Senior Design Manager — Large-Scale Real Estate & BIM

Wasl; Dubai; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Wasl in Dubai seeks a Senior Design Manager to lead multidisciplinary design development for large-scale real estate projects, ensuring alignment with briefs, budgets, and regulatory standards. You will coordinate internal teams, consultants, and stakeholders from concept through construction documentation.

This strategic office-based role requires advanced BIM proficiency, strong leadership, and a track record in high-rise, mixed-use, or hospitality projects in the GCC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of design management experience on large-scale developments.
• GCC experience on high-rise, mixed-use or hospitality projects.
• Exposure to LEED, WELL, or similar sustainability standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall design process from feasibility to construction documentation.
• Coordinate inputs from architectural, structural, MEP, landscape, interior, and sustainability disciplines.
• Review design deliverables for functionality, buildability, and compliance.
• Manage design consultants, ensuring quality and cost-effectiveness.
• Act as primary design liaison among stakeholders, authorities, and external consultants.
• Facilitate value engineering and design optimization without compromising project integrity.
• Address complex design issues with regulatory and end-user considerations.
• Monitor design program and budgets to align with project objectives.
• Champion design innovation and sustainability in line with UAE regulations.

Skills

Project Planning

Scheduling

Budgeting

Risk Management

Stakeholder Mgmt

Change Control

Coordination

Regulatory Compliance

BIM Tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Revit

Navisworks

Job description

Wasl in Dubai seeks a Senior Design Manager to lead multidisciplinary design development for large-scale real estate projects, ensuring alignment with briefs, budgets, and regulatory standards. You will coordinate internal teams, consultants, and stakeholders from concept through construction documentation.

This strategic office-based role requires advanced BIM proficiency, strong leadership, and a track record in high-rise, mixed-use, or hospitality projects in the GCC.