Director - Compliance & Certification - 50011271 AA9

Role Overview

Director - Compliance & Certification at Qiddiya Investment Company, a PIF-backed giga project central to Saudi Vision 2030. The role is based at Qiddiya City, a futuristic destination featuring world-class attractions, sports complexes, cultural landmarks, and residential neighborhoods.

Company Overview

Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC) is a PIF-backed giga project that brings entertainment, sports, and culture to the forefront in support of Saudi Vision 2030's goal of building a vibrant society, thriving economy, and ambitious nation.

Role Purpose

The Director leads the Compliance & Certification function to ensure quality compliance obligations are identified, understood, and embedded across Development. The role manages quality compliance frameworks, certification readiness, evidence review, and reporting to enable timely corrective action and consistent application of quality requirements across Qiddiya.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Compliance Framework and Requirements Tracking

• Manage quality compliance activities by reviewing applicable quality-related regulatory requirements, Saudi building requirements, Quality Management System (QMS) expectations and internal governance requirements.
• Ensure compliance obligations are identified, understood and reflected in relevant quality controls.
• Review compliance matrices, obligation trackers, regulatory inputs, quality procedures and stakeholder submissions to identify gaps, overlaps, unclear ownership or requirements requiring clarification.
• Contribute to coordination with Enterprise Risk, Compliance, Legal, business units and relevant Development stakeholders to align quality compliance requirements with enterprise frameworks.
• Ensure quality compliance tracking provides clear visibility of applicable obligations, control expectations and implementation gaps.
• Enable timely corrective action and consistent application of quality requirements across Development.

Compliance Evidence Review and Implementation Monitoring

• Manage compliance evidence review activities by assessing project records, compliance evidence, quality documentation, audit outputs and stakeholder inputs.
• Determine whether required controls, approvals, inspections and implementation evidence demonstrate alignment with applicable quality requirements.
• Monitor compliance action status, unresolved evidence gaps, recurring issues and delayed responses to identify follow-up needs.
• Identify corrective action requirements and potential escalation points.
• Ensure compliance evidence reviews provide traceable confirmation of implementation status.
• Enable timely action on quality compliance risks and unresolved requirements.

Certification Readiness and International Organization for Standardization Alignment

• Manage certification readiness activities by reviewing QMS documentation, process implementation evidence, audit results and corrective action status.
• Assess readiness against International Organization for Standardization (ISO) or equivalent certification requirements.
• Consolidate certification readiness inputs, gap assessments, evidence records, action plans and stakeholder updates.
• Maintain visibility of progress toward future certification objectives.
• Follow up with business units, process owners and relevant Quality Management teams to close certification-related evidence gaps.
• Address process weaknesses and corrective action requirements.
• Ensure certification readiness activities identify remaining gaps and improve the completeness of supporting evidence.
• Prepare Development teams to meet future external certification or surveillance requirements.

Compliance Reporting, Records and Improvement Actions

• Consolidate compliance findings, certification readiness status, action trackers, evidence gaps and recurring themes.
• Facilitate quality reporting, dashboard inputs and management visibility.
• Review compliance trends, certification gaps, stakeholder feedback and recurring non-compliance areas to identify improvement opportunities.
• Identify training needs and process clarification requirements.
• Ensure compliance and certification records remain accurate, complete and traceable.
• Support audit readiness, knowledge sharing and consistent application of quality requirements across Qiddiya.

Strategy and Planning

• Manage the implementation of the Compliance & Certification department strategy.
• Ensure alignment with Qiddiya's vision and mission.
• Identify potential risks and monitor their impact on the Quality Management function.

Policies, Processes, and Procedures

• Ensure the effective implementation of the policies and procedures framework for the Compliance & Certification department.
• Encourage the proactive identification of opportunities to improve business operations.
• Enhance the quality of services.

Stakeholder Management

• Manage the implementation of a comprehensive stakeholder engagement strategy for the Compliance & Certification department.
• Identify all key stakeholders relevant to the department.
• Develop clear communication channels to facilitate engagement with stakeholders.
• Track the effectiveness of the stakeholder engagement strategy.
• Recommend adjustments as needed.

Budget

• Manage the operations of the Compliance & Certification department's budgeting process within the approved budget.
• Analyze the financial data to pinpoint variances between actual performance and the budget.
• Support budget forecasts and cost-control actions.
• Ensure compliance with all financial reporting regulations and internal policies.

Change Management

• Ensure continuous improvement of Compliance & Certification department systems, processes, and practices.
• Analyze existing business systems and processes to identify inefficiencies or opportunities for improvement.
• Implement solutions to address identified gaps.

People Management

• Translate strategic direction into actionable plans for the Compliance & Certification department.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop SMART goals that align from the unit level to individual teams and staff.
• Manage the overall talent management cycle at the department.

Reports

• Manage the development of a comprehensive reporting process for the Compliance & Certification department.
• Guide the staff on the reporting process.
• Ensure they understand Qiddiya's reporting requirements.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree required in Engineering, Construction Management, Quality Management, Project Management, or a related field.
• Master's degree preferred in Engineering, Construction Management, Quality Management, Project Management, or a related field.
• Minimum 14 years of experience in quality compliance, quality management, certification readiness, quality assurance, audit, construction quality, engineering, construction management, or related fields.
• Relevant years in a managerial role required.
• Professional certifications or memberships with recognized quality, audit, compliance, certification, construction, engineering or project management institutes are preferred (e.g., ISO 9001 Lead Auditor / Lead Implementer, CQI/IRCA, ASQ, PMI, RICS, SCE).

Skills & Competencies

• Demonstrate fluency in written and verbal English, with proficiency in Arabic preferred.
• Analyze operational data and information to support decision-making, identify issues, and contribute to improving processes and outcomes.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to support the effective execution of activities and ensure alignment across teams.
• Manage team activities and ensure accuracy, attention to detail, and quality in deliverables and operational outputs.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of quality compliance frameworks, QMS requirements, Saudi building requirements, certification readiness, ISO standards and evidence management.
• Review compliance matrices, certification evidence, quality documentation, audit outputs and implementation records to identify gaps, unresolved requirements and corrective action needs.
• Consolidate compliance findings, certification readiness inputs, evidence gaps and action trackers to facilitate reporting, audit readiness and informed quality management decisions.

Additional Information

• This job description outlines the duties that are typically performed by the jobholder; these duties are not the only responsibilities required by the role.
• Management may assign additional tasks as necessary.