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Director – Infrastructure Assets Management Jobs in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at Qiddiya | القدية
Title: Director – Infrastructure Assets Management
Company: Qiddiya | القدية
Location: Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Qiddiya Investment Company is a Saudi investment and development company leading large-scale entertainment, sports, and culture initiatives, including the development of Qiddiya City and related ventures. This is an opportunity to contribute to the long-term performance of major infrastructure assets within a complex real estate environment, helping shape how critical services are planned, activated, and sustained over time.
In this role, you will provide leadership across infrastructure asset management with a focus on operational readiness, service assurance, portfolio performance, and commercial value realization. You will work across a broad stakeholder landscape to align operational priorities, support effective handovers, and help ensure infrastructure assets deliver reliable service and long-term value.
Responsibilities
- Input operational requirements for infrastructure assets into stage gates to ensure readiness, service needs, and handover considerations are captured
- Oversee portfolio-level service quality across infrastructure assets to ensure service assurance, reliable operations, and alignment with agreed standards
- Support infrastructure asset lifecycle planning from an operational perspective, including maintenance priorities, renewal requirements, handover planning, and performance insights
- Lead commercial activation of infrastructure assets, including leasing, commercial arrangements, joint ventures and partnerships, service charge, cost recovery, and invoicing inputs in coordination with Finance & Controls
- Develop infrastructure asset portfolio performance insights and optimization recommendations to enhance service delivery, asset performance, and long-term value realization
- Coordinate with City Assets O&M, operators, FM providers, Finance & Controls, and relevant stakeholders to align portfolio priorities and service requirements
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, economics, real estate development, asset management, town planning, or a related field
- 12+ years of relevant director-level experience in infrastructure asset management, utilities, roads, public realm infrastructure, facilities management, or large-scale asset operations
- Experience with asset lifecycle planning, service quality, handover readiness, and portfolio performance management
- Commercial experience with joint ventures, partnerships, service charge, cost recovery, and value optimization
- Experience translating operational needs into stage gate requirements and readiness inputs
- Proven ability to assess asset performance, identify improvement opportunities, and develop actionable recommendations
- Experience coordinating with operators, FM providers, City Ops functions, executive leadership, government entities, and internal business units
- Eligible to work in Saudi Arabia
