Senior Design Manager (Shopping Malls)📣 Job Ad

About Mace Group

Mace Group combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person and project. The company's values shape its consulting approach and define the professionals it seeks to join its journey.

The Project

Mace Group is providing project management services for a significant new build mall located in the heart of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This development will feature retail units, hotels, food and beverage outlets, and associated car parking facilities.

The Role: Senior Design Manager (Shopping Malls)

Mace Group is seeking a Senior Design Manager (Shopping Malls) to join its team in Riyadh. This part-time role requires 2-5 years of experience and involves overseeing the design process for a large-scale shopping mall development. The successful candidate will work closely with clients, consultants, stakeholders, and project teams to ensure the design vision for retail, hospitality, food and beverage, entertainment, and associated infrastructure is translated into a coordinated, buildable, and commercially viable solution.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise the design management process from concept design through detailed design and construction documentation.
• Manage multidisciplinary design consultants and specialist stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Establish and maintain design programmes, deliverable schedules, and design management plans.
• Drive design coordination across architectural, structural, MEP, landscape, retail planning, and specialist disciplines.
• Monitor design progress and ensure deliverables are achieved in line with programme requirements.
• Identify design risks, constraints, and interface issues, implementing mitigation strategies where required.
• Facilitate design workshops, technical reviews, and stakeholder meetings.
• Ensure designs align with operational, commercial, customer experience, and asset management objectives.
• Review design deliverables for quality, completeness, buildability, and compliance with project requirements.
• Support procurement activities, tender documentation reviews, and contractor engagement.
• Coordinate with project controls, commercial, and delivery teams to ensure effective integration across the programme.
• Manage design approvals, governance processes, and stakeholder sign-off requirements.
• Provide regular reporting on design status, risks, key decisions, and programme impacts.
• Promote innovation, sustainability, and value engineering opportunities throughout the design process.

Candidate Requirements

• Proven experience delivering major shopping malls, retail destinations, or mixed-use developments.
• Demonstrable experience leading projects from concept design through detailed design stages.
• Experience working within PMC, client-side, developer, or programme management environments is preferred.
• Ability to meet necessary visa criteria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and relevant work experience on high-valued projects/programmes for a project management consultancy business, as required for immigration and client approval.

Work Type and Location

This is a part-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Candidates should be prepared to work within the specified part-time framework for this role.