Senior Design Manager FEATURED

Fisher; Dubai; Vor Ort; AED 480.000 - 720.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Fisher in the United Arab Emirates (Dubai) is seeking an experienced Design Leader to drive design management across multiple high-profile projects. You will establish governance, priorities, and accountability while coordinating with consultants, contractors, and authorities.

From brief to close-out, you will ensure design delivery aligns with programme, budget, procurement, and stakeholder requirements, protecting client outcomes.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum of 14 years of professional experience in design management.
• Strong experience managing design for high-rise, hospitality, and/or mixed-use projects.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary consultants, contractors, operators, authorities, and other project stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to manage design delivery across multiple projects or major workstreams simultaneously.
• Experience managing design coordination, identifying risks, resolving technical and stakeholder issues, and driving decisions to closure.
• Strong understanding of the relationship between design, programme, budget, procurement, construction, and project delivery.
• Strong reporting, risk assessment, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to represent clients and organizations confidently at a senior level.
• Proactive, hands-on approach with clear ownership of deadlines, actions, and outcomes.
• Ability to travel within the UAE and region as required.

Aufgaben

• Lead design management across multiple projects and major workstreams concurrently, establishing clear priorities, governance, and accountability.
• Manage the design process from project brief and concept development through detailed design, tendering, construction support, handover, and close-out.
• Integrate design requirements with programme, budget, procurement, authority approvals, and stakeholder requirements into a coordinated design delivery plan.
• Take full responsibility for actions, deadlines, risks, and design management outcomes.
• Drive projects forward by actively coordinating consultants and contractors, ensuring issues are addressed promptly and do not delay progress.
• Identify design and coordination issues proactively, develop practical solutions, and drive decisions through to closure before they affect project delivery.
• Maintain close coordination with project teams and stakeholders to ensure design deliverables align with project objectives and required standards.
• Protect project programmes, budgets, quality standards, and client expectations through disciplined execution.

Kenntnisse

Design leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk assessment

Coordination

Project governance

Travel flexibility

Jobbeschreibung

Design Leadership

• Lead design management across multiple projects and major workstreams concurrently, establishing clear priorities, governance, and accountability.
• Manage the design process from project brief and concept development through detailed design, tendering, construction support, handover, and close-out.
• Integrate design requirements with programme, budget, procurement, authority approvals, and stakeholder requirements into a coordinated design delivery plan.
• Take full responsibility for actions, deadlines, risks, and design management outcomes.

Coordination & Issue Resolution

• Drive projects forward by actively coordinating consultants and contractors, ensuring issues are addressed promptly and do not delay progress.
• Identify design and coordination issues proactively, develop practical solutions, and drive decisions through to closure before they affect project delivery.
• Maintain close coordination with project teams and stakeholders to ensure design deliverables align with project objectives and required standards.
• Protect project programmes, budgets, quality standards, and client expectations through disciplined execution.

Stakeholder Representation & Reporting

• Represent the organization and its clients at a senior level in dealings with consultants, operators, authorities, and other stakeholders.
• Provide concise, decision-oriented design reports, risk assessments, and recommendations appropriate for senior client leadership.

Requirements

• Minimum of 14 years of professional experience in design management.
• Strong experience managing design for high-rise, hospitality, and/or mixed-use projects.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary consultants, contractors, operators, authorities, and other project stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to manage design delivery across multiple projects or major workstreams simultaneously.
• Experience managing design coordination, identifying risks, resolving technical and stakeholder issues, and driving decisions to closure.
• Strong understanding of the relationship between design, programme, budget, procurement, construction, and project delivery.
• Strong reporting, risk assessment, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to represent clients and organizations confidently at a senior level.
• Proactive, hands-on approach with clear ownership of deadlines, actions, and outcomes.
• Ability to travel within the UAE and region as required.