Director - Public Realm

Qiddiya Investment Company; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a Director of Public Realm to lead planning, design governance, and delivery oversight for parks, streetscapes, and public spaces across multiple districts. The role requires strategic leadership to ensure alignment with master plans, standards, and programme objectives at city scale.

You will interface with district teams, consultants, and internal SMEs, guiding Stage Gate processes and ensuring governance across design and delivery stages.

Qualifications

• 15+ years' experience delivering large-scale public realm or urban development projects.
• Leadership in complex mixed-use or giga-project environments.
• Strong mastery of master planning, design governance, and infrastructure integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead public realm planning and design management for assigned districts and strategic projects.
• Provide design governance and technical assurance across CMP DMP Land Servicing and detailed design stages.
• Oversee consultant performance, design reviews and delivery of public realm packages.
• Ensure compliance with Qiddiya Vision City Framework Plan, PRDM development controls and citywide public realm standards.
• Coordinate integration of public realm with infrastructure, mobility, utilities, irrigation, sustainability and operational requirements.
• Support Stage Gate submissions and provide executive-level recommendations on design, programme risks and delivery strategy.
• Manage and mentor multidisciplinary public realm teams supporting capability development and succession planning.
• Lead stakeholder engagement with District Development Teams, Delivery Partners, consultants and internal SMEs.
• Contribute to citywide public realm strategies, standards development, phasing plans and operational readiness initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Public realm design

Stakeholder engagement

Project delivery

Design governance

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Landscape Architecture

Job description

Director- Public Realm Role required

Director Public Realm will lead the planning design governance and delivery oversight of public realm projects across multiple districts within Qiddiya. The role will provide strategic and technical leadership to ensure that parks streetscapes public open spaces and associated public realm assets are delivered in accordance with approved masterplans citywide standards Stage Gate requirements and programme objectives. The position will support the implementation of citywide initiatives including the Public Realm Design Manual PRDM People First Principles and project spirit teams while acting as the key interface between district teams consultants infrastructure teams and other business unit.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead public realm planning and design management for assigned districts and strategic projects
• Provide design governance and technical assurance across CMP DMP Land Servicing and detailed design stages
• Oversee consultant performance design reviews and delivery of public realm packages
• Ensure compliance with Qiddiya Vision City Framework Plan PRDM development controls and citywide public realm standards
• Coordinate integration of public realm with infrastructure mobility utilities irrigation sustainability and operational requirements
• Support Stage Gate submissions and provide executive-level recommendations on design programme risks and delivery strategy
• Manage and mentor multidisciplinary public realm teams supporting capability development and succession planning
• Lead stakeholder engagement with District Development Teams Delivery Partners consultants and internal SMEs
• Contribute to citywide public realm strategies standards development phasing plans and operational readiness initiatives

Key Accountabilities

• Delivery of high-quality standards-compliant public realm designs
• Timely support of district programmes and Stage Gate approvals
• Effective management of consultant teams and design budgets
• Successful implementation of citywide public realm standards and governance processes
• Proactive identification and mitigation of design programme and delivery risks

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Landscape Architecture.

15+ years' experience delivering large-scale public realm, landscape, or urban development projects. Demonstrated leadership within complex mixed-use, city-scale, or giga-project developments. Strong understanding of master planning, design governance, infrastructure integration, and project delivery. Experience managing multidisciplinary consultant teams and stakeholder environments.