Director - Urban Realm and Landscape - Hospitality - 20013113 HS8
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About the Role
Qiddiya Investment Company seeks a Director of Urban Realm and Landscape for its Hospitality Business Unit in Riyadh. The role leads landscape design across the hospitality portfolio, defining narratives and external spaces.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the creative urban realm and landscape definition of hospitality environments from development brief to approved design direction
- Articulate and position urban realm and landscape proposals through compelling narratives, visuals and presentations
- Define urban realm and landscape principles, narratives, planting strategies, material palettes and signature elements for each hotel tier
- Oversee consultant briefing and scope definition, validating design scope and specialist inputs
- Oversee visualisation and design communication (including CGI strategy)
- Lead and govern landscape and specialist consultants, driving strategic approaches on appointment, scope and deliverables
- Provide functional governance to project embedded design management teams
- Lead structured review of design submissions across key milestones
- Lead technical input to development briefs and coordinate across disciplines
- Drive integration across architecture, interiors and masterplanning, ensuring seamless connectivity between ground planes and zones
- Oversee landscape FF&E and OS&E strategies, ensuring alignment with design intent and commercial requirements
- Lead mock ups and prototyping (e.g. planting, materials, paving), ensuring quality through to landscape freeze
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture, Urban Design or related discipline
- 15+ years' experience in design management, architecture or interior design
- Experience in a senior landscape or urban realm leadership role (Design Director, Principal or equivalent)
- Proven track record delivering hospitality or resort landscape environments across concept through construction
- Experience managing external landscape consultants and specialist sub consultants
- Experience working across multi disciplinary teams integrating architecture, interiors and masterplanning
- Experience developing and delivering landscape mock ups, prototyping and material validation
- Strong experience presenting landscape concepts to senior stakeholders
- Experience working with hospitality Operators and external amenity requirements
- Experience in KSA / GCC or similar large scale development environments preferred
- Professional membership or recognized certification preferred (e.g. CMLI, ASLA or equivalent)
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Overview
- At Qiddiya Investment Company, we are shaping a landmark destination redefining entertainment, culture and hospitality in the Kingdom. The Hospitality Business Unit is developing a portfolio of hotel assets central to this vision. As these assets progress, we are seeking experienced professionals to
- In this role, you will lead the urban realm and landscape design agenda across the hospitality portfolio, defining landscape narratives, arrival experiences and external spaces across all asset tiers, shaping distinctive and experiential outdoor environments aligned with Qiddiya's vision and ensurin
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the creative urban realm and landscape definition of hospitality environments from development brief to approved design direction, curating distinctive, emotive and commercially viable arrival experiences and external spaces aligned with Qiddiya, district and Operator visions
- Articulate and position urban realm and landscape proposals through compelling narratives, visuals and presentations to secure alignment and timely outcomes across governance stages
- Define urban realm and landscape principles, narratives, planting strategies, material palettes and signature elements for each hotel tier, establishing consistent and distinctive design baselines across the portfolio
- Oversee consultant briefing and scope definition, validating design scope and specialist inputs to ensure alignment with development brief, design intent, Operator standards and governance approvals
- Oversee visualisation and design communication (including CGI strategy), ensuring concepts are clearly articulated and aligned with design narratives and stakeholder expectations
- Lead and govern landscape and specialist consultants, driving strategic approaches on appointment, scope and deliverables and overseeing performance, quality and creative alignment
- Provide functional governance to project embedded design management teams, reviewing and endorsing urban realm and landscape deliverables to ensure approved design intent is maintained through delivery
- Lead structured review of design submissions across key milestones, providing clear feedback and endorsement to support design progression
- Lead technical input to development briefs and coordinate across disciplines, embedding cohesive external environments across arrival, transition zones and amenities
- Drive integration across architecture, interiors and masterplanning, ensuring seamless connectivity between ground planes and zones
- Oversee landscape FF&E and OS&E strategies, ensuring alignment with design intent and commercial requirements
- Lead mock ups and prototyping (e.g. planting, materials, paving), ensuring quality through to landscape freeze
Skills & Attributes Required
- Strong landscape and urban realm design literacy, with ability to operate from masterplan scale to detailed external environments
- Deep understanding of hospitality outdoor design, including arrival sequences, spatial flow, planting strategies, materials and external guest experience
- Strong creative and spatial thinking, with ability to translate landscape narratives into compelling concepts and coordinated design outputs
- Ability to manage landscape consultants and influence design outcomes across multiple disciplines
- Strong stakeholder management, articulating landscape intent to secure alignment and drive decision making
- Commercial awareness of landscape construction, FF&E budgets, programme constraints and value engineering impacts
- Good understanding of climate responsive design, planting, irrigation and environmental systems relevant to KSA/GCC contexts
- Proficiency in design and coordination tools (e.g. AutoCAD, Rhino, Adobe CC, BIM/CDE platforms)
Preferred Background & Experience
- Experience in a senior landscape or urban realm leadership role (Design Director, Principal or equivalent) within a design practice or developer environment
- Proven track record delivering hospitality or resort landscape environments across concept through construction
- Experience managing external landscape consultants and specialist sub consultants (e.g. water features, lighting)
- Experience working across multi disciplinary teams, integrating architecture, interiors and masterplanning
- Experience developing and delivering landscape mock ups, prototyping and material validation
- Strong experience presenting landscape concepts and external environment strategies to senior stakeholders
- Experience working with hospitality Operators and external amenity requirements
- Experience in KSA / GCC or similar large scale development environments preferred
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture, Urban Design or related discipline
Professional Certifications
- Professional membership or recognised certification preferred (e.g. CMLI, ASLA or equivalent)
Years Of Experience
- 15+ years' experience in design management, architecture or interior design
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