Director - Design Project Management (Urban Core) (REQ738)

Role Overview

Director – Design Project Management (Urban Core) at Qiddiya Investment Company. This role leads design planning, management, coordination, and delivery across a portfolio of mixed-use precinct developments within the Urban Core business.

Role Purpose

Lead the end-to-end design management process for public realm, public spaces, retail, food & beverage, commercial office, and destination-led mixed-use assets. Act as the key interface between development, asset management, project delivery, design consultants, authorities, operators, and stakeholders to ensure the design vision is successfully translated into high-quality, commercially viable, and operationally effective built environments.

Key Responsibilities

Design Leadership

• Drive design excellence across all project disciplines.
• Ensure seamless integration across architectural, landscape, infrastructure, public realm, placemaking, and commercial development disciplines.
• Translate design vision into high-quality built environments.

Project & Programme Management

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Maintain programme commitments.
• Deliver projects throughout the full development lifecycle from concept design through construction and handover.

Mixed-Use Development Integration

• Oversee end-to-end design management for mixed-use developments.
• Integrate public realm, public spaces, retail, food & beverage, commercial office, and destination-led assets.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as key interface between development, asset management, project delivery, design consultants, authorities, operators, and stakeholders.
• Manage international multidisciplinary consultant teams.

Quality & Compliance

• Ensure commercial viability of projects.
• Ensure operational effectiveness of built environments.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Urban Design, or Landscape Architecture.
• Master's Degree preferred.
• Professional accreditation preferred (RIBA, AIA, AICP, ASLA, PMP, MRICS, CEng or equivalent).
• 15+ years of relevant experience in design management and project management.
• Minimum 7 years in a leadership role managing large-scale mixed-use developments.
• Proven client-side experience on complex mixed-use, urban regeneration, masterplan, or destination development projects.
• Strong experience overseeing public realm and placemaking-focused developments.
• Demonstrated success managing international multidisciplinary consultant teams.
• Experience delivering projects throughout the full development lifecycle from concept design through construction and handover.
• Middle East experience strongly preferred.
• Experience within large-scale masterplanned communities, giga-projects, mixed-use districts, or city-scale developments highly desirable.

Additional Information

• Reference code: REQ738