Operational Readiness Lead

Qiddiya Investment Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 279,000 - 446,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya Investment Company seeks an experienced Operational Readiness Coordinator to lead integrated readiness plans, manage cross-functional workstreams, and ensure timely activation of assets and programmes. The role supports management decisions and drives day-to-day follow-up across multidisciplinary stakeholders.

Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in a related field and 4–5 years of operational readiness, mobilisation, project delivery, or asset activation experience;

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, engineering, operations management, project management or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage integrated operational readiness plans, schedules, trackers and governance routines for assigned scopes.
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams and confirm alignment of milestones, dependencies, responsibilities and acceptance criteria.
• Monitor readiness performance, analyse gaps and recommend corrective actions to protect activation dates.
• Support the development and review of operating models, mobilisation plans, SOPs, staffing, training, OS&E and service requirements.
• Coordinate asset handover readiness, commissioning interfaces, inspections, rehearsals, operational trials and close-out activities.
• Manage permit, licence and regulatory readiness inputs in coordination with responsible teams and authorities.
• Prepare management reports, dashboards, presentations, action logs and decision papers.
• Facilitate readiness meetings and workshops, record decisions and drive timely closure of actions.
• Maintain readiness evidence and ensure records are complete, controlled and available for assurance reviews.
• Support risk and issue management, including escalation of critical blockers and follow-up of mitigation actions.
• Guide specialists and consultants on assigned deliverables and quality expectations.
• Capture lessons learned and support continuous improvement of readiness standards and templates.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Risk management

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration, engineering, operations management, project management or a related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Qiddiya Investment Company seeks an experienced Operational Readiness Coordinator to lead integrated readiness plans, manage cross-functional workstreams, and ensure timely activation of assets and programmes. The role supports management decisions and drives day-to-day follow-up across multidisciplinary stakeholders.

Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in a related field and 4–5 years of operational readiness, mobilisation, project delivery, or asset activation experience;