Senior Manager - Cost Planning - Residential (RES7)

OverviewWe're looking for a Senior Manager of Cost Planning who understands how to lead cost planning from the client side. Someone who can review cost advice, challenge assumptions and ensure consistent methodology across multiple projects.This role is about owning the cost planning position, not producing the measurement yourself.This is a Development cost planning role.Qiddiya is building a new city focused on entertainment, sport and culture. The projects are ambitious, complex and fast moving. In this role you will help ensure the numbers behind those projects are clear, credible and aligned with design from the earliest stages.You\'ll work closely with development teams, design consultants and external cost managers to ensure design-to-budget thinking is embedded from day one.What You\'ll DoLead the cost planning position across residential projects and own the credibility of the numbers being presented to the businessManage external cost consultants delivering cost plans and ensure outputs align with Qiddiya\'s cost planning methodology and technical guidelinesInterrogate cost plans in detail, challenge assumptions and ensure advice is robust, consistent and commercially realisticEnsure budgets actively guide design decisions rather than react to themTrack design development and understand the cost impact of changeUse benchmarking and historical data to test and validate cost positionsProduce clear cost summaries to support internal decision making and Stage Gate approvalsCommunicate cost positions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholdersRequirementsExperience managing or reviewing work produced by external cost consultantsThe ability to break a cost plan down, understand the logic behind it and challenge assumptions where neededStrong understanding of feasibility studies, benchmarking and value managementConfidence to challenge design decisions when cost and value are not alignedThe ability to step back from detail and assess whether the numbers genuinely make senseClear communication and the ability to explain complex cost matters in a practical wayProfessional accreditation such as RICS or AIQS preferred#J-18808-Ljbffr