Lead - Workplace & Village Campus Development

Qiddiya Investment Company

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

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Define operational readiness criteria.
• Align early with Workplace Operations and Workplace Experience teams.
• Oversee commissioning and post-occupancy evaluation.
• 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