Design Manager Landscape Architecture

About Omrania and the Role

Omrania is seeking a Design Manager - Landscape Architecture to join its team in Riyadh. The firm has a portfolio of landscape architecture and planning projects across the region, including historic and cultural spaces, and large urban parks. This full-time role offers opportunities for professional growth within a pipeline of projects.

Role Overview

The Design Manager will lead the daily management and coordination of landscape and public-realm design. This includes overseeing projects from early-stage concept through detailed and IFC delivery, with a focus on design excellence, commercial control, and interdisciplinary integration. The role requires a minimum of 10 years of experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, manage, and deliver assigned projects within approved time, fee, and quality parameters.
• Monitor fee utilization, scope changes, and initiate change-control processes as needed.
• Prepare and maintain resource and deliverable schedules in coordination with the Head of Department and Project Managers.
• Contribute to sub-consultant procurement, scope definition, and technical performance assessment.
• Lead, mentor, and motivate a multi-disciplinary team, including Landscape, Irrigation, BIM, Visualisation, CAD, and Environmental specialists.
• Implement structured QA/QC and peer-review procedures at every design gateway.
• Coordinate early integration of civil, MEP, and infrastructure requirements.
• Ensure landscape designs incorporate sustainability, accessibility, and safety-in-design principles.
• Deliver complex landscape projects while providing technical and managerial guidance throughout design and construction support.
• Delegate tasks, monitor progress, manage risks, and report proactively.
• Ensure compliance with internal QMS and ISO 9001 processes.
• Represent the Landscape discipline in client and consultant meetings.
• Contribute to proposals, including scope identification, design methodology, management plans, deliverables lists, and design budgets.
• Maintain formal documentation such as Minutes of Meetings, Design-Change Logs, Coordination Trackers, and Risk Registers.

Design and Technical Expertise

• Oversee and review preparation of all landscape deliverables, including Design Delivery Plans, Reports, Drawings, Hardscape/Softscape Packages, Irrigation & Grading Plans, Planting Strategies, Sustainability Narratives, and Material Schedules.
• Collaborate with the Head of Department and Project Managers on technical challenges to ensure constructability and environmental performance.
• Ensure accurate production of tender and IFC documentation aligned with authority standards (*, RCRC, MOMRA, SBC, DM).
• Develop and track deliverables lists per contract scope.
• Maintain awareness of current codes, standards, and sustainable design best practices.
• Lead BIM integration using Revit LA / Civil 3D / Navisworks, ensuring model accuracy, coordination, and LOD compliance.
• Review sub-consultant deliverables and coordinate with Architecture, Structure, MEP, Infrastructure, and ID teams.
• Work with Quantity Surveyors and Specification Writers to develop landscape specifications, Bills of Quantities, and cost schedules.
• Contribute to Value-Engineering, tender evaluation, and site support.
• Champion innovation in digital design, visualization, and sustainable materials.

Communication and Collaboration

• Lead client presentations, design workshops, and coordination reviews.
• Translate complex technical data into clear visual and verbal narratives for stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients, partners, and authorities.
• Foster a collaborative and respectful culture.

Departmental Operations and Development

• Report weekly to the Head of Department/Management on schedules, deliverables, and resource allocation.
• Work closely with Project Managers for program tracking and risk reporting.
• Coordinate within the team and across disciplines to ensure cohesive project delivery.
• Participate in QA reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Support the development of internal standards, templates, and digital workflows.
• Mentor team members and contribute to the Landscape Skills Framework through structured Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and feedback.
• Assume full ownership and accountability for assigned projects.