Senior Manager - Landscape

Red Sea Global; Umluj; On-site; SAR 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Sea Global seeks a Senior Leader for landscape maintenance overseeing operations across prestigious destinations. You will guide managers, optimize manpower, and ensure high-quality horticultural performance.

The role emphasizes sustainability, safety, and client satisfaction in a luxury hospitality context. Lead planning, budgets, and contractor management while driving continuous improvements and water-efficient practices across all sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture or related field with 12–15 years in landscape maintenance, including 5+ years in leadership.
• Strong knowledge of horticulture, irrigation, plant health, and quality management.
• Experience with large-scale luxury hospitality or major development projects is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for landscape maintenance across projects and destinations.
• Develop annual plans, strategies, work programs and resource requirements.
• Lead Landscape Managers and Supervisors to ensure accountability and performance.
• Oversee softscape, irrigation, plant health and maintenance to meet quality standards.
• Manage manpower planning, deployment and cost efficiency.
• Review performance and close quality observations with corrective actions.
• Monitor budgets, procurement, and supplier performance.
• Drive continuous improvement and sustainability in landscape services.

Skills

Strategic leadership

People management

Financial awareness

Contract management

Planning & prioritization

Decision making

Stakeholder management

Negotiation skills

Data-driven performance

Presentation & communication

Quality, safety & detail

Results oriented

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture

Job description

Redefining Sustainability | Innovating for the Future | Creating a Lasting Impact

Botanica is a subsidiary of Red Sea Global and is part of the Red Sea Global Group of companies. We specialize in providing dedicated sustainable greenery across Red Sea Global’ s destinations ensuring careful integration of new species with local flora.

As a subsidiary, Botanica benefits from shared strategic goals and collaborative initiatives within the Red Sea Global group of companies, enhancing our ability to serve our clients effectively.

Spanning over 1 million square meters, driving our planet-first approach to sustainability. Since 2020, we have cultivated over 5 million plants, with an ambitious goal of 30 million by 2030, shaping the natural landscapes of The Red Sea & Amaala. With a team of passionate professionals—40% from the local community—and an unwavering commitment to ecological harmony, we are pioneering new global benchmarks in sustainable development.

Why Join Us?

• Sustainability at Scale: Be part of a project that’s transforming landscapes and preserving biodiversity.
• Innovate & Grow: Work with industry experts in a fast-evolving environment.
• Global Recognition: Join a company shaping the future of sustainable tourism and development.
• Work in a Natural Paradise: Contribute to world-class projects in breathtaking locations.

Be the Change. Join the World’s Most Visionary Developer

Job Purpose:

• To provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of landscape maintenance operations, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, sustainable, and efficient landscape services across assigned projects and destinations.
• The role is responsible for operational planning, manpower and resource optimization, budget and cost control, landscape quality, plant health, irrigation performance, HSE compliance, client satisfaction, and contractor management, while leading Managers and Supervisors to achieve business objectives and required service standards.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide overall leadership and direction for landscape maintenance operations across assigned projects and destinations.
• Develop and implement annual landscape maintenance plans, operational strategies, work programs, and resource requirements.
• Lead and manage Landscape Managers, Supervisors, technical teams, and field workforce, ensuring clear accountability and effective performance.
• Oversee all softscape, horticultural, irrigation, plant health, and landscape maintenance activities to ensure required quality and presentation standards are consistently achieved.
• Manage manpower planning, deployment, productivity, and resource utilization according to operational and business requirements.
• Conduct regular operational and site performance reviews and ensure timely closure of quality observations and corrective actions.
• Oversee irrigation performance, water efficiency, fertilization programs, pest and disease control, pruning, planting, and seasonal landscape activities.
• Establish and monitor KPIs related to landscape quality, productivity, plant health, work completion, manpower utilization, costs, and service performance.
• Manage operational budgets, forecasts, cost control, and expenditure while ensuring efficient utilization of resources.
• Oversee requirements related to purchase requisitions, POs, invoices, materials, equipment, machinery, and operational services in coordination with Procurement and Finance.
• Manage contractors, suppliers, and service providers to ensure performance meets contractual, quality, safety, and operational requirements.
• Ensure availability and effective utilization of plants, landscape materials, fertilizers, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, tools, and equipment.
• Maintain strong coordination with clients, project teams, Nursery, Irrigation, HSE, Procurement, Finance, Logistics, Facilities, and other stakeholders.
• Lead the resolution of operational issues, client observations, service deficiencies, and complaints, ensuring timely corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensure full compliance with HSE, environmental, quality, company policies, and approved operational procedures.
• Lead the mobilization and operational readiness of new landscape maintenance projects, including manpower, equipment, materials, logistics, and support requirements.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve service quality, productivity, sustainability, water efficiency, operational efficiency, and cost optimization.
• Review operational reports and performance dashboards and provide management with regular updates, risks, recommendations, and improvement plans.
• Develop Managers and Supervisors through coaching, performance management, technical guidance, and succession planning.
• Ensure landscape maintenance operations consistently meet business objectives, client expectations, contractual requirements, and service standards.
• Review proposals, scopes of work, BOQs and commercial submissions and support procurement and contract negotiations.
• Monitor expenditure, identify cost optimization opportunities and ensure resources are utilized efficiently without compromising service quality.

Stakeholder Management & Continuous Improvement

• Act as the senior landscape focal point for internal departments, clients, operators, consultants, contractors and relevant authorities.
• Drive continuous improvement, innovation and adoption of best practices, technology and sustainable landscape solutions.

Job Requirements:

Qualification and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture, Agriculture, Horticulture, Landscape Management, Plant Production, or a related discipline, with a minimum of 12-15 years of progressive experience in landscape maintenance or horticultural operations, including at least 5 years in a managerial or senior leadership position. Strong experience in large-scale landscape maintenance, luxury hospitality, resorts, facilities management, or major development projects is preferred.
• The role requires strong knowledge of horticulture, softscape maintenance, irrigation, plant health, operational planning, manpower management, budgeting, contract and vendor management, HSE, quality management, and client relationship management, together with strong leadership, commercial awareness, decision-making, reporting, and stakeholder-management capabilities.

Skills:

• Strategic and operational leadership
• Strong people management and coaching
• Commercial and financial awareness
• Contract and vendor management
• Planning, prioritization and resource optimization
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving
• Client and stakeholder management
• Negotiation and influencing skills
• Data-driven performance management
• Excellent presentation and communication
• High attention to quality, safety and detail
• Proactive and results focused

Job Context:

• Works across all relevant departments including Facilities Management, Community Management, Projects, Asset Management, Procurement, Finance, Legal, HSE, HR, IT and other business functions to ensure integrated delivery of landscape services