Senior Manager - Virtual City - CDU-018

Role Specific Requirements

The Senior Manager – Digital Asset Compliance is a key member of Design Excellence vertical of the Central Development Unit (CDU). CDU acts as a center of excellence, setting standards and driving consistency across complex development projects by providing tools and processes for best practice delivery.

Design Excellence ensures projects embody “Qiddiya-ness” by creating standardized measures of design quality across the program.

Our Virtual City team is the custodian of the Qiddiya City Unreal Engine, providing real-time visualization, simulation, and collaboration by linking our GIS, BIM and IMS data to strategically guide Development decision-making.

The role of Senior Manager is dedicated to the technical oversight and quality control of our virtual City’s digital assets built in Unreal Engine. A role that requires deep technical expertise and attention to detail.

Core responsibilities

1.      Champions QIC's "Safety First" value, specifically confident in enacting ‘Stop Work’ authority, engage in relevant health/safety/wellbeing standards and behaviors.

2.      Role models leadership behaviors, in line with the Qiddiya Values, at all times.

3.      Motivates and inspires a high-performance culture through clear direction, providing continuous feedback, recognizing and rewarding exceptional performance and fostering an environment of collaboration, innovation and accountability.

4.      Ensures that all digital models – integrating BIM, GIS and engineering data – comply with technical standards and file structures.

5.      Maintains technical excellence and streamlines workflows for digital asset management across the Qiddiya program.

6.      Oversees and maintains the quality and structure of digital models and assets in unreal Engine.

7.      Develops, implements, and enforces technical standards for digital modeling, ensuring compliance across all digital assets.

8.      Monitors and evaluates the quality of models updates from external consultants and designers.

9.      Establishes and maintains robust file structure, workflows, and documentation to support technical compliance.

10.   Troubleshoots and resolves technical issues related to digital assets integration and modeling.

11.   Continuously assesses and improves technical workflow to enhance the integrity of the digital models.

12.   Implements and executes best practices for assets compliance and digital data management.

Values & Behaviors

Safety

• Prioritize wellbeing

• Address challenges directly

• Take responsibility for safety

• Correct unsafe practices

• Learn from mistakes to continuously improve

• Hold each other accountable with support and care

Integrity

• Communicate truthfully and straightforwardly

• Keep commitments and fulfill promises

• Respect others' rights, dignity, and opinions

• Uphold high professional standards

Innovation

• Encourage innovation with an open, nimble approach

• Maintain a curious mindset

• Eager to learn and improve

• Think creatively beyond conventions

• Continuously seek ways to enhance performance

Collaboration

• Open, honest engagement with all stakeholders

• Frequent, respectful, transparent communication

• Celebrate successes

• Collaboratively resolve issues

Inclusion

• Respect diverse cultures

• Listen to different perspectives

• Maintain an open mindset to diverse ideas and information

• Build and engage diverse teams equitably and fairly

• Treat everyone with respect and equality

Quality

• Ask direct, rational questions

• Speak relevantly for the audience

• Be a team player, share knowledge

• Uncompromising quality standards

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Game development, Digital Media, or related field, master’s degree would be an advantage.

Professional Certifications (if required)

Professional registration in the respective discipline (or similar – i.e. Chartered Engineer) would be an advantage

Experience

• Minimum 7 years of proven work experience in developing real time 3D applications in unreal engine and/or other virtual production pipelines.

• Experience with quality control protocols and technical troubleshooting in digital assets management ensuring high standards of digital model integrity.

• Strong background in BIM, GIS, and the management of complex digital assets structures.

• Demonstrated ability to set up and maintain technical workflows, file structures, and compliance documentation.

• Proficiency in Unreal Engine with extensive experience in digital modeling in architectural visualization field.

• Previous KSA/Middle East experience preferred

• Supports team through periods of business change.

• Leverage exceptional written and verbal skills in English – articulate ideas, strategies, and project performance to a range of audiences and to influence at senior levels.

• Leverage in-depth knowledge of enterprise-level digital design solutions and applications.