Senior Design Manager — Lead Complex Projects Toward Director

GRØ CAREERS; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits package

Long-term career progression

Leadership development

Job summary

GRØ CAREERS is seeking a Senior Design Manager to lead national multidisciplinary projects in London. You will influence outcomes, balance design quality with programme and commercial pressures, and lead senior stakeholders through complex delivery environments.

You will operate within a hybrid London setting, working with a team of senior professionals to shape strategy and delivery on nationally significant projects.

Qualifications

• Experience leading design management across major multidisciplinary construction projects.
• Proven ability to influence key project decisions with confidence and commercial judgement.
• Ability to build credibility with senior clients, consultants and delivery partners.
• Strong leadership across complex consultant and delivery partner relationships.
• Experience balancing design quality with programme, risk, cost and commercial considerations.
• Ability to identify emerging risks and drive practical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead Design Management across major multidisciplinary construction projects.
• Influence critical decisions with confidence, authority and commercial judgement.
• Build credibility with senior clients, consultants and delivery partners.
• Provide confident leadership across complex relationships to keep projects moving.
• Balance design quality with programme, risk, cost and commercial priorities.
• Identify risks early and drive collaborative solutions.
• Navigate stakeholder environments with competing priorities.

Skills

Leadership

Design Management

Stakeholder management

Commercial judgement

Mentoring

Delivery leadership

Job description

GRØ CAREERS is seeking a Senior Design Manager to lead national multidisciplinary projects in London. You will influence outcomes, balance design quality with programme and commercial pressures, and lead senior stakeholders through complex delivery environments.

You will operate within a hybrid London setting, working with a team of senior professionals to shape strategy and delivery on nationally significant projects.