Director - Governance, Risk, and Control Lead

Company Overview

Qiddiya Investment Company is a prominent Saudi holding and development company investing heavily in entertainment, sports, and culture. It is spearheading the creation of Qiddiya City and its associated destinations. Amidst this complex project, robust governance, risk management, and control systems are vital to facilitate informed decisions, ensure regulatory compliance, and maintain operational resilience across critical areas.

Role Summary

This pivotal position plays a central part in designing and sustaining governance and oversight structures to reinforce City Operations (City Ops). The role collaborates extensively with central departments and executive leaders to enhance governance, proactively address risks, and ensure business continuity readiness in a demanding operational setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct governance, risk management, control frameworks, and business continuity efforts within City Ops to promote clarity, accountability, compliance, and effective risk mitigation.
• Develop and uphold the governance framework within City Ops, including establishing governance committees, decision-making authorities, escalation pathways, and reporting protocols.
• Create and oversee standards and controls ensuring that City Ops aligns with company policies, delegated authorities, and compliance mandates.
• Administer City Ops risk processes encompassing risk identification, evaluation, mitigation tracking, reporting, and escalation procedures.
• Lead business continuity initiatives, such as developing continuity plans and playbooks, defining recovery strategies, coordinating readiness activities, and conducting regular reviews across City Ops units.
• Collaborate with corporate departments on governance, risk, compliance, audit, control, and business continuity requirements.
• Monitor control implementation and facilitate closure of identified gaps and audit recommendations.
• Provide leadership with comprehensive reports on primary risks, control deficiencies, governance interventions, and business continuity preparedness.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in fields such as finance, accounting, risk management, business administration, or related disciplines.
• Over 12 years of professional experience in governance, risk management, internal controls, compliance, and auditing domains.
• Deep knowledge of governance frameworks, delegation of authority, control environments, and regulatory compliance.
• Proven expertise managing risk registers, mitigation actions, control mechanisms, and escalation of issues.
• Experience in developing or executing business continuity plans, recovery tactics, and resilience frameworks.
• Familiarity with enterprise risk management, internal control, business continuity, and operational resilience standards.
• Track record working collaboratively with operations, finance, legal, audit, risk, and corporate teams, and the ability to influence senior leadership and heads of departments.
• Experience in complex, large-scale environments such as real estate development, city operations, or multi-party projects is advantageous.