Head of Hospitality Architecture & Design

Qiddiya; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya Investment Company, through its Hospitality Business Unit, seeks a senior architectural leader to guide the design of hotel assets from concept to endorsed direction, overseeing consultants and ensuring design integrity, technical compliance and performance.

You will drive architectural principles, coordinate across disciplines, mentor teams, and champion sustainability and ESG priorities while aligning with Vision 2030 and Operator requirements.

Qualifications

• 15+ years’ experience in architectural design with a hospitality focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural definition of hotel concepts from development brief to approved design direction, curating distinctive, emotive and commercially viable responses aligned with Qiddiya, district and Operator visions.
• Articulate and position architectural design proposals to secure alignment and timely outcomes through key governance stages.
• Define architectural design principles, typologies and performance benchmarks for each hotel tier, establishing consistent and validated design baselines across the portfolio.
• Oversee consultant briefing and scope definition, validating architectural scope and specialist inputs to ensure alignment with development briefs, asset positioning, Operator requirements and governance approvals.
• Oversee visualisation and design communication (including CGI strategy), ensuring concepts are clearly articulated and aligned with design narratives and stakeholder expectations.
• Lead and govern architecture and specialist consultants, driving strategic approaches on appointment, scope and deliverables and overseeing performance, quality and creative alignment.
• Provide functional governance to project-embedded design management teams, reviewing and endorsing architectural deliverables to ensure approved design intent is maintained through delivery.
• Lead technical input to development briefs, shaping planning efficiency, gross-to-net ratios, spatial configuration and system integration for hospitality assets.
• Drive integrated coordination across architecture, interiors, landscape and technical disciplines, resolving interfaces and ensuring cohesive design outcomes.
• Lead structured review of design submissions across key milestones, providing clear feedback and endorsement to support design progression.
• Provide creative and technical design oversight through design and construction, resolving interfaces and deviations to maintain design quality and intent.
• Guide value engineering and design optimisation, balancing design intent, guest experience and asset performance.
• Champion sustainability and climate-responsive design, embedding ESG and Vision 2030 priorities.
• Mentor teams and drive continuous improvement of design processes, standards and best practices.

Skills

Architectural design literacy

Hospitality planning knowledge

Consultant management

Cost & programme awareness

Stakeholder management

Design management tools (Revit, BIM)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture

Tools

Revit

BIM

CDE platforms

Aconex

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Job description

Qiddiya Investment Company, through its Hospitality Business Unit, seeks a senior architectural leader to guide the design of hotel assets from concept to endorsed direction, overseeing consultants and ensuring design integrity, technical compliance and performance.

You will drive architectural principles, coordinate across disciplines, mentor teams, and champion sustainability and ESG priorities while aligning with Vision 2030 and Operator requirements.