Lead Architect Sports Stadiums

Responsibilities

• Provide senior architectural design leadership across multiple stadium projects from concept through detailed design construction support and handover
• Ensure all stadium designs meet FIFA AFC and relevant international federation technical standards and guidelines
• Set and uphold design quality consistency and technical rigour across the stadium portfolio
• Act as the primary architectural authority in coordination with client engineering and specialist stadium-design consultants
• Lead design reviews and approvals ensuring alignment with programme budget and quality requirements
• Oversee integration of architectural design with structural MEP seating bowl pitch roofing and overlay systems
• Manage relationships with international design consultants contractors and governing-body technical delegates
• Resolve complex technical and design-compliance issues as they arise across the programme
• Support testing commissioning and pre-event readiness from a design-compliance perspective
• Lead mentor and direct a team of architects and design managers across the programme

• Bachelor s or Master s degree in Architecture from an internationally recognised, accredited institution
• Chartered/registered status with a recognised international body (e.g. RIBA, AIA, ARB, RAIC or equivalent)
• Minimum 15+ years post-qualification experience, including significant time in a senior design leadership role
• Demonstrable, verifiable experience delivering FIFA World Cup or other FIFA/AFC-sanctioned stadium projects
• Deep working knowledge of FIFA and AFC stadium design and technical guidelines
• Experience delivering mega-scale sports infrastructure projects (multi-billion SAR/USD value)
• Fluent English and strong experience operating within international, multidisciplinary design and delivery teams
• Prior experience working in the GCC, ideally Saudi Arabia, is highly advantageous
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and leadership skills