Associate Director​/Senior Manager

We are hiring for the position of Associate Director/Senior Manager (Lead Architect) in Saudi Arabia.

The role requires a highly experienced architectural leader with proven stadium project delivery exposure, strong Project Management Consultancy experience, and the ability to manage complex multidisciplinary projects and senior stakeholders.

• Lead architectural planning, design management, coordination, and delivery for large-scale stadium and complex built-environment projects.
• Provide senior architectural leadership throughout concept, design development, technical design, construction, and project handover stages.
• Manage multidisciplinary consultants, designers, contractors, and specialist teams to maintain design quality and project objectives.
• Review architectural drawings, specifications, design packages, technical submissions, and coordination documents.
• Ensure architectural solutions comply with applicable project requirements, codes, standards, functionality, constructability, and quality expectations.
• Drive PMC‑side design governance, progress monitoring, risk identification, change coordination, and technical issue resolution.
• Manage senior client, consultant, contractor, authority, and project stakeholder interfaces throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitor design and project delivery milestones and support timely resolution of issues affecting scope, programme, quality, and coordination.

• Stadium Project Delivery:
  Proven experience delivering stadium projects involving complex architectural and multidisciplinary requirements.
• PMC
  
  Experience:
  
  Strong experience working within a Project Management Consultancy environment and overseeing design/project delivery.
• Architectural & Design Leadership:
  Ability to lead architectural strategy, design reviews, coordination, and technical decision‑making on major projects.
• Stakeholder Management:
  Strong capability in managing senior clients, consultants, contractors, authorities, and multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Project Delivery:
  Demonstrated expertise in managing design deliverables, project milestones, risks, interfaces, and quality requirements.

• Experience delivering major sports, entertainment, or large public‑assembly developments.
• Familiarity with multidisciplinary BIM/design coordination on complex projects.
• Experience working on major projects in Saudi Arabia or the wider GCC region.

Minimum 15+ years of relevant professional experience is mandatory. Candidates must have proven experience in stadium project delivery together with PMC exposure and significant responsibility for architectural, stakeholder, and project-delivery leadership.

Minimum:
Typical qualification for this role — Bachelor's degree in Architecture or equivalent architectural qualification. Preferred:
Typical — Master's degree in Architecture, Project Management, Construction Management, or a related discipline. Additional:
Relevant professional architectural registration or project/design management certification would be advantageous.