Director, Operational Readiness & Launch

Qiddiya | القدية; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 520,000 - 760,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya in Saudi Arabia seeks a Senior Operational Readiness leader to drive readiness across major assets and programmes, guiding transition from project delivery to safe, compliant operations and exceptional guest experiences within entertainment and cultural projects.

You will chair readiness reviews, align senior stakeholders, and oversee multi-workstream plans spanning people, process, technology, facilities and safety, ensuring timely launches and robust performance across the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, engineering, operations management, project management, hospitality or a related discipline. A master's degree is preferred.
• Professional certifications in project/programme management or facilities management are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement operational readiness strategy, governance, standards, assurance methodology and activation gates for assigned portfolios.
• Lead integrated readiness planning across people, process, technology, facilities, safety, security, commercial, regulatory and service workstreams.
• Provide senior oversight of milestones, interdependencies, risks, issues, decisions and KPIs.
• Collaborate with project delivery, operations, engineering and stakeholder teams to embed operational requirements across design, procurement, commissioning, handover, mobilization and opening plans.
• Chair senior readiness reviews and direct mitigation and recovery plans for gaps affecting safety, compliance, guest experience or activation dates.
• Advise executive leadership on readiness status, activation options, residual risks and required decisions.

Skills

Multi-workstream programme integration

Readiness assurance and recovery plan

Operating-model and mobilization overs

Senior stakeholder alignment

Executive reporting

Dependency resolution

Team leadership

Consultant oversight

Change delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

PMP

PRINCE2

Facilities management certification

Operational readiness certification

HSE certification

Risk management certification

Job description

Qiddiya in Saudi Arabia seeks a Senior Operational Readiness leader to drive readiness across major assets and programmes, guiding transition from project delivery to safe, compliant operations and exceptional guest experiences within entertainment and cultural projects.

You will chair readiness reviews, align senior stakeholders, and oversee multi-workstream plans spanning people, process, technology, facilities and safety, ensuring timely launches and robust performance across the portfolio.