Design Manager – Stadiums

Jobtailor; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, seeks a Senior Design Manager to lead multidisciplinary teams across concept to IFC for FIFA-standard stadium projects. You will coordinate structural, architectural, and MEP disciplines and act as the primary design liaison with clients, consultants, and contractors.

This role requires 15+ years in FIFA stadiums, strong design management and coordination, and BIM-enabled design coordination experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Architecture, or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of overall experience
• Mandatory experience as a Structural or Architectural Engineer on FIFA-standard stadium projects
• Mandatory experience managing the complete design lifecycle of major FIFA-standard stadium projects
• Strong design management experience across concept, preliminary, detailed, and IFC stages
• Experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and deliverables
• Strong understanding of structural and/or architectural design coordination
• Experience managing design programs, risks, interfaces, changes, and technical quality
• Preferred: Experience working on major international stadium projects
• Preferred: Experience with international engineering or architectural consultancies
• Preferred: Experience on large-scale sports or major event venues
• Preferred: Experience working in the GCC
• Preferred: Experience with BIM-enabled multidisciplinary design coordination

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multidisciplinary design activities across concept, preliminary, detailed, and IFC design stages
• Coordinate structural, architectural, MEP, civil, specialist, and other design disciplines
• Lead design reviews, technical workshops, coordination meetings, constructability reviews, and design resolution activities
• Act as a key point of contact with clients, consultants, contractors, and stakeholders on design matters
• Monitor design progress, risks, interfaces, changes, and deliverables
• Review and oversee key design documentation, technical submissions, design changes, and design assurance activities

Skills

Design Management

Multidisciplinary Leadership

FIFA Stadium Experience

Stadium Design Lifecycle

BIM-enabled Coordination

Constructability Review

Risk & Interface Management

Client Management

Education

Bachelors Degree in Structural/Civil Eng or Architecture

Tools

BIM (Revit)

Job description

• Lead and manage multidisciplinary design activities across concept, preliminary, detailed, and IFC design stages
• Manage structural and/or architectural design teams, resources, deliverables, programs, technical quality, and design coordination
• Coordinate structural, architectural, MEP, civil, specialist, and other design disciplines
• Lead design reviews, technical workshops, coordination meetings, constructability reviews, and design resolution activities
• Act as a key point of contact with clients, consultants, contractors, and stakeholders on design matters
• Monitor design progress, risks, interfaces, changes, and deliverables
• Review and oversee key design documentation, technical submissions, design changes, and design assurance activities
• Provide design management leadership throughout the complete stadium design lifecycle

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Architecture, or a related discipline
• 15+ years of overall experience
• Mandatory experience as a Structural or Architectural Engineer on FIFA-standard stadium projects
• Mandatory experience managing the complete design lifecycle of major FIFA-standard stadium projects
• Strong design management experience across concept, preliminary, detailed, and IFC stages
• Experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and deliverables
• Strong understanding of structural and/or architectural design coordination
• Experience managing design programs, risks, interfaces, changes, and technical quality
• Preferred: Experience working on major international stadium projects
• Preferred: Experience with international engineering or architectural consultancies
• Preferred: Experience on large-scale sports or major event venues
• Preferred: Experience working in the GCC
• Preferred: Experience with BIM-enabled multidisciplinary design coordination

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in managing multidisciplinary design teams and overseeing the complete design lifecycle of FIFA-standard stadium projects, with a strong focus on design management, coordination, and technical quality assurance.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Bachelor's Degree In Structural Engineering
• 15+ Years Of Experience
• Design Management Experience
• FIFA-Standard Stadium Project Experience
• BIM-Enabled Multidisciplinary Design Coordination

Hard Skills

• Structural Design
• Architectural Design
• Design Coordination
• Design Lifecycle Management
• Technical Quality Assurance
• Risk Management
• Interface Management
• Design Documentation Review
• Constructability Review
• Design Resolution

Soft Skills

• Leadership
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Client Management
• Stakeholder Engagement

Industry Keywords

• FIFA-Standard
• Stadium Design
• Multidisciplinary Design
• GCC Experience
• International Engineering Consultancies
• Large-Scale Sports Venues
• Design Reviews
• Technical Workshops
• Design Assurance Activities
• Design Changes