Executive Director - Development- Hospitality - 20004063CM5

Role Overview

Executive Director - Development, Hospitality at Qiddiya Investment Company. This role leads a portfolio of hospitality assets across the full development lifecycle within a landmark destination redefining entertainment, culture and hospitality in the Kingdom.

Company Overview

Qiddiya Investment Company is developing a portfolio of hotel assets central to a vision of reshaping a destination's entertainment, culture and hospitality offerings.

Role Purpose

Lead a portfolio of hospitality assets from concept through to operational readiness, setting development strategy at portfolio level, guiding critical decisions, and ensuring assets collectively deliver differentiated guest experiences, strong commercial performance and long-term value aligned with Qiddiya's vision and development objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Positioning

• Define and drive portfolio-level strategy, including asset positioning, feasibility, phasing and value creation across the portfolio
• Lead strategic development and performance of a portfolio of hospitality assets from early-stage planning through to delivery and operational readiness
• Establish strong experience leading portfolio-level development strategy and asset positioning

Governance & Decision-Making

• Lead governance, reporting and decision-making processes at portfolio level, clearly articulating priorities, risks and recommendations to executive leadership
• Provide executive oversight of key decisions across the portfolio, including positioning, room mix, amenities, guest experience and operational models
• Oversee critical validation milestones, ensuring alignment between operator requirements, design intent, commercial objectives and delivery constraints

Stakeholder Alignment & Coordination

• Ensure alignment across strategy, asset management, design, delivery and operators to enable seamless progression from development through to operations
• Manage multiple stakeholders and interfaces to drive alignment and performance across the portfolio
• Balance portfolio-wide priorities, risks and interdependencies to optimise overall value and delivery outcomes
• Influence senior stakeholders and drive decision-making through clear, structured communication

Quality & Experience Standards

• Ensure consistency in quality, design standards and guest experience across assets, while enabling appropriate flexibility based on asset strategy

Risk & Delivery Management

• Proactively manage risks, dependencies and interfaces across assets and workstreams to maintain delivery momentum
• Manage complexity at scale across multiple stakeholders, workstreams and development stages to ensure delivery remains consistent, commercially robust and aligned with Qiddiya's vision

Team Leadership

• Build and lead high-performing teams, embedding strong development capability and best-practice approaches across the portfolio

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Real Estate Development, Architecture, Engineering or related discipline
• 25+ years' experience in real estate or hospitality development
• Proven track record leading portfolios of complex assets, such as luxury hospitality, mixed-use or destination developments
• Experience across full development lifecycle from feasibility through delivery and operational readiness
• Strong experience working with hotel operators, including selection, negotiation, alignment and onboarding
• Experience within large-scale, multi-stakeholder or master-planned environments
• GCC experience preferred
• Professional membership or recognised certification preferred, such as RICS, RIBA, PMP or equivalent

Skills & Competencies

• Deep commercial acumen with a clear understanding of value optimisation across multiple assets
• Strong strategic judgement in high-value, large-scale development environments
• Proven ability to manage complexity across multiple stakeholders, workstreams and development stages
• Leadership capability to develop teams and build scalable development capability
• Ability to operate comfortably in fast-paced environments with ambiguity and evolving priorities