Director - Hospitality Design Management
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About the Role
Parsons is seeking a Director of Hospitality Design Management to lead and manage the design of complex hospitality assets from initial briefs through delivery. The role involves directing design decision-making, managing consultant teams, and ensuring alignment with guest experience and operator requirements.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the design management of hospitality assets from early stage briefs through to delivery
- Direct and coordinate design decision making across projects, guiding key decisions to ensure high quality outcomes
- Lead and manage consultant teams and Operator design coordination, delivering integrated, buildable, operational and commercially viable design solutions
- Oversee design development across all project stages, ensuring adherence to scope, deliverables, programme and approval requirements
- Drive design quality and integrity across architecture, interiors, landscape and guest touchpoints
- Ensure compliance with Operator standards, technical requirements, authority regulations and Qiddiya design standards
- Lead and manage design risks and governance, influencing decisions through senior forums and clear recommendations
- Champion innovation and continuous design improvement, benchmarking designs against global best in class hospitality standards
- Mentor and develop internal design management teams, fostering collaboration, accountability and high standards of delivery
- Lead the development and refinement of design management processes, systems, standards and best practices across the hospitality portfolio
- Drive knowledge sharing across assets and contribute to building institutional capability
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Interior Design or related discipline
- Professional membership or recognised certification preferred (e.g. RIBA, AIA, RICS or equivalent)
- 20+ years’ experience in design management, architecture or interior design
- Strong design judgement and commercial awareness
- Ability to guide design direction and influence decisions
- Strong stakeholder management capability
- Clear communication and design storytelling skills
- Ability to manage complexity across design stages
- Comfortable operating in fast paced environments, managing ambiguity and shifting priorities
- High attention to detail
- Proficiency in design management tools (e.g. Aconex, Autodesk Construction Cloud etc.)
- Proven track record delivering projects from concept through construction (desired)
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Job Description
- Parsons is looking for a Director Hospitality Design Management to lead and manage the design of complex hospitality assets from initial briefs through to delivery.
- Translate vision into distinctive, commercially viable and buildable design outcomes, driving quality, guiding key decisions and ensuring alignment with guest experience, positioning and Operator requirements.
- Working across consultants and internal stakeholders, oversee design interfaces and ensure coordination and compliance.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead the design management of hospitality assets from early stage briefs through to delivery.
- Direct and coordinate design decision making across projects.
- Lead and manage consultant teams and Operator design coordination.
- Oversee design development across all project stages.
- Drive design quality and integrity across architecture, interiors, landscape and guest touchpoints.
- Ensure compliance with Operator standards, technical requirements, authority regulations and Qiddiya design standards.
- Lead and manage design risks and governance.
- Champion innovation and continuous design improvement.
- Mentor and develop internal design management teams.
- Lead the development and refinement of design management processes, systems, standards and best practices.
- Drive knowledge sharing across assets and contribute to building institutional capability.
What Required Skills You'll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Interior Design or related discipline.
- Professional membership or recognised certification preferred (e.g. RIBA, AIA, RICS or equivalent).
- 20+ years’ experience in design management, architecture or interior design.
- Strong design judgement and commercial awareness.
- Ability to guide design direction and influence decisions.
- Strong stakeholder management capability.
- Clear communication and design storytelling skills.
- Ability to manage complexity across design stages.
- Comfortable operating in fast paced environments, managing ambiguity and shifting priorities.
- High attention to detail.
- Proficiency in design management tools (e.g. Aconex, Autodesk Construction Cloud etc.).
What Desired Skills You'll Bring
- Proven track record delivering projects from concept through construction.
- Strong experience on hospitality, complex, luxury or mixed use developments.
- Experience managing multi disciplinary consultants across complex projects.
- Experience with hotel Operators and brand standards.
- Experience in KSA / GCC or similar large scale development environments preferred.
- Key relationships with external stakeholders: Hotel Operators, Consultants, Contractors and Suppliers, Delivery Partners / Project Management Consultants, Government Authorities.
Competitive Benefit Offerings
- Financial Wellness: competitive pay and retirement plans.
- Work Life Harmony: paid time off and paid flexible holidays.
- Career Development: comprehensive training, educational and mentorship programs.
- Veteran Support: industry leading benefits for veterans and active duty members.
- Mind & Body: wellness program with weekly Meditation Mondays and Wellness Wednesdays.
- Health: comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans.
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