Senior Manager - Development - Hospitality - 50012017 AG6

Role Overview

Senior Manager - Development - Hospitality with Qiddiya Investment Company. This role leads the early planning and development of hotel and hospitality assets, ensuring that masterplanning, asset positioning, operator strategy, design requirements and commercial assumptions are aligned before transition into development execution.

Role Purpose

Lead hotel and hospitality assets from concept through development readiness, translating destination vision into clear hospitality strategies, defining viable project assumptions, and positioning assets for successful delivery and long-term operational performance. The role is focused on real estate development and asset creation, not hospitality consulting or hotel operations.

Key Responsibilities

Asset Development & Strategy

• Lead hotel and hospitality assets from concept, feasibility and positioning through project definition and development readiness.
• Translate the destination vision and masterplan into clear hospitality asset strategies, development briefs, scope and delivery requirements.
• Define hotel type, classification, brand positioning, target market, room mix, amenities and guest experience in line with market demand.

Financial & Commercial Planning

• Lead market assessments, feasibility studies, business cases, development budgets and financial assumptions with investment and finance teams.
• Drive hotel operator and brand selection, including RFPs, proposal evaluation, commercial assessment and support for management agreement negotiations.

Design & Delivery Coordination

• Coordinate architects, designers, project managers, technical specialists and operators to embed operational requirements into the design.
• Manage development risks, key decisions, approvals, schedules and stakeholder alignment before handover to execution teams.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Hospitality or a related field. A relevant master's degree is preferred.
• Eight to 12+ years of experience in hotel real estate development, mixed-use development, destination development or hospitality investment.
• Proven experience progressing hotel assets through feasibility, concept, planning, operator selection and design development stages.
• Experience working for a real estate developer, hotel developer, mixed-use developer or hospitality investment and development platform.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong understanding of hotel development economics, operator agreements, brand standards, design coordination and development governance.

Additional Information

• Position closes 28 September 2026.