Director - Delivery - Contracts
On-siteRiyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Job Summary
Provide contractual leadership and advice to Delivery Directors and project teams across assigned residential projects. Lead the administration of major construction and consultancy contracts from award through final close-out, monitoring obligations and ensuring contractor compliance. Advise on contractual strategy for variations, claims, and dispute avoidance while managing change across delivery packages. Review correspondence and contractor positions to recommend actions that protect programme, cost, and delivery outcomes. Support contractor performance management and provide input into procurement and contract formation activities. Oversee requirements for testing, commissioning, handover, and defects management. Coordinate with commercial, procurement, and legal stakeholders to align project-level actions with company requirements. Lead coaching for contract management professionals supporting the team.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Commercial Management or a related discipline
- Minimum 15 years of relevant experience within major construction, real estate development, infrastructure or capital projects
- Significant experience in project delivery combined with contract and commercial management, rather than purely corporate or procurement-focused contract management
- Strong experience administering major construction contracts through the execution phase, including variations, claims, extensions of time, contractual notices, performance issues and close-out
- Strong working knowledge of FIDIC and/or major Design & Build, EPC or EPCM contracting models
- Demonstrated experience managing complex contractor and consultant relationships on large-scale projects
- Strong understanding of construction delivery and the practical programme, cost and technical implications of contractual decisions
- Proven ability to lead complex claims negotiations and support dispute avoidance and resolution
- Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to advise senior project leadership on complex contractual matters
Desired Qualifications
- Experience working on large-scale residential, mixed-use or masterplanned developments is highly advantageous
- GCC experience is strongly preferred, with experience in Saudi Arabia considered an advantage
- Professional qualifications such as MRICS, MCIOB, MCIArb, CPCM or equivalent are advantageous
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