Director - Delivery - Technical

Role Overview

Director – Delivery – Technical at Qiddiya Investment Company, providing technical leadership across the delivery of major residential developments within the Residential Business Unit.

Role Purpose

Oversee the technical progression of residential projects from design development and procurement through construction, commissioning and handover, ensuring that design intent is translated into technically robust, buildable and commercially efficient solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Design Oversight

• Provide technical leadership across residential projects from design development through construction and handover.
• Review designs for constructability, technical compliance, value engineering and delivery risk.
• Oversee architectural, structural, MEP, façade and other key technical interfaces during delivery.
• Provide technical guidance and leadership to project delivery teams across the residential portfolio.

Coordination & Interface Management

• Lead coordination between Development, Design, Delivery, Commercial, consultants and contractors.
• Manage technical stage gates, design reviews and resolution of complex multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Manage key stakeholder, authority, consultant and contractor relationships.

Procurement & Contractor Management

• Support procurement strategy, tendering and technical evaluation of contractors and consultants.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary consultants, contractors and complex project interfaces.

Delivery & Quality Assurance

• Monitor programme, cost-plan and technical risks, identifying corrective actions where required.
• Ensure construction quality, specifications and approved design requirements are maintained.
• Oversee testing, commissioning, snagging, defect closure and technical readiness for handover.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of relevant project and technical delivery experience, including significant leadership responsibility.
• Strong experience delivering large-scale residential or mixed-use developments, including apartments, villas and masterplanned communities.
• Significant client-side developer or PMC experience, ideally combined with contractor-side experience.
• Demonstrable experience across the full project lifecycle, from design and procurement through construction, commissioning and handover.
• GCC experience strongly preferred; Saudi Arabia experience advantageous.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong understanding of design management, constructability, value engineering, procurement and construction delivery.
• Strong leadership, commercial awareness and senior stakeholder management capability.