Design Manager

Job Purpose

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of program-wide design governance, management procedures, review processes, and quality assurance standards.
• Monitor design progress, compliance, and performance against approved milestones, design criteria, and project objectives.
• Review and validate Design Management Plans and oversee multidisciplinary design coordination across all project packages.
• Manage and coordinate multidisciplinary design reviews, consolidating comments from technical specialists and ensuring timely resolution of review comments.
• Review engineering studies, technical reports, specifications, design changes, and Value Engineering proposals to ensure compliance with design intent, constructability, maintainability, lifecycle performance, sustainability objectives, and operational requirements.
• Coordinate design interfaces between architectural, urban planning, infrastructure, transportation, utilities, landscape, and engineering disciplines to ensure integrated design solutions.
• Coordinate with the Client, Lead Developers, consultants, utility providers, statutory authorities, and other stakeholders to facilitate approvals, resolve technical issues, and support timely delivery of design submissions.
• Facilitate design coordination meetings, technical workshops, stakeholder review sessions, and Value Engineering workshops.
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and technical directions to the Senior Urban Planning Specialist and Senior Materials Engineer.
• Promote the adoption of BIM, digital engineering, and effective document management systems to support design coordination, information management, and program delivery.
• Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and best practices in design management across the program.

Requirements** **Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from an accredited university.
• Chartered Professional membership or equivalent professional accreditation.
• Minimum fifteen (15) years of professional experience in architecture, urban development, master planning, infrastructure, or major mixed-use developments.
• Demonstrated experience within PMCM, PMC, consultancy, developer, or client-side organizations, preferably on large-scale land development and infrastructure programs in Saudi Arabia or the GCC.

Core Competencies

• Design Management and Governance
• Master Planning and Urban Development

• Design Quality Assurance

• Value Engineering
• BIM and Digital Engineering
• Design Change and Risk Management
• Stakeholder and Authority Coordination
• Leadership, Strategic Planning, and Decision Making
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills