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Delivery Director

Unlock employer Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Posted: 09 Apr 2026

Financial

  • Estimate: $150k - $200k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Hybrid
  • Apply from abroad
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Senior
  • English: Professional

Position

The company combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. This position offers the opportunity to work on one of the largest programmes in Saudi Arabia, which includes a major mixed-use development incorporating sports facilities, entertainment, arts, and all associated infrastructure.

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As the Delivery Director, you will take executive responsibility for the safe, high-quality, and on-schedule delivery of a significant residential portfolio. Within a large, integrated programme organisation, you will provide leadership to package delivery teams, ensure alignment with master schedule requirements, and drive performance across contractors, consultants, and internal delivery partner groups.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead safe, high-quality, and compliant project delivery, championing wellbeing, inclusion, and adherence to local regulations.
  • Provide strategic direction across key assignments, ensuring strong governance and trusted client relationships that drive growth.
  • Oversee ethical, commercially robust operations and help shape long-term business strategy.
  • Develop, mentor, and mobilise teams, promoting innovation, best practices, and talent excellence.
  • Act as the senior point of contact across internal delivery partner teams, consultants, contractors, and wider stakeholders.
  • Lead the construction delivery strategy for the residential programme, ensuring alignment with master schedules, commercial targets, and quality expectations.
  • Ensure robust delivery governance, reporting structures, risk management, and issue escalation pathways.
  • Manage interfaces across infrastructure, utilities, design, commercial, and programme controls.
  • Support procurement strategies, package sequencing, contractor capability assessments, and tender evaluations.
  • Drive value engineering, cost optimisation, and risk mitigation strategies across delivery.
  • Lead executive reporting, including progress dashboards, risk registers, mitigation plans, and performance summaries.

Qualifications:

  • 20+ years of experience delivering major construction projects, including large-scale residential or mixed-use developments.
  • Degree in engineering, construction management, architecture, or a related field.
  • Chartered status preferred (e.g., ICE, CIOB, PMI, or equivalent).
  • Strong track record in managing multi-package delivery on complex, fast-track programmes.
  • Experience in a PMC, delivery partner, or Tier 1 contractor leadership role.
  • Proven leadership of large, diverse teams and effective senior-level stakeholder management.
  • Necessary visa criteria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and relevant work experience on high-valued projects/programmes.

The company is an inclusive employer and encourages applications from a diverse range of candidates. We are open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.

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