Senior Project Manager; Architecture & Design

The Role We are supporting a leading international architecture and design firm headquartered in Dubai with the appointment of a Senior Project Manager The role will take responsibility for the successful delivery of major design projects acting as a key point of contact between clients internal design teams consultants and external stakeholders

• Lead projects from initial briefing and design through to delivery
• Manage project programmes deliverables budgets and key milestones
• Act as the primary point of contact for clients throughout the project lifecycle
• Coordinate multidisciplinary architecture design and consultant teams
• Manage communication between internal teams clients and external stakeholders
• Monitor project progress and ensure deadlines and quality standards are achieved
• Lead regular client and project coordination meetings
• Identify project risks and resolve issues before they impact delivery
• Manage changes to project scope programme and deliverables
• Coordinate consultant appointments and external project partners
• Ensure design deliverables meet client requirements and contractual obligations
• Support commercial management fee proposals and project resourcing
• Provide clear project reporting to senior management
• Build strong long-term relationships with key clients

• Strong experience in project management within architecture, design or the built environment
• Experience delivering large-scale, complex design projects
• Background working for an international architecture or design consultancy preferred
• Strong understanding of the architectural design and project delivery process
• Excellent client-facing and stakeholder management skills
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design teams and external consultants
• Strong programme, budget and commercial awareness
• Excellent communication, organisation and leadership skills
• Previous UAE/GCC project experience would be highly advantageous