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About the Role

Mace is seeking a Senior Design Manager to join their team in Riyadh. This full-time position is an opportunity to contribute to one of the largest programs in Saudi Arabia, a significant mixed-use development encompassing sports facilities, entertainment, arts, and associated infrastructure. Mace, a delivery partner on this project, requires experienced professionals to lead integrated teams through all project phases.

Role Overview

The Senior Design Manager will serve as the primary design management representative within the Delivery Partner team. This role involves leading and managing the Lead Design Consultant (LDC) through the various design stages, ensuring the delivery of coordinated, complete, and buildable designs that align with project objectives and program timelines. A key focus will be driving design integration across all disciplines to facilitate efficient construction delivery and ensuring design outputs consider construction sequencing, logistics, and site constraints.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the lead design management representative within the Delivery Partner team.
• Lead and manage the Lead Design Consultant (LDC) through schematic, developed, and detailed design stages.
• Ensure the delivery of coordinated, complete, and buildable design aligned with project objectives and programme.
• Drive design integration across all disciplines to support efficient construction delivery.
• Ensure design outputs are aligned with construction sequencing, logistics, and site constraints.
• Support the transition from design into construction, ensuring clarity, completeness, and buildability of information.
• Identify design risks, constraints, and coordination issues, ensuring timely resolution.
• Operate in a coordination and assurance capacity, supporting delivery without relieving the Contractor of their obligations.
• Manage and oversee the performance of the Lead Design Consultant (LDC).
• Establish clear design deliverables, responsibilities, and review processes.
• Monitor the quality and completeness of design outputs across all disciplines.
• Lead design coordination workshops and technical review sessions.
• Promote collaborative working relationships and proactive issue resolution.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree qualified in Architecture, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in design management on major projects.
• Proven experience managing lead design consultants (LDCs) and multidisciplinary design teams.
• Strong experience delivering Commercial / mixed-use developments, Design & Build projects, and managing design through to construction delivery.
• Experience within delivery partner / PMC environments is preferred.
• Must meet necessary visa criteria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and possess relevant work experience on high-valued projects/programmes for a project management consultancy business, as required for immigration and client approval.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role operates within a large-scale program environment, requiring close collaboration with integrated teams and external consultants.