Senior Director: Mobility Planner
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Posted 5 days ago
About the role
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Job Description:
**Join a Landmark Giga-Project Shaping the Future of Saudi Arabia**
Our client is delivering one of the Kingdom’s most ambitious and high-profile giga-projects, set to redefine global standards in destination development, innovation, and visitor experience. As part of the integrated Delivery Partner team, you will play a key role in planning, designing, and implementing world-class assets and infrastructure that support the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.
This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a pioneering program at scale, working alongside industry-leading experts, cutting-edge technologies, and diverse stakeholders. If you are driven by challenge, motivated by impact, and eager to be part of a legacy project that will influence generations to come, we invite you to consider joining this transformative journey.
The Senior Director: Mobility Planner is the ultimate technical, operational, and strategic authority responsible for the end-to-end planning, efficiency, and day-to-day management of the city’s multi-modal mobility network.
With a mandate requiring extensive distinguished leadership experience, this executive-level leader oversees the live operations of the entire transportation ecosystem. This includes public transit systems, autonomous shuttle corridors, active mobility trails, parking networks, micro-mobility, and intelligent traffic management systems. Sitting firmly within the O&M division, this role focuses on maximizing network throughput, minimizing congestion, deploying next-generation smart-city mobility technologies, and ensuring safe, seamless, and sustainable journeys for millions of annual residents and visitors.
Key Responsibilities
1. Multi-Modal Network & Transit Operations (O&M)
- Direct the daily operations, transit scheduling, and fleet management of all public and private transportation systems, including buses, light rail/monorail, micro-mobility, and autonomous mass transit networks.
- Oversee the strategic implementation of active mobility frameworks, managing pedestrian corridors, bike networks, and scooter-sharing infrastructure to ensure perfect connectivity between major city hubs and entertainment districts.
- Serve as the principal authority for high-footfall event transport planning, designing mega-crowd traffic diversion models, park-and-ride strategies, and flexible transit surges to handle peak visitor loads seamlessly.
- Formulate robust emergency transportation plans, network redundancy routes, and incident-response protocols to guarantee zero-disruption mobility during grid failures or civil emergencies.
2. Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) & Traffic Engineering
- Direct the operational deployment and tuning of the city's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), including adaptive traffic signals, automated speed enforcement, and real-time transit information displays.
- Partner with the digital city operations hub to leverage real-time traffic flow telemetry, predictive AI congestion mapping, and IoT sensor loops to optimize vehicle movements city-wide.
- Act as the technical authority for the city's smart car parks, integrating automated parking guidance systems (PGS), automated billing, license plate recognition (LPR), and electric vehicle (EV) charging grids with the broader mobility network.
3. Financial Cost Recovery & Asset Integration
- Translate multi-modal usage logs, public transit ticketing data, and shared mobility fees into automated financial models for corporate finance teams.
- Provide the Service Charge Director with audited transit-wear metrics to ensure equitable infrastructure cross-charging, charging commercial zones, theme parks, and venues their fair share for the mobility infrastructure feeding their districts.
- Collaborate with the Asset Lifecycle Planning (LCP) division to map out multi-decade Capital Asset Replacement Plans (CARP) for core mobility infrastructure (e.g., transit fleets, smart charging arrays, signals, and ITS servers).
- Partner with the SAP-EAMS team to ensure every vehicle, charging dock, traffic sensor, and transit station is assigned a flawless digital ID for data-driven, predictive maintenance scheduling.
4. Stage-Gate Handover & Design Advisory
- Serve as the primary mobility gatekeeper on the Stage-Gate Handover Committee, auditing traffic impact assessments (TIAs) and multi-modal readiness before newly constructed transit corridors or roads transition into live city operations.
- Formulate rigorous testing and commissioning verification rules for all transit fleets and smart ITS software networks prior to full operational adoption from builders and vendors.
Job Requirements & Qualifications
Education & Professional Credentials
- Bachelor’s Degree in Transportation Planning, Civil Engineering, Urban Design, Traffic Engineering, or a highly relevant quantitative technical discipline from an accredited institution.
- Master’s Degree in Transportation Engineering, Smart Mobility, Urban Planning, or an MBA from a globally recognized institution is highly preferred.
- Professional Certifications: Active senior professional registration, such as a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Professional Engineer (PE), or certification from the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) / Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE).
Experience
- 20+ years of progressive, distinguished leadership experience in multi-modal urban transit planning, large-scale traffic engineering, or smart city mobility operations.
- At least 8 years in a senior executive or director-level capacity, directly managing multi-disciplinary transport teams and multi-million-dollar mobility operational and capital budgets (OPEX/CAPEX).
- Proven track record of spearheading the operational setup, network routing, or post-construction integration of giga-scale mass transit networks, autonomous vehicle testbeds, or smart-city traffic frameworks.
- Deep experience navigating micro-mobility logistics, fleet electrification challenges, demand-side traffic management, and Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 sustainability and smart city targets.
Technical & Soft Skills
- Deep technical command over macro and micro traffic simulation modeling software (e.g., PTV VISSIM, VISUM, Synchro, or equivalent platforms).
- Executive-level fluency in transport operational technologies, including fleet telematics, automated fare collection (AFC) engines, and SAP Enterprise Asset Management (EAMS) integrations.
- Exceptional executive presence and stakeholder management skills, with a demonstrated ability to present complex multi-modal transit strategies and traffic data to financial executives, corporate boards, and state-level ministries.
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