Senior Manager - Cost Planning

To support General BU Cost Planning in applying consistent cost planning standards across Qiddiya’s business units and development assets. The role helps ensure that cost planning activities are well coordinated, consultant outputs are reviewed in line with agreed requirements, Stage Gate submissions include the required cost planning information, and business units receive clear, reliable, and evidence-based cost planning support throughout the asset lifecycle.

• Coordinate cost planning activities for assigned projects, work streams, business unit support activities, and development programmes.
• Support the implementation of the Qiddiya Cost Planning Technical Guidelines, asset class guidelines, templates, trackers, reporting standards, and cost planning governance processes.
• Review and comment on cost consultant outputs, including cost plans, reconciliations, assumptions, risk allowances, benchmarks, cost reports, and design-to-budget recommendations.
• Maintain clear and current cost planning records for assigned projects, work streams, or business unit support areas.
• Support Stage Gate reviews by checking cost planning readiness, completeness, compliance, and alignment with required deliverables.
• Coordinate with business units, development teams, design teams, commercial, procurement, finance, project controls, digital teams, and external consultants to support integrated cost planning outcomes.
• Support early-stage cost advice, feasibility input, benchmark checks, and pre-concept cost planning where required before the appointment of project cost consultants.
• Assist with the briefing, mobilisation, coordination, and performance monitoring of executive and project cost consultants.
• Track scope and cost movements across project phases and escalating material changes, risks, opportunities, and non-compliance issues in a timely and structured manner.
• Apply benchmarking data, cost planning software, digital tools, and cost planning analytics to support the review and validation of cost positions.
• Support business unit cost planning capability through training, onboarding, guidance, and adoption of Qiddiya ways of working.
• Contribute to the preparation of cost planning review packs, governance papers, leadership updates, dashboards, and trackers.
• Promote consistent ways of working, professional standards, and continuous improvement across the cost planning community.

• Assigned projects or work streams maintain clear, current, and evidence-based cost planning records.
• Stage Gate cost planning deliverables are checked, coordinated, and submitted in line with Qiddiya cost planning requirements.
• Consultant-produced cost plans are reviewed with clear comments, actions, assumptions, and escalation points recorded.
• Material cost movements, cost risks, scope changes, and non-compliance issues are identified and escalated promptly.
• Cost planning guidelines, templates, trackers, and reporting processes are applied consistently across assigned work streams.
• Benchmarking data and cost planning analytics are used to support the review and validation of cost plans.
• Business units and project teams receive timely and practical cost planning support.
• Consultant deliverables are coordinated and monitored against agreed scopes, timelines, and quality expectations.
• Stakeholder feedback reflects collaboration, reliability, responsiveness, and professional cost planning support.

This role is aligned to the Senior Manager skill profile within the Qiddiya cost planning framework. The role is expected to operate primarily at Working level across core managerial, stakeholder, and governance capabilities, with developing Practitioner-level…