Lead Landscape Architect – Stadium

One95 Global; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

One95 Global is seeking a Lead Landscape Architect to take a senior design leadership role on a major stadium development programme in Saudi Arabia, overseeing landscape design review across the stadium and public realm.

The role focuses on ensuring FIFA/AFC standards, coordinating with architecture, engineering and specialist consultants, and delivering high-level design reviews from concept through to pre-event readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Architecture from an internationally recognised, accredited institution.
• Fluent English with strong communication and coordination skills.
• Experience leading landscape design for large-scale stadium/public realm projects.
• Experience with FIFA/AFC or similar international stadium guidelines would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior landscape architectural design leadership across stadium and precinct.
• Ensure landscape and public realm designs meet FIFA, AFC and relevant international standards.
• Set and uphold design quality, consistency and technical rigour across the landscape portfolio.
• Act as primary landscape design authority coordinating with client, architecture, engineering and consultants.
• Lead high-level design reviews and approvals, aligning with programme, budget and quality.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Architecture

Job description

We are seeking a Lead Landscape Architect to take a senior design leadership role across a major stadium development programme in Saudi Arabia, with particular responsibility for high-level landscape design review across a high profile stadium and public realm.

Our client is a leading international delivery consultancy engaged on one of the region's flagship sports stadiums. This is a career-defining opportunity to shape the public realm and precinct design of world-class stadium from concept through to tournament readiness.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide senior landscape architectural design leadership (review/approval) across stadium and precinct.
• Ensure all landscape and public realm designs meet FIFA, AFC and relevant international federation technical standards
• Set and uphold design quality, consistency and technical rigour across the landscape portfolio
• Act as the primary landscape design authority in coordination with client, architecture, engineering and specialist consultants
• Lead high-level design reviews and approvals, ensuring alignment with programme, budget and quality requirements
• Oversee integration of landscape design with architecture, structural, MEP, drainage, hardscape and softscape systems
• Manage relationships with international landscape design consultants, contractors and governing-body technical panels
• Resolve complex technical and design-compliance issues as they arise across the landscape and public realm scope
• Support testing, commissioning and pre-event readiness from a landscape design-compliance perspective.

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Architecture from an internationally recognised, accredited institution
• Chartered/registered status with a recognised international body (e.g. LI, ASLA, ISOLA or equivalent)
• Minimum 15+ years’ post-qualification experience, including significant time in a senior landscape design leadership role
• Demonstrable, verifiable experience delivering landscape design for FIFA World Cup or other FIFA/AFC-sanctioned stadium projects
• Deep working knowledge of FIFA and AFC stadium precinct and public realm design guidelines
• Experience delivering mega-scale sports infrastructure and public realm projects (multi-billion SAR/USD value)
• Fluent English and strong experience operating within international, multidisciplinary design and delivery teams
• Prior experience working in the GCC, ideally Saudi Arabia, is highly advantageous
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and leadership skills