Senior Manager Design Management📣 إعلان

About the Role

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a Senior Manager - Technical Design Management to lead and oversee the technical design development of major sports infrastructure assets. Based in Riyadh, this full-time position involves ensuring all sports assets achieve the highest standards of architectural, engineering, operational, and sporting excellence while meeting project objectives related to quality, programme, cost, sustainability, and future operational performance.

Technical Design Leadership

The Senior Manager will provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary design management activities for stadiums, arenas, training facilities, and sports complexes. This includes offering technical oversight of architectural, structural, civil, MEP, sports systems, and specialist consultant deliverables, ensuring design solutions align with project objectives, operational requirements, asset strategies, and business case expectations. The role acts as the primary technical interface between development teams, consultants, contractors, and operators, driving design excellence from concept through detailed design and construction support.

Design Management and Compliance

This role involves managing and coordinating Lead Design Consultants and specialist designers throughout the project lifecycle, chairing technical design workshops, reviews, and coordination meetings. A key aspect is ensuring integration across all design disciplines, including technology, security, crowd management, sports operations, and venue-specific systems. The Senior Manager will also ensure designs comply with the requirements of international sports federations such as FIFA, AFC, IOC, FIBA, and World Athletics, and lead technical reviews to assure designs meet all relevant codes, regulations, accessibility, and life-safety standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor consultant performance against contractual obligations, deliverables, and programme milestones.
• Establish clear design governance processes and reporting mechanisms.
• Review venue planning, spectator circulation, hospitality, player facilities, broadcast requirements, and operational infrastructure.
• Support the development of design briefs and technical requirements for sports assets.
• Provide subject matter expertise relating to sports venue planning, operations, and major event readiness.
• Review and challenge design proposals to maximise functionality, operational efficiency, and fan experience.
• Implement quality assurance processes to maintain consistency and compliance throughout design development.
• Identify design risks and coordinate mitigation strategies.
• Review value engineering proposals without compromising operational functionality or design intent.
• Collaborate with Development, Delivery, Commercial, Asset Management, and Operations teams.
• Engage with governing bodies, operators, end users, and specialist sports consultants.
• Present technical recommendations and project updates to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Support alignment between project objectives and long-term operational requirements.
• Provide technical support during procurement, tender evaluation, and contractor appointment processes.
• Review contractor design submissions during Design & Build stages where applicable.
• Support site teams with technical issue resolution and design clarifications.
• Participate in inspections, testing, commissioning, and handover activities.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture.
• At least 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale sports and entertainment venues.
• Experience working on stadiums, arenas, elite training centres, sports complexes, or major public assembly buildings.
• Experience within both client-side and PMC or Tier-1 contractors.
• Experience managing international design teams and multidisciplinary consultants.

Preferred Background

• Major Project experience in the Middle East.
• Exposure to FIFA World Cup, Olympic Games, AFC, Formula 1, or equivalent major sporting infrastructure programmes.