Senior Stakeholder Architect — Multidisciplinary Design Lead

WSP Global Inc.; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP Middle East is seeking a Senior Stakeholder Architect in Abu Dhabi, UAE, to bridge architectural design with clients and authorities. You will coordinate between architectural teams, design disciplines, and delivery partners to ensure stakeholder requirements are clearly captured and incorporated.

The role demands strong stakeholder management, coordination across architecture, MEP and structures, and experience with regulatory submissions to authorities. Arabic language skills are a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or closely related discipline.
• Professional registration or membership would be advantageous.
• Typically 10+ years of relevant architectural/design experience on large/multidisciplinary projects.
• Strong experience in stakeholder management, architectural coordination, and design management.
• Experience with multidisciplinary design teams across architecture, structures, MEP and related disciplines.
• Saudi Arabia or wider Middle East experience would be advantageous.
• Excellent English communication; Arabic capability is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate day-to-day engagement with key project stakeholders across architectural workstreams.
• Act as interface between clients, architectural teams, multidisciplinary design teams, consultants, contractors, and authorities.
• Capture, communicate, and integrate stakeholder requirements into the design process.
• Support architectural leadership in managing stakeholder expectations and approvals.
• Coordinate stakeholder comments across design stages and track their closure.
• Maintain stakeholder registers, action trackers, and approval trackers.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Architectural coordination

Design management

Technical interface management

Multidisciplinary coordination

Design review

Risk and interface management

Technical reporting

Presentations

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture

Professional architectural registration

Tools

BIM

Job description

WSP Middle East is seeking a Senior Stakeholder Architect in Abu Dhabi, UAE, to bridge architectural design with clients and authorities. You will coordinate between architectural teams, design disciplines, and delivery partners to ensure stakeholder requirements are clearly captured and incorporated.

The role demands strong stakeholder management, coordination across architecture, MEP and structures, and experience with regulatory submissions to authorities. Arabic language skills are a plus.