Director of Project Design Management

Description

• Quality Review: Ensure all work produced by the team meets high standards and is thoroughly reviewed.
• Solution Delivery: Oversee the development of innovative solutions to project challenges, integrating multidisciplinary perspectives.
• Governance: Implement and enforce rigorous commercial operations and governance practices across the project portfolio.
• Quality Assurance: Enforce compliance with Buro Happold’s internal quality assurance procedures, ensuring all work delivered by the team meets required standards.
• Schedule Management: Ensure the development and maintenance of comprehensive project schedules, facilitating timely completion of all project phases.
• Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.
• Negotiation: Strategically negotiate project outcomes, fostering strong client relationships and ensuring mutually beneficial agreements.
• Professional Development: Promote ongoing learning and Continuing Professional Development staying updated on technical advances and industry trends and internal learning opportunities.
• Technology Integration: Advise on the strategic impact of technology on projects and its implementation for the benefit of our clients and stakeholders.
• Service Promotion: Identify and promote additional Buro Happold service offerings to clients.
• Quality Assurance: Establish and uphold quality control processes to guarantee that all deliverables meet the highest standards.
• Teamwork: Act as a role model for teamwork, encouraging collaboration and cooperation to achieve organisational goals.
• Mentorship: Guide and mentor senior team members, promoting professional growth and development.
• Deliverable Quality: Ensure the production of high-quality reports, presentations, models, and drawings that meet Buro Happold and our client standards.
• Financial Oversight: Provide strategic oversight of project budgets, ensuring financial health and addressing potential issues proactively.
• Team Management: Provide strategic leadership and management to the team, fostering a positive and productive work environment.
• Scope Management: Oversee the definition and management of project scopes, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and client expectations.
• Client Engagement: Lead high-level client meetings, ensuring effective communication and alignment with client needs.
• Cross-Discipline Collaboration: Facilitate collaboration across business units, disciplines, and regions to leverage expertise and resources to delivery work and enable work winning opportunities

Requirements

• Excellent communication skills, capable of engaging with senior clients and collaborators.
• Understanding of Middle East policies and regulations.
• Degree in Architecture, Engineering, or Master Planning.
• Proven experience in strategic project delivery and team leadership, including managing remote teams.
• Project management qualification (e.g., PMP) or significant project delivery experience.
• Professional accreditation from a recognised organisation.
• Proven experience in a senior leadership role with at least 5 years in the Middle East.
• Experience in developing long term relationships with clients and collaborators, and leading fee estimates, proposals, and negotiating terms and conditions.
• Familiarity with Project Management information systems (e.g., Aconex).
• Strong technical background in multidisciplinary building and infrastructure design.
• Experience in managing multidisciplinary LDC projects, overseeing financial and technical performance, and creating and managing programmes.

Benefits

• A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Attractive salary and benefits package

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance