Senior Manager - Master Planning

Dubai Holding Land Estates oversees a diverse land portfolio strategically located across Dubai’s most sought-after areas. With convenient access to major highways, nearby amenities, and flexible land use options, investors are presented with unique opportunities for development and growth.

Through the centralization of Dubai Holding’s land bank, Dubai Holding Land Estates focuses on large-scale master plans, ensuring alignment with the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan, whilst also supporting the business’s commitment to sustainable urban development and strategic land portfolio management.

This role is focused on supporting the visioning and strategic development of masterplans across assigned portfolios. Responsibilities include contributing to high-level site analysis, defining spatial frameworks, supporting the formulation of development strategies, land-use distributions, and public realm visions. The position plays a key role during the early phases of masterplan origination, including pre-concept and concept stages, helping to shape cohesive and future-oriented planning narratives.

Typically, the role supports multiple projects concurrently, each with fast-paced timelines, and aims to deliver impactful, context-sensitive master planning outcomes.

• Assist in shaping and articulating the strategic vision for new master planned communities, districts, or developments in alignment with organizational objectives.
• Perform high-level assessments of potential development sites, considering spatial context, accessibility, environmental factors, and development constraints/opportunities.
• Contribute to Land Use & Zoning Strategies , Support the preparation of preliminary land use frameworks and zoning concepts that guide the allocation of functions, densities, and open spaces across the site.
• Provide comparative research and international best-practice case studies to inform strategic planning and contextual relevance of masterplan proposals.
• Contribute to high-level public realm concepts and strategies that promote liveability, identity, and social value within master planned environments.
• Liaise with internal teams including development, sustainability, mobility, and infrastructure to ensure strategic alignment across disciplines.
• Prepare Executive-Level Briefing Materials Develop clear and concise presentations, reports, and diagrams to communicate master planning concepts to senior leadership and external consultants.
• Support the review and evaluation of work produced by external master planning consultants to ensure alignment with vision, brief, and strategic direction.
• Assist in identifying development priorities, phasing strategies, and feasibility considerations for integration into the broader development roadmap.
• Responsibilities include managing the design and development of the various stages of Master planning projects from vision to concept and detailed masterplans.
• Supports bids team with technical proposal , Plays a lead role in design coordination with transport, infrastructure, landscape, architecture, marine, CGI, and other sub-consultants.
• Responsible for project delivery, including presentations, masterplan reports, CGIs, DCRs, Design Guidelines, sales launch packages.
• Coordinating and obtaining authority approvals (including Dubai Municipality, Trakhees, DDA, and Service Authorities).

• Bachelor Degree in Architecture, Master Planning and Design, and/or master’s in urban design or in Real Estate
• 10+ years of experience in master planning and/or real estate master planning across asset classes with medium and large developers or authorities.
• Proven Experience in managing planning processes for developments
• Extensive knowledge of master planning design and real estate value chain from visioning, and idea generation to the construction phase
• Understanding land use and products with non-revenue versus revenue generation potential.

At Dubai Holding, we're committed to nurturing the success and well-being of our colleagues. Join our dynamic and diverse team, and enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that includes competitive compensation, career development opportunities, and a collaborative work environment. We strongly believe in creating an empowered workforce that will help us build a connected city for tomorrow. We are committed to attracting the brightest minds and nurturing the most pioneering candidates who desire to make a great impact on the future of Dubai.

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