Senior Director - Landscaping, Green spaces and parks - City186 - AA7

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a Senior Director – Landscaping, Green Spaces & Parks to lead the strategy, operational readiness and long-term performance of adopted landscapes, parks and green spaces across Qiddiya City. You will help create safe, attractive and climate-resilient environments, balancing public experience, biodiversity, water availability and whole-life cost.

What you’ll lead

• Portfolio strategy and investment: Translate the city’s landscape and parks vision into multi-year strategies and district delivery plans, prioritising mobilisation, investment and renewal against asset condition, public benefit, resilience and affordability.
• Asset ownership and lifecycle performance: Establish clear portfolio boundaries and service responsibilities. Oversee asset records, condition assessments, risk-based maintenance and renewal planning for landscapes, trees, irrigation and associated park assets.
• Horticulture, arboriculture and irrigation: Own technical performance across plant establishment, tree risk, soil health, pest treatment, irrigation efficiency and climate resilience. Coordinate water-demand forecasts, supply requirements and contingency arrangements with Utilities.
• Park standards and public experience: Define availability, visitor-service and accessibility requirements, coordinating inspections, temporary closures, permitted activities and event reinstatement with the responsible teams.
• Operational readiness and handover: Set operational design and readiness requirements, assess maintainability and establishment performance, and provide evidence-based adoption recommendations supported by commissioning records, maintenance plans, warranties and clear defect responsibilities. [
• Commercial and contractor assurance: Lead the sourcing roadmap and technical specifications with Commercial and Procurement. Establish service levels, challenge quality and cost, and hold service providers accountable for agreed outcomes within approved budgets and governance.
• Business and team leadership: Own annual business, budget and workforce planning. Build a multidisciplinary team, support Saudi capability development and knowledge transfer, and report performance, readiness and material risks to executive stakeholders.

Requirements

What you’ll bring

• A degree in landscape architecture, horticulture, agricultural engineering, environmental management or a related discipline.
• 15 years of relevant experience, including at least 5 years in senior leadership.
• Significant leadership experience across multi-site landscape or parks operations, with accountability for asset condition, risk-based maintenance, renewal planning and operational readiness. Experience in arid-climate, municipal, destination or mixed-use environments is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing operating budgets, multidisciplinary teams and outsourced service providers, including mobilising assets into operation.
• The ability to present investment priorities and material risks to executive stakeholders, supported by sound commercial judgement, technical credibility and evidence-based decision-making.
• An asset-owner mindset, strong stakeholder influence and clear accountability, with the ability to lead calmly through incidents and ambiguity