Senior Design Manager

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and provide performance feedback to the design team.
• Manage the design lifecycle from concept through delivery, meeting timelines and quality standards.
• Develop strategies aligned with project objectives, regulations, and organizational goals.
• Manage project budgets, resources, and risks to deliver within scope and schedule.
• Ensure compliance with defense standards, international regulations, and UAE security requirements.
• Work with engineering, procurement, and client stakeholders to define requirements and resolve design challenges.
• Conduct design reviews and quality checks; identify improvement opportunities.
• Solve technical problems while balancing performance, cost, and manufacturability.
• Maintain design records under defense-sector protocols and security guidelines.
• Monitor trends and practices in defense design and project management.

Qualifications

• At least 12 years of professional experience in design management, senior design roles, or equivalent defense-industry leadership.
• Proven experience managing large, complex defense projects from conception through delivery.
• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, or a related field.
• Arabic speaker required.

Onboarding

• New employees must attend in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location.

Benefits

• Benefits may include health and disability coverage, paid time off, leave, flexible work options, well-being resources, business travel insurance, retirement savings, and employee stock purchase plans, depending on employment status.