Director, Public Realm & Citywide Design Leadership

Qiddiya Investment Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a Director- Public Realm to lead planning, design governance, and delivery oversight for parks, streetscapes, open spaces, and related assets across multiple districts in Qiddiya. The role will provide strategic and technical leadership ensuring alignment with masterplans, citywide standards, and Stage Gate requirements.

You will interface with district teams, consultants, infrastructure teams, and other business units, driving public realm initiatives,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Landscape Architecture.
• 15+ years' experience delivering large-scale public realm, landscape, or urban development projects.
• Demonstrated leadership in complex mixed-use or giga-project developments.
• 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

Public realm planning

Design governance

Stakeholder engagement

Team leadership

Delivery oversight

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Landscape Architecture

Job description

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a Director- Public Realm to lead planning, design governance, and delivery oversight for parks, streetscapes, open spaces, and related assets across multiple districts in Qiddiya. The role will provide strategic and technical leadership ensuring alignment with masterplans, citywide standards, and Stage Gate requirements.

You will interface with district teams, consultants, infrastructure teams, and other business units, driving public realm initiatives,