{"id":154789,"date":"2026-03-11T20:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T20:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whitehattoolbox.com\/jobs\/were-hiring-senior-manager-cost-planning-residential-res7\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T20:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T20:02:09","slug":"were-hiring-senior-manager-cost-planning-residential-res7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whitehattoolbox.com\/jobs\/were-hiring-senior-manager-cost-planning-residential-res7\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re Hiring Senior Manager – Cost Planning – Residential (RES7)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Job Description:<\/b><\/span>We’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.<\/span>This role is about owning the cost planning position, not producing the measurement yourself.<\/span>This is a Development cost planning role.<\/span>\u00b7 Not project controls.<\/span>\u00b7 Not procurement.<\/span>\u00b7 And not about measuring bills of quantities.<\/span>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.<\/span>You’ll work closely with development teams, design consultants and external cost managers to ensure design-to-budget thinking is embedded from day one.<\/span>WHAT YOU’LL DO<\/b><\/span>\u00b7 Lead the cost planning position across residential projects and own the credibility of the numbers being presented to the business.<\/span>\u00b7 Manage external cost consultants delivering cost plans and ensure outputs align with Qiddiya’s cost planning methodology and technical guidelines.<\/span>\u00b7 Interrogate cost plans in detail, challenge assumptions and ensure advice is robust, consistent and commercially realistic.<\/span>\u00b7 Ensure budgets actively guide design decisions rather than react to them.<\/span>\u00b7 Track design development and understand the cost impact of change.<\/span>\u00b7 Use benchmarking and historical data to test and validate cost positions.<\/span>\u00b7 Produce clear cost summaries to support internal decision making and Stage Gate approvals.<\/span>\u00b7 Communicate cost positions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.<\/span>Requirements:<\/b><\/span>WHAT YOU’LL BRING<\/b><\/span>\u00b7 Experience managing or reviewing work produced by external cost consultants.<\/span>\u00b7 The ability to break a cost plan down, understand the logic behind it and challenge assumptions where needed.<\/span>\u00b7 Strong understanding of feasibility studies, benchmarking and value management.<\/span>\u00b7 Confidence to challenge design decisions when cost and value are not aligned.<\/span>\u00b7 The ability to step back from detail and assess whether the numbers genuinely make sense.<\/span>\u00b7 Clear communication and the ability to explain complex cost matters in a practical way.<\/span>\u00b7 Professional accreditation such as RICS or AIQS preferred.<\/p>\n

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Job Description: We’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. 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