Senior Design Manager – Landscape

Buro Happold Limited; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 224,971 - 299,962; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive salary and benefits package

Job summary

Buro Happold Limited is seeking a Senior Design Manager – Landscape Architect in Riyadh. In this role, you will lead landscape design management for a luxury project, ensuring the seamless integration of design elements with architecture and infrastructure.

Your responsibilities include overseeing the design process, managing consultants, and ensuring compliance with project objectives. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in high-end projects and a degree in Landscape Architecture or a related field.

Buro Happold offers an attractive salary, benefits, and a collaborative team environment focused on design excellence.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in landscape design management.
• Experience on high-end hospitality or residential projects.
• Knowledge of landscape detailing and external works coordination.

Responsibilities

• Lead landscape design management from concept through construction support.
• Review design submissions for quality and compliance.
• Coordinate with project teams on design intent and maintenance.

Skills

Significant experience in landscape design management

Strong understanding of public realm design

Proven ability to manage multidisciplinary coordination

Strong communication and stakeholder management

BIM awareness and digital coordination workflows

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture or related design discipline

Job description

Overview

Senior Design Manager – Landscape Architect.

Lead landscape design management for a luxury project in Riyadh, overseeing delivery of landscape architecture packages, ensuring design excellence, technical coordination, authority compliance and integrated delivery with architecture, infrastructure and public realm elements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead landscape design management across all project stages, from concept through detailed design and construction support.
• Manage landscape consultants, public realm designers and specialist subconsultants.
• Review design submissions for quality, coordination, feasibility and compliance with project objectives.
• Ensure integration of landscape design with architecture, structures, irrigation, lighting, utilities and sitewide infrastructure.
• Lead design reviews, material discussions and technical coordination workshops.
• Manage design risks, programme impacts and interface issues related to public realm and landscape packages.
• Support value engineering and design optimisation while maintaining premium design quality and user experience.
• Coordinate with client, operators and project teams on design intent, maintenance considerations and operational requirements.
• Monitor consultant deliverables and report on progress, constraints and decisions.
• Support procurement and consultant selection activities where required.

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture, Architecture or a related design discipline.
• Significant experience in landscape design management on high‑end hospitality, residential, mixed‑use or destination projects.
• Strong understanding of public realm design, external works coordination and landscape detailing.
• Proven ability to manage multidisciplinary coordination and design interfaces.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management capability.
• Good understanding of design review, approvals and construction support processes.
• BIM awareness and experience with digital coordination workflows are preferred.
• Middle East project experience is strongly preferred.

What We Offer

An attractive salary and benefits package, a senior role in a design‑led and high‑visibility development environment, and a collaborative and ambitious team culture.

Equality and Diversity

BuroHappold values flexibility in working patterns, diversity of thought and background, and is committed to improving representation of marginalised groups in the built environment.