Principal Architect

About the Role

Parsons is seeking a Principal Architect to provide senior architectural leadership for a major luxury high-end development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is a full-time position requiring over 10 years of experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead architectural design development and technical coordination.
• Review architectural concepts, plans, elevations, details, specifications, schedules, and material selections.
• Ensure design solutions align with luxury positioning, guest experience, operational requirements, and brand standards.
• Coordinate architecture with interiors, landscape, structure, MEP, ICT/ELV, fire and life safety, and specialist systems.
• Lead architectural design reviews, technical workshops, and constructability reviews.
• Review consultant and contractor submissions for compliance with approved design intent.
• Coordinate authority submissions and respond to technical comments.
• Identify design conflicts, omissions, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Support value engineering while protecting architectural quality.
• Review mock-ups, samples, prototypes, and site installations.
• Provide architectural guidance during procurement, construction, testing, and handover.
• Mentor architectural team members.
• Maintain design records, decisions, and approvals.
• Provide technical advice to the Design Director and project leadership.

Required Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in architectural leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience in luxury high-end development projects.

Work Environment

This role is based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and is a full-time position within the Parsons team.