Joint Venture Board Director — Hospitality Development
Saudi Arabia·Healthcare & Life Sciences·Hospitality development· Jeddah·Posted 23 September 2026
Applications close 30 October 2026
Hospitality development organisation in Saudi Arabia
Partner-sourced
Sourced through a partner search firm or the sponsor's own nomination committee, and verified before listing.
The problem this seat exists to solve
Candidates should have experience of property or hospitality joint ventures and be comfortable reading financial models, development reports and commercial agreements with specialist support. Cross-cultural board communication and the ability to distinguish negotiation positions from entity-level decisions are essential. Prior involvement in a troubled partnership can be valuable where the candidate can explain what improved governance changed.
Make shared control workable
The brief concerns a hospitality development governed by partners with different capabilities and expectations. The director’s contribution is to make investment, delivery and operating decisions through a clear governance framework, especially when commercial priorities diverge.
The board agenda
Examine capital contributions, development milestones, material contracts and changes to the investment case. Require consistent reporting on cost to complete, schedule risk and the conditions for operational launch. Challenge proposals that shift risk between partners without making the consequences explicit.
Partnership responsibilities
Work within the joint venture’s reserved-matter and delegation arrangements. Encourage transparent treatment of partner-provided services, related-party charges and potential conflicts. Help maintain an escalation path for disagreements so that urgent decisions do not bypass governance and routine issues do not become shareholder disputes.
Review the interface between partner-provided resources and venture-owned capabilities. If one partner supplies development management, procurement or operating expertise, the board needs transparent service expectations and a way to challenge performance. Capital-call papers should explain why funding is needed, what happens if it is delayed and how the proposed use connects to the approved plan. The director should help prevent unresolved commercial disagreements from appearing later as unexplained cost overruns or operational readiness gaps.
Expectations of the appointment
The director should support decisions that are timely, documented and grounded in the venture’s interests and applicable duties. Board service is distinct from acting as a partner’s executive representative in every matter. Effective contribution will be visible in fewer unresolved interfaces, clearer accountability and better control of the conditions needed to open and operate the asset.
Terms
- Where the board sits
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Applications close
- 30 October 2026
- Appointment
- Joint venture board appointment
- Time commitment in this market
- Boards typically meet four to six times a year, with committee cycles and a general assembly; giga-project and transformation entities meet considerably more often.
Before you apply — Saudi Arabia
Foreign nationals serve on Saudi boards, and the framework does not bar it — but sector licensing, the four-year election cycle and, for regulated firms, SAMA or CMA approval shape the route in.
- Residency test
- No general residency requirement for a non-executive director of a listed joint stock company; some regulated sectors and executive roles do carry residency conditions.
- Nationality test
- Certain licensed and strategic activities carry Saudi-national requirements at board or management level. Check the sector's licensing conditions before assuming the general position applies.
- Work authorisation
- A non-resident non-executive director attending board meetings travels on a business visit visa. Resident and executive roles require an iqama and are subject to Saudization requirements.
- Tenure limit once appointed
- Board terms are limited to four years and are renewable. Independence is reassessed each cycle against the CMA's criteria rather than capped by cumulative years.
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