Director - Strategy - Real Estate

Qiddiya | القدية; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 420,000 - 620,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya | القدية in Saudi Arabia seeks a development-focused professional to lead strategic portfolio initiatives across multiple masterplans, balancing strategic thinking with execution, guided by market intelligence.

You will craft development strategies, identify land-use opportunities, assess market challenges, and collaborate with development, design, and delivery teams to improve efficiency. You will also shape procurement strategies and prepare BoD inputs.

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor's degree in engineering or finance. MBA preferred.
• Extensive management consulting background (min 3 yrs, 6+ yrs preferred).
• Strong understanding of real estate products through MC engagements or related experience.

Responsibilities

• Create development strategies for different products within Qiddiya's portfolio and align with the market.
• Identify interim land-use opportunities focused on the residential portfolio.
• Identify real estate market challenges and assess risks for rolling out residential assets and mitigation strategies.
• Assess multiple products and solutions suitable for the Saudi market and recommend ideal products per stage based on analysis.
• Support product innovation workstream with benchmarking.
• Cooperate with development, design, and delivery to identify efficiency opportunities across the product offering.
• Work on procurement strategies including scope, assessment, award, and management of consultants.
• Support strategic stakeholder management and identification of strategic partners across workstreams.
• Create presentations for N-1 panels, management and BoD inputs.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or finance

MBA degree (preferred)

Job description

This is a development centric role that works with multiple teams within the Qiddiya Residential Business Unit to deliver a more efficient portfolio with products suitable for a target demographic that changes over the maturity period of various masterplans.

The role is a balance between strategic thinking and execution on a portfolio level, with market intelligence driving strategies and recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Create development strategies for different products within Qiddiya's portfolio and align them with the market.
• Identify interim land-use opportunities focused on the residential portfolio
• Identify real estate market challenges and assess the risks for rolling out residential assets and develop mitigation strategies.
• Assess multiple products and solutions that are suitable for the Saudi market, recommend ideal products per stage based on detailed analysis
• Support product innovation workstream with benchmarking.
• Cooperate with development, design, and delivery to identify opportunities to work more efficiently across Qiddiya's product offering.
• Work on procurement strategies including scope, assessment, award, and management of consultants.
• Support in strategic stakeholder management and the identification of strategic partners across the different workstreams
• Create presentations for N-1 panels, management and inputs for BoD presentations

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in either engineering, finance. MBA degree preferred.
• Extensive management consulting background required (minimum of 3 years, 6+ years preferred)
• Strong understanding of real estate products through mc engagements and/or working for a firm in the real estate value chain strongly preferred