Executive Director, Landmark Construction & Development

Confidential; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 800,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking an Executive Director – Construction & Development with a strong Civil Engineering background to lead landmark high‑rise, hospitality and mega-scale building projects in the region.

The role requires 20+ years of experience delivering iconic developments from pre-construction through handover, overseeing multidisciplinary teams and maintaining top standards of quality, safety, cost control, and schedule performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering is mandatory.
• Minimum 20+ years of experience in construction and project delivery.
• Experience in senior leadership roles such as Executive Director, Construction Director, Operations Director, or equivalent.
• Experience delivering high-rise towers, luxury hotels, resorts, and large-scale mixed-use developments.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership and strategic direction for large-scale construction and development projects.
• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of landmark high-rise, hospitality, commercial, and mixed‑use developments.
• Oversee project portfolios including cost, schedule, quality, safety, and client satisfaction.
• Manage Project Directors, Senior Project Managers, Construction Managers, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Establish project execution strategies, governance structures and delivery frameworks.
• Maintain relationships with clients, investors, consultants, PMC organizations, architects, contractors and government authorities.
• Oversee major project decisions, commercial matters, and risk mitigation.
• Review and approve budgets, master schedules, procurement strategies and resource plans.
• Drive construction excellence through planning, engineering solutions and operational improvements.
• Ensure coordination between civil, structural, architectural, MEP and specialist contractors.
• Lead strategic reviews and recovery plans for project progress.

Skills

Executive leadership

Project delivery

Stakeholder management

Risk management

QA/QC

HSE

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

Confidential is seeking an Executive Director – Construction & Development with a strong Civil Engineering background to lead landmark high‑rise, hospitality and mega-scale building projects in the region.

The role requires 20+ years of experience delivering iconic developments from pre-construction through handover, overseeing multidisciplinary teams and maintaining top standards of quality, safety, cost control, and schedule performance.