Senior Manager - Sustainability

Mace; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is seeking a senior Sustainability Manager for a flagship Saudi Arabian project in Riyadh. You will shepherd sustainability across design, procurement and delivery, coordinating international consultants and aligning with governance, risk, and stakeholder expectations.

With 10–12+ years in sustainability for large-scale commercial developments, you will drive value engineering, ensure compliance with codes, and lead a high-performing, cross-functional team in a fast-paced giga-project

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in sustainability or related discipline.
• Master's degree would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Champion safety and wellbeing while ensuring compliance with standards.
• Lead end-to-end sustainability management for the commercial offices portfolio.
• Oversee budgets, risks and governance with senior leaders.
• Coordinate design teams and multidisciplinary consultants across project phases.
• Provide strategic oversight and engagement with stakeholders.
• Ensure conformity to project objectives, briefs and regulatory standards.

Skills

Sustainability leadership

Stakeholder management

Project management

English communication

Strategic thinking

Team leadership

Education

Bachelors in sustainability

Masters in related field (adv)

Tools

Digital design tools

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

This is an opportunity to work on one of the largest programmes in Saudi Arabia. This unique project consists of major mixed-use development including sports facilities, entertainment, and arts along with all associated infrastructure.

Mace is one of the delivery partners requiring high-calibre and experienced professionals to lead integrated teams throughout each phase of the project.

Manage sustainability across the commercial offices business unit, translating vision into investment-ready office assets. Provide expert guidance throughout design and delivery, coordinate multidisciplinary consultants, ensure regulatory and sustainability compliance, drive value engineering and performance, engage senior stakeholders, and continuously improve technical, smart-building and sustainability standards.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Champion safety first, ensuring compliance with HSE standards while fostering wellbeing, inclusion and a positive safety culture.
• Manage end-to-end project delivery, maintaining quality systems and supporting senior leaders to achieve programme milestones.
• Oversee budgets, risks and ethical governance, contributing to long-term business sustainability.
• Lead collaborative project teams, driving performance, stakeholder engagement and best practice innovation across all phases.
• Oversee safety, wellbeing and leadership values, fostering a collaborative, accountable, high-performing culture.
• Manage sustainability input across design, procurement, commercial, risk and technical interfaces.
• Manage consultant deliverables, ensuring compliance with project briefs, regulations and sustainability standards.
• Coordinate stakeholders, manage design risks and report progress against agreed milestones.
• Supports the design managers in coordination with external consultants through design stages ensuring conformity to the project stated objectives, in line with stage gate approval process, and provides recommendations.
• Reviews outputs of design consultants, including related design documentation, to ensure compliance with all project requirements and strategy, project, design and development briefs.
• Manages coordination and collaboration between development, delivery, construction, consultants, contractors and authorities to ensure early identification of design risk and proposal of mitigating strategies.

You’ll Need To Have

• Bachelor's degree in sustainability, or related discipline. A master's degree would be an advantage.
• Professional registration in the respective discipline (or similar – i.e. Chartered Engineer) would be an advantage Registration as a Project Management Professional (PMP) would be an advantage.
• 10–12+ years of sustainability management experience, including senior design leadership on large-scale commercial office or mixed-use developments.
• Experience in leading a design team to deliver to program, balancing competing requirements on project to deliver design outcome (e.g. cost v. time v. quality).
• Expert knowledge of local and international design standards, codes and regulations.
• Previous KSA/Middle East experience preferred
• Track record delivering BCO Grade A/investment-grade office towers or business park product from concept through to handover.
• Strong command of design review processes, authority approval pathways and international best practice in commercial office design.
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary international consultant teams (architecture, structure, MEP, facade, sustainability).
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive presentation skills; comfortable operating in a fast-paced, giga-project delivery environment
• Major program experience – managing multiple projects, conflicting priorities, and stakeholders.
• Supports team through periods of business change.
• Provides strategic oversight and guidance in managing and prioritizing the workload, deadline-driven and ability to optimize workload.
• Leverage exceptional written and verbal skills in English – articulate ideas, strategies, and project performance to a range of audiences and to influence at senior levels.
• Leverage in-depth knowledge of enterprise-level digital design solutions and applications.
• Strong leadership skills to inspire large, diverse teams and deliver results.
• Strategic thinker with excellent leadership skills and the ability to lead the function's direction, specifically endorsing or opposing practices as needed.

Our values

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

Client focus - Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables and 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: We champion 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 fulfill 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 within the role.