# Design Manager — Compass Project Consulting

Canonical: https://jobxdubai.com/jobs/li-4476711540-design-manager
Location: Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Type: full_time · Level: lead
Monthly salary: AED 11,760 to 17,640 per month (estimated, not employer-stated) (UAE salaries are tax-free)
Posted: 2026-10-07
Apply: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/design-manager-at-compass-project-consulting-4476711540?_l=en

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## Description

Responsibilities

• Lead the client-side design management function, ensuring design outputs align with the project brief, development strategy, budget, programme, authority requirements, and end-user objectives.

• Manage and coordinate multidisciplinary design consultants and specialist advisors throughout all design stages.

• Lead design reviews, technical workshops, design governance, interface management, and design risk management.

• Ensure design deliverables are coordinated, complete, compliant, and buildable at each stage gate.

• Coordinate authority approvals, stakeholder requirements, operator inputs, and developer standards.

• Review design packages, scopes, Employer’s Requirements, and technical deliverables during procurement and tender stages.

• Manage design-related tender queries and coordinate technical responses.

• Maintain design decision logs, risk registers, and key design interfaces.

• Coordinate closely with the client, consultants, contractors, and PMC teams to resolve design issues and maintain project progress.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• 18+ years of relevant design management experience, preferably on major development projects.

• Strong PMC/client-side design management experience is essential.

• Proven experience managing multidisciplinary consultants on large-scale mixed-use, masterplan, commercial, residential, hospitality, or major development projects.

• Strong understanding of design development, coordination, authority approvals, procurement, tender documentation, and construction interfaces.

• Demonstrated experience in design governance, value engineering, risk management, and stakeholder coordination.

• Strong knowledge of relevant Saudi codes, regulations, authority requirements, and development standards.

• Excellent leadership, communication, coordination, and stakeholder-management skills.

• Saudi/GCC experience is highly preferred.

• Must be willing to work site-based in Makkah.

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