Director - Procurement

Qiddiya Investment Company is the holding company behind Qiddiya City and related ventures, leading strategic investments that support the development of Saudi Arabia s entertainment, sports, and culture sectors. Operating within the real estate space, the company plays a central role in shaping large-scale environments and services that require strong commercial discipline, effective governance, and cross-functional collaboration. This role offers the opportunity to lead procurement activity that supports critical operational needs. As Director - Contracts & Procurement, you will help ensure that sourcing, contracting, and vendor governance processes are aligned with business priorities, while partnering closely with internal stakeholders to maintain continuity, control, and service quality across a complex operating environment. Responsibilities • Lead procurement planning and sourcing activities for City Ops, including requirements gathering, timelines, and coordination with central procurement. • Manage RFPs, service orders, contract approvals, renewals, and variations with relevant teams and central functions. • Oversee contract lifecycle management to ensure agreements are tracked, updated, renewed, and aligned with operational needs. • Maintain a consolidated contract register covering status, ownership, scope, SLAs/KPIs, risks, and renewal requirements. • Support vendor performance management through SLA/KPI monitoring, issue escalation, and corrective action follow-up. • Coordinate with Procurement, Legal, Finance, and other functions to ensure efficient contract execution and governance. • Provide commercial controls and reporting on contract performance, procurement risks, upcoming renewals, and service gaps. • Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business administration, law, finance, or a related field. • 12+ years of experience in procurement, contracts management, commercial management, supply chain, or vendor management, including experience leading a complex procurement department or function. • Procurement and contracts leadership experience within a large-scale, varied, and complex environment. • Strong understanding of sourcing, RFPs, service orders, contract approvals, renewals, variations, and procurement governance. • Knowledge of contract lifecycle management, vendor performance, SLAs/KPIs, and commercial controls. • Experience translating operational needs into clear procurement requirements and contract scopes. • Hands-on experience with SAP, Ariba, and Power BI. • Proven ability to coordinate across procurement, legal, finance, operations, and service providers, with experience negotiating with stakeholders or service providers. • Experience producing reports on contract, procurement, or commercial performance and resolving contract, procurement, or vendor-related issues with stakeholders. • Experience in real estate, city operations, or large-scale development environments is a plus.