Senior Design Manager - Leading High-End Developments

Mace; As Sudiyah; On-site; OMR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace, a leading consultancy and construction firm, is seeking a Senior Design Manager to lead design excellence for a landmark project in the Middle East. You will coordinate multidisciplinary consultants from concept through construction, ensuring designs are buildable, compliant, and aligned with programme and budget.

You will review proposals, run design workshops, manage risks, and mentor junior staff while partnering with project management, procurement, and client teams.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in architecture or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience in design management within PMC, consultancy, developer, or client organisations.
• Demonstrable experience delivering high-end residential, hospitality, mixed-use, estate, or landmark developments.
• Strong understanding of multidisciplinary building design and infrastructure interfaces.
• Experience managing international design consultants and specialist designers.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Proven ability to lead design teams through challenging and fast-paced project environments.
• Sound knowledge of design governance, design assurance, and quality management processes.
• Experience working on major projects in the Middle East is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design management process across multiple concurrent buildings and infrastructure packages.
• Manage and coordinate multidisciplinary design consultants throughout concept, schematic, detailed design, and construction stages.
• Ensure designs are fully coordinated, buildable, compliant, and aligned with project requirements.
• Review and challenge design proposals to optimise quality, functionality, programme, and value.
• Facilitate design workshops, technical reviews, and stakeholder meetings.
• Monitor design progress against agreed deliverables and programme milestones.
• Identify and manage design risks, issues, and interfaces across the project.
• Coordinate with project management, commercial, procurement, construction, and client teams to ensure effective project delivery.
• Manage change control related to design development and scope amendments.
• Review consultant deliverables, technical submissions, specifications, and design reports.
• Support procurement activities including consultant and contractor technical evaluations.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to junior design management team members.
• Ensure compliance with relevant codes, standards, governance requirements, and industry best practices.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Multidisciplinary coordination

Design governance

Project leadership

Quality/safety focus

Education

Degree in architecture or related discipline

Job description

Mace, a leading consultancy and construction firm, is seeking a Senior Design Manager to lead design excellence for a landmark project in the Middle East. You will coordinate multidisciplinary consultants from concept through construction, ensuring designs are buildable, compliant, and aligned with programme and budget.

You will review proposals, run design workshops, manage risks, and mentor junior staff while partnering with project management, procurement, and client teams.