Design Director

Job Description

Employment Type: Permanent

About the role:

The role also supports and mentors Project Managers and design leads to elevate firmwide design capability.

Key Duties and Responsibilities of a Design Director:

• Define and implement the firms overarching design strategy, delivery standards, and excellence benchmarks.
• Develop standardized design planning frameworks, including milestone sequencing, coordination cycles, and authority submission integration.

• Monitor and oversee design performance across the active project portfolio, ensuring progress aligns with planning benchmarks and quality thresholds.
• Lead resolution of escalated coordination challenges, technical design risks, and cross-discipline interface conflicts.

• Approve and optimize resource allocations across projects based on firmwide capacity and strategic priorities.
• Maintain a live view of discipline-level utilization and projected demand; address over/under-capacity.

• Mentor Project Managers, discipline leads, and senior designers to grow internal design leadership capabilities.
• Establish knowledge-sharing, training, and design leadership development programs across the organization.

 E.  Interdepartmental Collaboration

Tendering & Business Development:

• Define design input for technical proposals, including durations, narratives, layouts, and team structuring.
• Align design strategy with pursuit positioning and client expectations.
• Finance:
• Validate milestone completions and align with invoicing schedules.

Project Management:

• Review and validate project-level design schedules and planning strategies.
• Ensure alignment with QA checkpoints, milestone definitions, and resource availability.

HR / Talent Strategy:

• Participate in senior technical recruitment for design leads, BIM specialists, and key discipline heads.
• Define evolving skill set needs based on pipeline complexity and project typologies.

• Lead R&D efforts in sustainable design, digital delivery, and healthcare innovation.
• Monitor authority requirement changes and ensure internal workflows are updated accordingly.

Qualifications and Years of Experience:

• Bachelor&aposs degree in Architecture (Masters preferred).
• 15+ years of experience in the engineering industry
• 10+ years of experience in multidisciplinary design leadership, with a strong focus on healthcare projects.
• Extensive experience with UAE regulatory frameworks and authority submissions. Abu Dhabi preferred

How To Apply!

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