Associate Director/Senior Manager

We are Sisco Jobs, a recruitment consultancy based in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. We are hiring for the position of Associate Director/Senior Manager (Lead Architect) in Saudi Arabia. The role requires a highly experienced architectural leader with proven stadium project delivery exposure, strong Project Management Consultancy experience, and the ability to manage complex multidisciplinary projects and senior stakeholders. If you meet the requirements below, apply early as positions are limited.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead architectural planning, design management, coordination, and delivery for large-scale stadium and complex built-environment projects.
  
• Provide senior architectural leadership throughout concept, design development, technical design, construction, and project handover stages.
  
• Manage multidisciplinary consultants, designers, contractors, and specialist teams to maintain design quality and project objectives.
  
• Review architectural drawings, specifications, design packages, technical submissions, and coordination documents.
  
• Ensure architectural solutions comply with applicable project requirements, codes, standards, functionality, constructability, and quality expectations.
  
• Drive PMC-side design governance, progress monitoring, risk identification, change coordination, and technical issue resolution.
  
• Manage senior client, consultant, contractor, authority, and project stakeholder interfaces throughout the project lifecycle.
  
• Monitor design and project delivery milestones and support timely resolution of issues affecting scope, programme, quality, and coordination.
  

Required Skills

Stadium Project Delivery: Proven experience delivering stadium projects involving complex architectural and multidisciplinary requirements.

PMC Experience: Strong experience working within a Project Management Consultancy environment and overseeing design/project delivery.

Architectural & Design Leadership: Ability to lead architectural strategy, design reviews, coordination, and technical decision-making on major projects.

Stakeholder Management: Strong capability in managing senior clients, consultants, contractors, authorities, and multidisciplinary stakeholders.

Project Delivery: Demonstrated expertise in managing design deliverables, project milestones, risks, interfaces, and quality requirements.

Preferred Skills

• Experience delivering major sports, entertainment, or large public-assembly developments.
  
• Familiarity with multidisciplinary BIM/design coordination on complex projects.
  
• Experience working on major projects in Saudi Arabia or the wider GCC region.
  

Work Experience Requirements

Minimum 15+ years of relevant professional experience is mandatory. Candidates must have proven experience in stadium project delivery together with PMC exposure and significant responsibility for architectural, stakeholder, and project-delivery leadership.

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