Senior Director - Development - Hospitality - 20004378 CM5
On-siteRiyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Job Summary
Lead the end-to-end strategic development of hospitality assets from early-stage briefing through delivery, handover, and operational readiness. Shape asset strategy, feasibility, and business plans to define positioning, guest experience, and value creation while driving cross-functional alignment across strategy, design, delivery, and Operators. Provide strategic oversight of key decisions including room mix, amenities, and operational planning to maximize portfolio performance. Proactively manage interfaces, risks, and opportunities across all workstreams to protect value and maintain delivery momentum. Mentor teams to embed strong development capability and best practices. Lead governance and executive reporting processes to articulate asset strategy, priorities, and recommendations in key forums.
Required Qualifications
- Experience shaping development strategy, feasibility and positioning
- 20+ years' experience in real estate or hospitality development
- Strong commercial acumen and understanding of value creation
- Strong judgement in complex, high-value development environments
- Ability to manage complexity across stakeholders, workstreams and project stages
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive key decisions through clear communication and storytelling
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced environments, managing ambiguity and shifting priorities
- Proficiency in project management and reporting tools (e.g. Aconex etc.)
- Proven track record delivering complex assets (e.g. luxury hospitality, mixed-use)
- Experience developing hospitality assets with Operator engagement (selection, onboarding or alignment)
- Experience across full development lifecycle from feasibility through delivery and handover
- Experience working within multi-stakeholder, large-scale destination or master planned environments
- Bachelor's degree in Real Estate Development, Architecture, Engineering or related discipline
Desired Qualifications
- Professional membership or recognised certification preferred (e.g. RICS, RIBA, PMP or equivalent)
- GCC experience preferred
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