Senior Design Director: Luxury Estates & Projects

Mace; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace, a leading contractor and consultant, is seeking an associate design director to provide strategic leadership across the design delivery of a prestigious, confidential development programme.

Reporting to the project director, you will lead multidisciplinary design teams, drive design excellence, oversee governance, and ensure outputs align with the client’s vision, budget, programme and quality objectives.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in architecture, engineering, or related discipline.
• Significant experience in a senior design leadership position.
• Proven track record delivering luxury residential, hospitality, mixed-use, estate, cultural, or landmark developments.
• Strong understanding of design management, governance, and project delivery methodologies.
• Experience leading large multidisciplinary consultant teams across multiple project phases.
• Executive stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall design strategy and delivery across a portfolio of building and infrastructure projects.
• Act as the primary design interface between the client, PMC team, consultants, and other key stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain robust design governance, review, and approval processes.
• Direct multidisciplinary consultant teams to ensure design quality, integration, and consistency across the programme.
• Provide leadership through all project stages, from concept development through construction and project handover.
• Drive design excellence while balancing programme, commercial, operational, sustainability, and technical requirements.
• Chair design review meetings, technical workshops, and senior stakeholder presentations.
• Manage design risks, critical interfaces, and technical challenges affecting project delivery.
• Ensure all design packages are coordinated, compliant, buildable, and aligned with project objectives.
• Support procurement strategies and participate in consultant and contractor selection processes.
• Review and endorse key technical submissions and major design decisions.
• Lead and mentor design management teams, fostering high performance and professional development.
• Support client decision-making by providing strategic design advice and recommendations.

Skills

Design leadership

Design governance

Stakeholder management

Multidisciplinary teams

Executive communication

Construction awareness

Education

Degree qualified in architecture or engineering

Tools

BIM (Revit)

AutoCAD

Job description

Mace, a leading contractor and consultant, is seeking an associate design director to provide strategic leadership across the design delivery of a prestigious, confidential development programme.

Reporting to the project director, you will lead multidisciplinary design teams, drive design excellence, oversee governance, and ensure outputs align with the client’s vision, budget, programme and quality objectives.