Director, Quality

JASARA PMC; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 700,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Jasara seeks a senior Quality leader to head the Quality Department, defining quality strategies and governance across major civil infrastructure programs. You will implement and maintain QMS, drive audits, risk management, and continuous improvement while guiding multidisciplinary teams.

The role requires 15+ years in quality leadership within large-scale projects, with strong governance, reporting, and stakeholder skills to ensure contractual and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Construction Management, or related discipline.
• 15+ years of experience in Quality Management, Quality Assurance, or Quality Control leadership roles.
• Proven experience leading quality functions within large-scale construction, infrastructure, engineering, or complex programmes.
• Strong knowledge of QMS frameworks, ISO standards, audit processes, and quality governance.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary quality teams and supporting major project delivery.
• Strong understanding of quality planning, compliance management, risk management, and performance improvement.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Quality Department, setting quality strategies, objectives, and governance frameworks.
• Develop and implement Quality Management Systems (QMS), policies, procedures, and standards.
• Establish quality assurance and quality control processes across projects and business functions.
• Oversee quality audits, compliance reviews, inspections, and performance assessments.
• Monitor quality KPIs, trends, risks, and improvement initiatives through effective reporting.
• Provide leadership and guidance to project quality teams, consultants, and contractors.
• Ensure alignment with contractual requirements, regulatory standards, and international best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement, lessons learned, and corrective/preventive action programmes.
• Collaborate with senior leadership and project stakeholders to identify quality risks and implement mitigation strategies.
• Promote a strong quality culture across the organisation.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline

Job description

Jasara is a program management company in the civil engineering sector, established as a joint venture between Aramco, Jacobs, and the Public Investment Fund. With the ambition to be the premier Program Management Company in Saudi Arabia and the MENA region, Jasara brings together deep industry expertise and a strong focus on delivering complex infrastructure and development programs to high standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the Quality Department, setting quality strategies, objectives, and governance frameworks.
• Develop and implement Quality Management Systems (QMS), policies, procedures, and standards.
• Establish quality assurance and quality control processes across projects and business functions.
• Oversee quality audits, compliance reviews, inspections, and performance assessments.
• Monitor quality KPIs, trends, risks, and improvement initiatives through effective reporting.
• Provide leadership and guidance to project quality teams, consultants, and contractors.
• Ensure alignment with contractual requirements, regulatory standards, and international best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement, lessons learned, and corrective/preventive action programmes.
• Collaborate with senior leadership and project stakeholders to identify quality risks and implement mitigation strategies.
• Promote a strong quality culture across the organisation.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Construction Management, or related discipline.
• 15+ years of experience in Quality Management, Quality Assurance, or Quality Control leadership roles.
• Proven experience leading quality functions within large-scale construction, infrastructure, engineering, or complex programmes.
• Strong knowledge of QMS frameworks, ISO standards, audit processes, and quality governance.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary quality teams and supporting major project delivery.
• Strong understanding of quality planning, compliance management, risk management, and performance improvement.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and reporting skills.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience within PMC, client-side, or major capital programme environments.
• Experience on giga projects or large-scale transformation programmes.
• Professional certification such as ISO 9001 Lead Auditor, CQI/IRCA, Six Sigma, or equivalent preferred.