Design Manager - Landscape Architecture

Role overview

Design management and leadership

• Monitor fee utilisation, scope changes, and change-control processes.
• Prepare resource and deliverable schedules with the Head of Department and Project Managers.
• Contribute to sub-consultant procurement, scope definition, and technical performance assessment.
• Lead, mentor, and motivate multidisciplinary Landscape, Irrigation, BIM, Visualisation, CAD, and Environmental specialists.
• Implement QA/QC and peer-review procedures at every design gateway.
• Coordinate civil, MEP, and infrastructure requirements.
• Ensure sustainability, accessibility, and safety-in-design principles are incorporated.
• Delegate tasks, monitor progress, manage risks, and report proactively.
• Ensure compliance with internal QMS and ISO 9001 processes.
• Represent the landscape discipline in client and consultant meetings.
• Contribute to proposals, including scope, methodology, management plans, deliverables, and budgets.
• Maintain meeting minutes, design-change logs, coordination trackers, and risk registers.

Design and technical expertise

• Oversee design delivery plans, reports, drawings, hardscape and softscape packages, irrigation and grading plans, planting strategies, sustainability narratives, and material schedules.
• Ensure constructability and environmental performance when addressing complex technical challenges.
• Ensure tender and IFC documentation aligns with RCRC, MOMRA, SBC, DM, and other authority standards.
• Lead BIM integration using Revit LA, Civil 3D, and Navisworks, ensuring model accuracy, coordination, and LOD compliance.
• Review sub-consultant deliverables and coordinate with Architecture, Structure, MEP, Infrastructure, and ID teams.
• Work with quantity surveyors and specification writers on landscape specifications, BOQs, and cost schedules.
• Contribute to value engineering, tender evaluation, and site support.
• Champion innovation in digital design, visualisation, and sustainable materials.

Communication and department operations

• Lead client presentations, design workshops, and coordination reviews.
• Translate complex technical data into clear visual and verbal narratives.
• Develop relationships with clients, partners, and authorities while supporting client satisfaction.
• Report weekly to management on schedules, deliverables, and resource allocation.
• Work with Project Managers on programme tracking and risk reporting.
• Support internal standards, templates, digital workflows, QA reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Mentor team members and contribute to the Landscape Skills Framework through CPD and feedback.
• Take ownership and accountability for assigned projects.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from a recognised university is required.
• Minimum 15 years of total experience, including at least 3 years in design management within the GCC.
• Comprehensive understanding of landscape design principles, construction techniques, and regional authority codes.
• Demonstrated success managing large-scale public-realm projects.
• Proficiency in Revit LA, Civil 3D, AutoCAD, Navisworks, Microsoft Project, and BIM 360.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage budgets, prioritise workloads, and deliver under pressure.
• Professional accreditation or eligibility such as CMLI, ASLA, or equivalent is preferred.
• Fluent written and spoken English is required, with Arabic applicable where needed.

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