Senior Design Manager
Role Overview
Lead design delivery on high-rise, hospitality, and mixed-use projects from concept through construction support.
The employer delivers project management across planning, design, procurement, construction, fit-out, and handover; around 80% of its work is hospitality-related.
The organization describes its approach as lean, hands-on, and client-focused.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role Purpose
Lead design delivery on high-rise, hospitality, and mixed-use projects from concept through construction support.
The employer delivers project management across planning, design, procurement, construction, fit-out, and handover; around 80% of its work is hospitality-related.
The organization describes its approach as lean, hands-on, and client-focused.
Position Details
- Full-time role in Dubai, UAE; office-based with project and site visits.
- Regional travel is required as needed.
- Reports to the Director.
Responsibilities
- Lead design management across multiple live projects from brief and concept through tender, construction support, and close-out.
- Drive consultants and contractors to close decisions before they affect programme or cost.
- Run design programmes, stage gates, reviews, and coordination meetings across architecture, structure, MEP, interiors, facade, and specialist disciplines.
- Lead consultant procurement and technical evaluation of design-related tenders.
- Work with cost consultants on design-to-budget and value engineering.
- Represent RPM and the client with operators, authorities, and senior stakeholders.
- Deliver concise, decision-ready reporting and risk assessments.
Qualifications
- At least 14 years in design management or design delivery, including senior leadership, gained through a leading design consultancy or project management firm.
- UAE/Dubai project experience is essential; proven high-rise design management is required.
- Experience with a top regional or international lead design consultant and/or leading regional or international project management practice; contractor-only profiles are unsuitable.
- Degree in architecture or engineering.
- Excellent English; Arabic is an advantage.
- Hospitality, mixed-use, branded residences, and high-end interiors experience is strongly preferred.
- Strong MS Office and MS Project skills; Aconex or Procore, Bluebeam Revu, and AutoCAD are preferred.
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