Director Design Golf Sport BU (REQ )

About the Role
Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a Director - Design - Golf - Sport BU (REQ746) to lead the end-to-end design management, governance, and technical delivery of world-class golf courses, clubhouses, country clubs, and associated facilities. This full-time role involves leading multidisciplinary consultant teams through all project phases, ensuring adherence to international golf industry standards and local regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities

Lead the overall design vision, strategy, and delivery approach for golf and country club developments.
Establish and maintain design standards across all golf-related assets.
Ensure alignment between master planning, golf course design, architecture, landscape architecture, hospitality, sports operations, and development objectives.
Provide executive-level design leadership to internal stakeholders and project leadership teams.
Lead the design management of championship golf courses, private golf clubs, resort golf courses, practice facilities, academies, driving ranges, and associated hospitality assets.
Manage relationships with internationally recognized golf course architects and specialist consultants.
Review and approve golf course routing plans, landscape strategies, irrigation approaches, agronomy design requirements, and operational considerations.
Oversee clubhouse, maintenance facility, academy, food & beverage, event, wellness, and recreation facility designs.
Manage Lead Design Consultants and specialist sub-consultants across all disciplines, establishing clear design deliverables and governance frameworks.
Lead design workshops, technical reviews, and stage-gate approvals, ensuring consultants deliver in accordance with contractual obligations.
Chair design review meetings and design approval forums, implementing and maintaining Design Review and Change Control processes.
Ensure compliance with project design standards, quality requirements, operational objectives, and international best practice.
Present design strategies and project progress to executive leadership and steering committees.
Engage with operators, golf management companies, hospitality brands, governing bodies, and external stakeholders.

Qualifications and Experience

Minimum of 15+ years of design leadership experience across large-scale golf, hospitality, sports, mixed-use, or destination developments.
Demonstrated experience delivering internationally recognized golf and country club projects.
Strong client-side, developer, or owner-representative experience.
Experience managing globally recognized golf course architects and specialist consultants.
Proven experience delivering projects from concept design through construction and handover.
Experience across major mixed-use destinations, luxury resorts, golf communities, or giga-project environments.
Experience working within complex multi-stakeholder environments.
Middle East experience is preferred.

Consultant and Stakeholder Management
The role requires effective management of Lead Design Consultants and specialist sub-consultants across various disciplines, ensuring contractual obligations and project milestones are met. This includes resolving multidisciplinary design conflicts and interface issues. The Director will also support procurement activities, including consultant selection and technical evaluations, and establish strong relationships with industry-leading golf architects, designers, and technical specialists.
Design Governance and Quality Assurance
This position is responsible for chairing design review meetings and approval forums, implementing and maintaining Design Review and Change Control processes. The Director will ensure compliance with project design standards, quality requirements, operational objectives, and international best practices, while driving innovation and protecting design intent and project value.
Application Process
Candidates with the required experience and qualifications are invited to apply for this full-time position.