Lead Landscape Architect

Macegroup; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is delivering strategic project management consultancy for major stadiums and precincts in Riyadh. This role focuses on landscape architecture leadership across design reviews, concept development, and integration with architectural systems to ensure safe, accessible, and high-quality venues.

You will drive budgets, schedules, and governance while coordinating with architects, engineers, and contractors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Landscape Architecture, with over 20 years of experience in Programme, Project, or Design Management.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in landscape architecture, with stadium, sports, or large public venue projects.
• Professional accreditation in landscape or related disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Provides expert input during design reviews, value engineering sessions, and constructability assessments for stadium-specific landscape elements.
• Develops outdoor spatial concepts that align with client goals, budget constraints, and visual aspirations.
• Integrates landscape planning with operational needs, ensuring crowd flow, accessibility, and event-day functionality.
• Leads design management, overseeing schedules, coordination, and budget control throughout all project phases.
• Supervises design execution, specifying materials, vegetation, and structural components while ensuring safety and standards.
• Aligns landscape documentation with governance, reporting structures, and stakeholder engagement protocols.
• Maintains proactive client engagement, gathering feedback and resolving challenges during the design process.
• Collaborates with architects, engineers, and contractors to ensure cohesive integration and quality assurance.

Skills

Design reviews

Landscape concepts

Crowd flow planning

ADA accessibility

Budget management

Design management

Documentation governance

Client engagement

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture

Professional accreditation

Job description

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.

The project:

Mace is providing strategic project management consultancy for major new build stadiums, multiple stadium redevelopments and wider precinct transformations in Riyadh. The scope includes the delivery of new stadiums, increasing existing stadia capacity, delivering major mixed-use amenities and introducing robust knowledge-transfer to ensure operational excellence and long-term sustainability beyond construction.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Provides expert input during design reviews, value engineering sessions, and constructability assessments for stadium-specific landscape elements.
• Develops innovative outdoor spatial concepts that align with client goals, budget constraints, and visual aspirations, translating stakeholder vision into actionable design strategies.
• Integrates landscape planning with operational needs, ensuring effective crowd flow, security, universal accessibility (ADA compliance), and event-day functionality.
• Leads comprehensive design management, overseeing schedules, interdisciplinary coordination, and budget control throughout all project phases.
• Supervises design execution, specifying materials, vegetation, and structural components while ensuring adherence to safety regulations and construction standards.
• Aligns landscape documentation with EPMO governance, reporting structures, and stakeholder engagement protocols for seamless project delivery.
• Maintains proactive client engagement, facilitating communication, gathering feedback, and resolving challenges throughout the design process.
• Collaborates closely with architects, engineers, and contractors to ensure cohesive integration between landscape and architectural systems, validating final deliverables through rigorous quality assurance.

You’ll need to have:

• Necessary visa criteria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and have relevant work experience working on high valued projects/ programmes for a project management consultancy business, which are required for immigration and client approval.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Landscape Architecture, with over 20 years of experience in Programme, Project, or Design Management.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in landscape architecture, with a strong portfolio of stadium, sports, or large public venue projects.
• Professional accreditation in landscape or related disciplines.

Our values

Safety first - Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel: Wechampion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.
We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable with-in the role