Lead - Workplace & Village Campus Development

The Lead for Workplace & Village Campus Development at Qiddiya Investment Company will spearhead the strategic planning and execution of workspace and community environments that foster collaboration, innovation, and well-being. In this pivotal role, you will oversee the design, construction, and operational readiness of our workplace and residential campuses, ensuring alignment with our vision of creating a world-class entertainment destination.

Key Responsibilities

Client Representation & Governance

· Act as the single point of corporate workplace authority.

· Working across Workplace specialisms translate corporate objectives into spatial, technical, and operational requirements.

· Approve project briefs, employer’s requirements, and design gateways.

· Chair technical review and design assurance forums, PCGs on behalf of Workplace.

· Ensure compliance with corporate, regulatory, and ESG standards.

Workplace Strategy & Master Planning

· Embed workplace principles and occupancy strategies within the Project delivery.

· Embed space planning standards and density targets set by Workplace Effectiveness.

· Work alongside Workplace effectiveness to validate master plan alignment with long-term growth forecasts.

· Develop campus technical design standards and workplace guidelines.

Design & Technical Oversight

· Working with Workplace specialisms review and challenge architectural, MEP, ICT, and security proposals.

· Ensure lifecycle cost optimization.

· Drive value engineering governance without compromising quality.

· Oversee sustainability and energy performance objectives.

Programme & Delivery Governance

· Actively participate and have line of sight across stage-gate review frameworks.

· Monitor CAPEX governance and budget adherence.

· Review risk registers and mitigation strategies.

· Align phasing with business continuity needs.

Operational Readiness & Handover

· Define operational readiness criteria.

· Align early with Workplace Operations and Workplace Experience teams.

· Oversee commissioning and post-occupancy evaluation.

Stakeholder Leadership & Change Management

· Work alongside Workplace Effectiveness and Operations to engage senior leadership across business units.

· Oversee relocation and consolidation strategy. Be seen as SPOC “anchor” giving all Change Champions confidence “Workplace has this!

· Work alongside Workplace Effectiveness ensuring we manage cross-functional governance committees and important corporate stakeholders, e.g. Finance, Procurement and HR.

· Provide executive reporting to senior leadership

Requirements:
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Architecture, Urban Planning, Facilities Management, or a related field.
• 12+ years delivering large-scale workplace or campus developments
• Proven experience acting as client-side representative
• Experience across master planning, design, construction governance, and operational readiness
• Delivery of 100,000m²+ developments or multi-building campuses
• Office portfolio consolidation experience (1,000+ occupants)
• Preferable Experience:
• GCC / Saudi Arabia experience
• Exposure to giga-project environments
• Hospitality-integrated workplace models
• Complex multi-stakeholder corporate environments