Senior Project Manager - Stadium Experience📣 Job Ad
in Omrania
about 13 hours ago
| Contract Type | Full-time | |
| Workplace type | On-site | |
| Location | Riyadh |
About the Role
Omrania is seeking a Senior Project Manager with extensive FIFA Stadium Experience to lead and oversee the successful completion of design projects. This role involves managing project timelines, resources, budgets, and team collaboration to ensure project goals are achieved efficiently and on schedule. The successful candidate will be instrumental in delivering world-class stadium and associated precinct facilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate the full design management lifecycle, from concept and schematic design through detailed design, tender, and construction support, for stadium and associated precinct facilities.
- Ensure all design output complies with FIFA Football Stadiums Technical Recommendations and Requirements, host-nation building codes, accessibility standards, and relevant safety regulations, including crowd safety and "Green Guide" principles.
- Manage the appointment, scope, and performance of architects, engineers, and specialist consultants, including structural, MEP, pitch and turf, broadcast, IT/ICT, security, vertical transportation, and sustainability experts.
- Coordinate spectator experience and operational requirements, encompassing seating bowl geometry and sightlines (C-value), capacity and accessibility provisions, hospitality and VIP/VVIP areas, media and broadcast facilities, mixed zones, and FIFA/operator functional spaces.
- Develop and maintain the design programme, track milestones, and manage interfaces between design, procurement, and construction workstreams.
- Manage design risk, value engineering, and change control while protecting design intent and budget.
- Chair design coordination meetings, review and approve drawings and deliverables, and maintain a clear approvals and document-control trail.
- Liaise with the client, tournament organisers, governing bodies, authorities having jurisdiction, and key stakeholders to secure necessary approvals and sign-offs.
- Oversee BIM coordination and clash-detection processes to ensure seamless design integration across all disciplines.
- Integrate sustainability and legacy/post-tournament conversion requirements, such as demountable tiers and modular elements, into the overall design strategy.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture or a related field.
- A relevant master's degree and/or professional registration (*, RIBA, PMP, chartered status) is highly desirable.
- Demonstrable experience delivering FIFA stadium projects, such as World Cup, continental championship, or equivalent tier-one venues.
- Working knowledge of FIFA stadium technical requirements and the standards of other governing bodies (*, UEFA, AFC, IOC) where applicable.
- Proven ability to manage multidisciplinary consultant teams and large, complex design programmes.
Required Skills
- Design Management
- Project Management
- Expertise in FIFA Football Stadiums Technical Recommendations and Requirements
- Knowledge of Host-nation building codes, accessibility standards, and safety regulations
- Understanding of crowd safety and "Green Guide" principles
- Proficiency in coordinating spectator experience and operational requirements, including seating bowl geometry, sightlines, capacity, accessibility, hospitality, media, and functional spaces
- Strong capabilities in design programme management, milestone tracking, and interface management
- Skills in design risk management, value engineering, and change control
- Experience in chairing design coordination meetings and managing document control
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and negotiation skills
- Proficiency in BIM coordination and clash-detection processes
- Ability to integrate sustainability and legacy/post-tournament conversion requirements into design strategies
- Familiarity with BIM workflows, design programming, and design review processes
Location and Experience
This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role requires a minimum of 10 years of experience, with a specific emphasis on 15+ years of design management experience on major buildings or infrastructure projects, including demonstrable experience delivering FIFA stadium projects.
Requirements
- Requires +10 Years experience
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