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Your impact
NEOM is an accelerator of human progress and a vision of what a new future might look like. A region in northwest Saudi Arabia on
the Red Sea, NEOM is being built from the ground up to include hyperconnected, cognitive cities, ports, next-generation
infrastructure and industries, enterprise zones, research centers, sports and entertainment venues and tourist destinations.
As a destination, it will be a home for people who dream big and want to be part of building a new model for exceptional livability,
creating thriving businesses and reinventing environmental conservation.
As a workplace, it is a place for people who share our core values of care, curiosity, diversity, passion, respect, and becoming a
catalyst for change.
Are you ready to help NEOM find solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges? Are you prepared to create a lasting legacy
that benefits generations to come? Then we want to hear from you!
Role Overview
The Design Manager will oversee the full spectrum of architecture design for different asset types relating to THE LINE. Manage the
full spectrum of architecture design for different asset types across THE LINE. Serves as a capable professional in an architectural
design team, leading work on specific elements of a project with minimal direction and supervision of a Senior Architect or senior
team member.
The Design Manager will manage the architectural design for THE LINE Neighborhoods and support the Senior Design Managers
in the coordination of emerging designs provided by architectural design consultants for a Neighborhood. The Design Manager will
ensure that the design work is executed according to scope, schedule, quality, and budget, and in compliance with the NEOM THE
LINE Plan of Work procedures. The Design Manager will be responsible for the design of a neighborhood, encompassing
approximately 500,000 m² of assets. Design Manager also will provide expert design management input across four
neighborhoods and support the design for THE LINE Neighborhoods with one or multiple specialisms.
Responsibilities
- Design Management Coordination, including Core Real Estate Asset Design, Non-Common Asset Design, Façade Design,
Sustainability, and Public Realm Design
- Guide designers, reviewing designs, and ensure that project requirements are met
- Review and advise the design by special expertise, creative approach, requirements and quality of design, in support of
Senior Designer leadership.
- Arrange and/or attend design coordination meetings and workshops
- Manage compliance with Design and Deliverables Requirements, Development Control Regulations (DCR's), Design KPIs
and Specialist Design KPIs
- Support Senior Design manager in the coordination of Interfaces with the City, between different Neighborhoods, and
with Anchor Assets
- Collaborate with Cost Consultants to ensure emerging designs are meeting budget targets.
- Manage the design in accordance with the development program and Initial Asset Briefs
- Manage the design in accordance with the development program and Initial Asset Briefs relevant to the Specialism
- Manage the completion of design registers
- RFI Register
- Design to Budget
- Design Review Contribute to qualitative architectural design reviews, providing analysis, comments in the CRS, and
recommendations to Senior Design Manager.
- Manage Design Brief and Requirements compliance, ensuring completeness, and accuracy, including design coordination
within architecture and across disciplines.
- Coordinate facilities management design with the Facilities Management Group
- Responsible for the design quality and coordination of design between different design streams
- Manages compliance with masterplan, vision and engineering integration
- Liaison with delivery teams, integration of designs
- Design Management Coordination, including Core Real Estate Asset Design, Non-Common Asset Design, Façade Design, Sustainability, and Public Realm Design
- Guide designers, reviewing designs, and ensure that project requirements are met
- Review and advise the design by special expertise, creative approach, requirements and quality of design, in support of Senior Designer leadership.
- Arrange and/or attend design coordination meetings and workshops
- Manage compliance with Design and Deliverables Requirements, Development Control Regulations (DCR's), Design KPIs and Specialist Design KPIs
- Support Senior Design manager in the coordination of Interfaces with the City, between different Neighborhoods, and with Anchor Assets
- Collaborate with Cost Consultants to ensure emerging designs are meeting budget targets.
- Manage the design in accordance with the development program and Initial Asset Briefs
- Manage the design in accordance with the development program and Initial Asset Briefs relevant to the Specialism
- Manage the completion of design registers o RFI Register o Design to Budget
- Design Review Contribute to qualitative architectural design reviews, providing analysis, comments in the CRS, and recommendations to Senior Design Manager.
- Manage Design Brief and Requirements compliance, ensuring completeness, and accuracy, including design coordination within architecture and across disciplines.
- Coordinate facilities management design with the Facilities Management Group
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Here's what you'll need
Experience And Qualifications
- Understanding of scope definition and scope interface and ability to transmit the same to others.
- Knowledge of international standards, policies, codes and procedures and ability to transmit the same to others.
- Full knowledge of Statutory Authorities requirements
- Knowledge of codes, regulations and submission requirements.
- Developed knowledge of Sustainable Design principles.
Skills
- Outstanding creative, design skills
- Out of the box thinking and seeing the big picture
- Excellent conceptual and design skills, with emphasis on aesthetics
- Creative thinking and visioning and innovation
- Fluent in writing and speaking English, spoken and written
- Proactive, reliable, accountable, consistent, independent, clever, nice, generous
- Excellent relationship-building and interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail and a methodical approach to work.
- Cordial relationships with clients and stakeholders.
- Commitment to innovation and design excellence.
- Outstanding presentation skills.
- The ability to convey a clear project narrative and conceptual ideas to both internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent ability in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, Adobe Suite; Grasshopper, V-Ray, any other illustrative technologies
- Effective use of electronic processes and procedures to increase quality and efficiency
- Solid knowledge of products, materials, zoning / building codes and construction methods
- Strong organizational skills, ability to work under pressure, meet tight deadlines on budget and on time
- A keen eye for attention to detail and accuracy
- Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to take initiative in response to direction from project managers, directors and partners
- A team player, with a flexible and open attitude towards new ways of working and collaborating
Experience
- 10+ years post undergraduate of outstanding architectural design and management experience
- Design experience in various architectural types residential, commercial, public, healthcare, educational, etc.
- Experience in Middle East is highly appreciated Qualifications
- B.Arch or B.Sc, in Architecture from a recognized university
- Postgraduate In Architecture
- International Accreditations (RIBA, AIA, or equivalent)
- Sustainability Certification (LEED, PQP, or equivalent)
