Workplace Project Director - Commercial Office Development

The Project Director, Workplace is responsible for leading the successful planning and delivery of multiple corporate workplace projects including the new Qiddiya corporate headquarters and interim corporate workplaces (Riyadh city and site-based accommodation). This includes managing a range of workplace projects from early concept and business case development through developing comprehensive briefs, design, procurement, construction, and operational handover.

In addition to Qiddiya’s own workplace requirements, the Office BU Workplace team will provide a value add service to prospective Qiddiya City tenants to assist them to design and deliver workplaces that provide a best in class solution.

This role will ensure alignment between the workplace projects and the company’s strategic objectives, governance requirements, and employee needs. The Project Director Workplace will represent the workplace projects across senior leadership forums and be a key liaison across internal departments and external delivery partners.

The successful candidate will combine strong project leadership, strategic planning, technical capability with exceptional stakeholder management skills.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Leadership & Delivery

• Lead the end-to-end design and delivery of the company’s corporate headquarters and interim workplace projects, ensuring alignment with workplace strategy, time, budget, quality, and compliance requirements.
• Work closely with the Office BU Workplace Delivery teams to ensure construction procurement, phasing, quality and compliance are achieved in all workplace projects.
• Coordinate all phases : workplace strategy, feasibility, design, approvals, procurement, construction, fit-out, commissioning, and transition to occupancy.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders including the Office Development team, Corporate Workplace Team, HR, IT, Smart Buildings Team, DMO, ESG, and Corporate Governance to ensure the workplaces reflects current and future needs.
• Manage external consultants, project management consultants, workplace design teams, quantity surveyors, and contractors on behalf of the company as client.

2. Strategic Vision & Internal Alignment

3. Governance & Public Accountability

4. Stakeholder Engagement

Technical Acumen

Strategic & Business Skills

Leadership & Soft Skills

Working Conditions

Qualifications & Experience

Education

Work Experience

§ preparation of project briefs

§ consultant procurement

§ design management (concept through DD)

§ contractor procurement

§ project delivery oversight through to handover and operational readiness

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