Strategic Leader, Urban Core Retail & Public Realm

Qiddiya Investment Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya Investment Company seeks a Senior Director - Development (Retail Public Realm) to lead end-to-end development across retail, F&B, and public realm within a major Urban Core. You will shape strategy, governance, and investment readiness while balancing commercial performance with vibrant placemaking, driving footfall and long-term asset value.

The role leads multidisciplinary teams, aligns stakeholders, and ensures delivery from feasibility to activation, contributing to world-class

Qualifications

• 20+ years of development experience.
• Minimum 10 years leading major retail-led, mixed-use, public realm or destination developments.
• Proven client-side experience managing complex retail, F&B, public realm, and multi-asset developments.
• Strong background in development strategy, feasibility, market positioning, and leasing enablement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development strategy and business plan for the retail, F&B, public realm, and public space portfolio within the Urban Core.
• Accountability for development outcomes, commercial performance, placemaking quality, and integration across assets.
• Establish the development brief, positioning, tenant and customer experience principles, phasing strategy, and investment priorities.
• Direct development activities from feasibility, market assessment, concept and design through procurement, delivery, leasing enablement, activation, and operational readiness.
• Drive cross-functional decisions that optimise leasable value, footfall, dwell time, public realm activation, and long-term asset performance.

Skills

Development strategy

Feasibility

Market positioning

Commercial planning

Placemaking

Leasing enablement

Design governance

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder alignment

Asset value optimization

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Real Estate Development

Master's Degree (preferred)

MBA / MSc Real Estate Development / Urban Development (desirable)

Job description

Qiddiya Investment Company seeks a Senior Director - Development (Retail Public Realm) to lead end-to-end development across retail, F&B, and public realm within a major Urban Core. You will shape strategy, governance, and investment readiness while balancing commercial performance with vibrant placemaking, driving footfall and long-term asset value.

The role leads multidisciplinary teams, aligns stakeholders, and ensures delivery from feasibility to activation, contributing to world-class