Hospitality Architecture Director: Luxury Hotel Design

Qiddiya Investment Company 1; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 380,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a seasoned Design Director to lead the architectural design agenda across luxury hospitality assets in the development portfolio. You will set design principles, manage consultants, and ensure high-quality, sustainable concepts from brief through endorsed design direction.

You will oversee governance, coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, and drive performance, value engineering and stakeholder alignment to deliver exemplary guest experiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or related discipline required.
• Professional membership or certification is preferred (RIBA, AIA, RICS or equivalent).
• 15+ years’ experience in architectural design with a hospitality focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural definition of hotel concepts from development brief to approved design direction.
• Oversee consultants and ensure design integrity, technical compliance and performance.
• Define design principles and performance benchmarks for each hotel tier.
• Coordinate across architecture, interiors, landscape and technical disciplines.
• Provide governance and endorsement of architectural deliverables at milestones.
• Drive value engineering and design optimisation balancing concept, guest experience and asset performance.
• Champion sustainability and climate-responsive design aligned with Vision 2030.
• Mentor teams and advance design processes, standards and best practices.

Skills

Architectural design literacy

Hospitality planning knowledge

Stakeholder management

Consultant coordination

Design governance

Revit

BIM

CDE platforms

Aconex/Autodesk Construction Cloud

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture

Professional membership or certification (RIBA/AIA/RICS) preferred

Tools

Revit

BIM

CDE platforms

Aconex/Autodesk Construction Cloud

Job description

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a seasoned Design Director to lead the architectural design agenda across luxury hospitality assets in the development portfolio. You will set design principles, manage consultants, and ensure high-quality, sustainable concepts from brief through endorsed design direction.

You will oversee governance, coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, and drive performance, value engineering and stakeholder alignment to deliver exemplary guest experiences.