Senior Design Manager – Landscape
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About the Role
Buro Happold seeks a Senior Design Manager – Landscape Architect to lead landscape design management on a luxury destination project in Riyadh. The role involves overseeing landscape consultants, ensuring design excellence and technical coordination, and integrating landscape with architecture and infrastructure.
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Responsibilities
- Lead landscape design management across all project stages, from concept design through detailed design and construction support
- Manage landscape consultants, public realm designers and specialist subconsultants
- Review design submissions for quality, coordination, feasibility and compliance with project objectives
- Ensure integration of landscape design with architecture, structures, irrigation, lighting, utilities and sitewide infrastructure
- Lead design reviews, material discussions and technical coordination workshops
- Manage design risks, programme impacts and interface issues related to public realm and landscape packages
- Support value engineering and design optimisation while maintaining premium design quality and user experience
- Coordinate with client, operators and project teams on design intent, maintenance considerations and operational requirements
- Monitor consultant deliverables and report on progress, constraints and decisions
- Support procurement and consultant selection activities where required
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture, Architecture or a related design discipline
- Significant experience in landscape design management on high end hospitality, residential, mixed use or destination projects
- Strong understanding of public realm design, external works coordination and landscape detailing
- Proven ability to manage multidisciplinary coordination and design interfaces
- Strong communication and stakeholder management capability
- Good understanding of design review, approvals and construction support processes
- BIM awareness and experience with digital coordination workflows are preferred
- Middle East project experience is strongly preferred
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Overview
- Buro Happold seeks a Senior Design Manager – Landscape Architect to lead landscape design management on a luxury destination project in Riyadh.
Your key duties
- Lead landscape design management across all project stages, from concept design through detailed design and construction support.
- Manage landscape consultants, public realm designers and specialist subconsultants.
- Review design submissions for quality, coordination, feasibility and compliance with project objectives.
- Ensure integration of landscape design with architecture, structures, irrigation, lighting, utilities and sitewide infrastructure.
- Lead design reviews, material discussions and technical coordination workshops.
- Manage design risks, programme impacts and interface issues related to public realm and landscape packages.
- Support value engineering and design optimisation while maintaining premium design quality and user experience.
- Coordinate with client, operators and project teams on design intent, maintenance considerations and operational requirements.
- Monitor consultant deliverables and report on progress, constraints and decisions.
- Support procurement and consultant selection activities where required.
Your Skills And Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture, Architecture or a related design discipline.
- Significant experience in landscape design management on high end hospitality, residential, mixed use or destination projects.
- Strong understanding of public realm design, external works coordination and landscape detailing.
- Proven ability to manage multidisciplinary coordination and design interfaces.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management capability.
- Good understanding of design review, approvals and construction support processes.
- BIM awareness and experience with digital coordination workflows are preferred.
- Middle East project experience is strongly preferred.
What We Offer You
- The chance to influence the landscape identity of a world class luxury project in Riyadh.
- A senior role in a design led and high visibility development environment.
- An attractive salary and benefits package.
- A collaborative and ambitious team culture.
About Buro Happold
- Buro Happold values individual's flexible approaches to working patterns.
- We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.
- We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment.
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