Design Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead the client-side design management function, ensuring design outputs align with the project brief, development strategy, budget, programme, authority requirements, and end-user objectives.


• Manage and coordinate multidisciplinary design consultants and specialist advisors throughout all design stages.


• Lead design reviews, technical workshops, design governance, interface management, and design risk management.


• Ensure design deliverables are coordinated, complete, compliant, and buildable at each stage gate.


• Coordinate authority approvals, stakeholder requirements, operator inputs, and developer standards.


• Review design packages, scopes, Employer’s Requirements, and technical deliverables during procurement and tender stages.


• Manage design-related tender queries and coordinate technical responses.


• Maintain design decision logs, risk registers, and key design interfaces.


• Coordinate closely with the client, consultants, contractors, and PMC teams to resolve design issues and maintain project progress.

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, or a related discipline.


• 18+ years of relevant design management experience, preferably on major development projects.


• Strong PMC/client-side design management experience is essential.


• Proven experience managing multidisciplinary consultants on large-scale mixed-use, masterplan, commercial, residential, hospitality, or major development projects.


• Strong understanding of design development, coordination, authority approvals, procurement, tender documentation, and construction interfaces.


• Demonstrated experience in design governance, value engineering, risk management, and stakeholder coordination.


• Strong knowledge of relevant Saudi codes, regulations, authority requirements, and development standards.


• Excellent leadership, communication, coordination, and stakeholder-management skills.


• Saudi/GCC experience is highly preferred.


• Must be willing to work site-based in Makkah.