Lead Architect – Sports Stadiums
Job in
Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Listed on 2026-10-16
Listing for:
One95 Global
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-16
Job specializations:
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Design & Architecture
Architect / Sr. Architect, Engineering Design & Technologists
Job Description & How to Apply Below
We are seeking a Lead Stadiums Architect to take a senior design leadership role across a major stadium development programme in Saudi Arabia.
This is a career-defining opportunity for an architect with genuine, hands-on experience delivering FIFA-standard stadiums to join a high-profile programme central to the Kingdom's sporting infrastructure ambitions, working alongside a multidisciplinary international team to shape venues that will host football at the highest level.
Duties & 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
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