Director - Design Governance - CDU
Job in
Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Listing for:
Qiddiya Investment Company
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-05-21
Job specializations:
-
Management
Business Management, Corporate Strategy, Program / Project Manager
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 200000 - 300000 SAR Yearly
SAR
200000.00
300000.00
YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Director - Design Governance - CDU-015
Role Specific Requirements
The Director – Design Governance is in the leadership team of the Design Excellence vertical of the Central Development Unit (CDU). CDU acts as a center of excellence, setting standards and driving consistency across complex development projects by providing tools and processes for best practice delivery.
Design Excellence ensures projects embody “Qiddiya-ness” by creating standardized measures of design quality across the program.
Our Design Governance team is accountable for governance and compliance frameworks, overseeing the monitoring of Board-approved design deliverables, managing the central repository of approved design assets, and conducting systematic audits to safeguard design intent and quality.
A global design leader with broad expertise in building typologies and urban design, who will lead an agile, high impact team—bridging design, project management, and governance to embed standards and resolve compliance challenges, enabling timely, compliant delivery of development outcomes that uphold quality, integrity, and Qiddiya’s vision.
Purpose
Support the CDU design management TOM mandates to maintain alignment with overall QIC vision and strategic objectives.Support organizational awareness and integration of design intent with delivery outcomes.Support bridging of the Strategic Design Support and Design Governance functions such that frameworks are defined, operationalized and continuously improved.Support end-to-end mapping of project delivery processes across specific delivery models.Drive the establishment of robust design stage-gate frameworks and governance instruments.Interface with Design Procurement Support function relating to design consultancy qualitative selection guidelines and management frameworks.Operate within the CDU DEx Target Operating Model (TOM) mandates in support of the delivery Business Units.Mandate
Support the DEx Executive Director's strategic priorities and objectives to successfully develop and implement the Integrated Design Management Program (IDMP) as the vehicle to deliver the MD’s strategic objective ‘F5 Design Management & Governance Framework’ approved in the March 2026 N-1.Collaboratively drive the definition, implementation and continuous evolution of design governance and consultancy management frameworks for QIC.Integrate strategic Design Support and Design Governance functions into a unified and portfolio-wide approach.Collaboratively drive adoption and consistent application across the Business Units.Support the Design Governance Lead in the development, rollout and continuous refinement of the functions’ mandates.Drive alignment between design intent, procurement strategies and delivery execution.Collaboratively support and drive a feedback loop from DEx processes to project delivery to deliver continuous improvements and knowledge share using online platforms and evidence value + to QIC.Contribute towards a culture of quality, innovation, performance and excellence within the team.Responsibilities
Support cross-functional integration at QIC level across design, procurement and delivery functions.Support the DEx ED to continuously evolve integrated design management and governance frameworks across specific delivery models.Lead the development and quarterly publication of the Integrated Design Management Manual (IDMM), including hard and soft copy compendium of DEx issued and emerging design management procedures on the DEx SharePoint site.Collaboratively support the development of RFP suites for LDC multidiscipline consultancy services aligned with procurement strategies, including scope of services and technical annexures with the Design Procurement Support function.Drive the development and rollout of baseline specifications across key disciplines, aligned with QIC best practice, sustainability, applicable codes, standards and international / regional / local regulations.Oversee preparation and collation of Employer Information Package (EIP) to ensure consistent design guidance to appointed consultants.Identify and drive opportunities for standardization and optimization through prototypes and repeatable design…
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