience managing risk registers, mitigation plans, control actions, and issue escalation.
• Experience developing or implementing business continuity plans, recovery requirements, or operational resilience frameworks.
• Experience with enterprise risk management frameworks, internal control frameworks, business continuity standards, or operational resilience frameworks.
• Experience working across operations, finance, legal, risk, audit, and central corporate functions, with the ability to present to and influence executive leadership or heads of central functions.
• Experience in large‑scale real estate development, destination or city operations, or other complex multi‑stakeholder environments is a plus.