Quality Director: Strategy, Governance & Improvement

JASARA Program Management Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

JASARA Program Management Company in Riyadh is seeking a seasoned Quality leadership professional to direct the Quality Department across major projects. You will establish quality strategies, governance, and the QMS framework, ensuring adherence to ISO standards and contractual requirements.

The role requires 15+ years in quality leadership within large-scale programmes, with proven ability to drive audits, risk management, and continuous improvement while guiding multidisciplinary teams and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Construction Management, or related discipline.
• 15+ years of experience in Quality Management, Quality Assurance, or Quality Control leadership roles.
• Proven experience leading quality functions within large-scale construction, infrastructure, engineering, or complex programmes.
• Strong knowledge of QMS frameworks, ISO standards, audit processes, and quality governance.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary quality teams and supporting major project delivery.
• Strong understanding of quality planning, compliance management, risk management, and performance improvement.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Quality Department across projects and functions.
• Set quality strategies, objectives, and governance frameworks.
• Develop and implement Quality Management Systems (QMS) policies, procedures, and standards.
• Establish QA/QC processes across projects and business functions.
• Oversee quality audits, compliance reviews, inspections, and performance assessments.
• Monitor quality KPIs, trends, risks and improvement initiatives with reporting.
• Provide leadership to project quality teams, consultants and contractors.
• Ensure alignment with contractual requirements, regulatory standards and best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement, lessons learned, and CAPA programmes.
• Collaborate with senior leadership and stakeholders to identify risks and mitigation strategies.
• Promote a strong quality culture across the organisation.

Skills

Leadership

Quality management

Audit processes

Stakeholder management

Communication

Reporting

QMS

ISO standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Quality Management/Construction Management

Job description

JASARA Program Management Company in Riyadh is seeking a seasoned Quality leadership professional to direct the Quality Department across major projects. You will establish quality strategies, governance, and the QMS framework, ensuring adherence to ISO standards and contractual requirements.

The role requires 15+ years in quality leadership within large-scale programmes, with proven ability to drive audits, risk management, and continuous improvement while guiding multidisciplinary teams and