Senior Design Manager

Senior Design Manager will be responsible for the following functions:

• Managing design quality budget alignment & program adherence simultaneously.
• Managing design consultants daily ensuring compliance with relevant codes regulations and best practice standards.
• Managing and coordinating the overall design and development process in coordination with the clients wider project and delivery team.
• Coordinating with the clients procurement team in the preparation and of consultant bidders lists RFPs and technical evaluations.
• Ensuring consultant submissions are complete and comply with the deliverable lists identified in the consultants contract.
• Facilitating expedient consultant invoicing & stage payments.
• Preparing and presenting stagegate presentations to the clients management.
• Managing material submission and approvals.

General Description of Role and Responsibilities:

• Evaluate design consultant work edit contracts if needed and review payments.
• Supervise and coordinate design changes and revisions of design and construction drawings.
• Assess shop drawings for correctness and alignment with approved plans and design intent.
• Organize and contribute to designing and developing design and construction delivery strategies.
• Maintain records and prepare reports and presentations on design and development projects.
• Provide design feedback and recommendations to align with approved direction and design intent.
• Oversee site inspections to check development project progress and to confirm compliance with regulations and specifications.
• Keep up to date with the latest designs and solutions by reading the latest journals and exploring new trends.
• Evaluate design consultant work edit contracts if needed and review payments.
• Supervise and coordinate design changes and revisions of design and construction drawings.
• Assess shop drawings for correctness and alignment with approved plans and design intent.
• Organize and contribute to designing and developing design and construction delivery strategies.
• Maintain records and prepare reports and presentations on design and development projects.
• Provide design feedback and recommendations to align with the approved direction and design intent.
• Oversee site inspections to check development project progress and to confirm compliance with regulations and specifications.
• Keep up with the latest designs and solutions by reading the latest journals and exploring new trends.
• Review development plans permit application documents environmental impact statements and reclamation plans.
• Prepare and review design briefs and scopes of work for input to design consultant procurement in coordination and support of the consultant procurement process.
• Manage and monitor stage gate submittal process and deliverables against tracking schedule review consultants dashboards and schedules and coorhighlevelh level issues log against committed scopes and deliverables.
• Ensure all designs maintain a high level of quality and keep pace with project programs and timescales.
• Monitor and mitigate development costs and risks throughout the design and delivery process.
• Lead and coordinate with all internal and external stakeholders during the full design and development process through to delivery.
• Communicate design strategy and direction to ensure understanding of strategy priorities and impact on the wider delivery process.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams of designers and engineers through all design production and delivery stages.
• Coordinate with project design and delivery teams to ensure e brand is consistent with the cross full customer journey.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all designrelated items throughout the development and delivery process.
• Compile and provide reporting on the design and implementation status for all projects while in progress and up to completion.
• Coordinate with the delivery team during the construction phase.
• Provide support and guidance to team members.

Suitable candidates must possess:

Masters or Bachelors degree (or equivalent) in Architecture Engineering Interior Design Urban
Planning or related fields;
Masters degree or MBA with a specialization in architecture interior design or related field is
highly desirable;
1215 years of experience in real estate design & development with roles managing large projects.
Proven track record of previous GCC or UAE experience is essential

Remote Work :

No