Design & Project Manager – Real Estate Development

Company Description Masan Properties is a design-driven property developer based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, focused on creating refined and enduring living spaces. The company’s portfolio includes residential and hospitality properties, with strong emphasis on architecture, interior design, and harmony with the surrounding environment. Masan collaborates with carefully selected architects and designers, valuing proportion, material quality, and the details of everyday living. This design ethos extends to the ongoing care of its properties and the people who reside or stay in them, fostering thoughtfully managed and high-quality living experiences. Role Description Masan is seeking a Design & Project Manager – Real Estate Development for a full-time, on-site role based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role oversees residential and hospitality projects from early planning and design through construction and handover, leading an existing in-house technical and site team and working closely with external consultants and contractors. Responsibilities include developing project briefs, managing the design process, reviewing drawings and material selections, and ensuring designs meet project requirements, budgets, and Masan’s quality standards. The role also oversees project schedules, consultant and contractor performance, authority approvals, tendering, and construction progress, ensuring issues are resolved and projects are delivered successfully. The successful candidate will combine strong design judgment with practical construction knowledge and an understanding of the commercial considerations behind real estate development. Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field. • Proven experience managing residential or hospitality projects through design and construction, preferably with a real estate developer or in a client-side role. • Strong design management skills and a strong eye for design and detail, including architecture, interiors, layouts, and materials. • Practical knowledge of construction methods, site coordination, quality control, and handover. • Experience managing project budgets, schedules, tenders, contracts, and variations. • Understanding of development feasibility and the impact of design decisions on project cost and value. • Familiarity with Saudi building requirements and authority approval processes. • Ability to lead internal teams and coordinate consultants, contractors, and suppliers across multiple projects. • Strong communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills. • Proficiency in relevant project management tools and the ability to review technical drawings and documentation.

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field. Proven experience managing residential or hospitality projects through design and construction, preferably with a real estate developer or in a client-side role. Strong design management skills and a strong eye for design and detail, including architecture, interiors, layouts, and materials. Practical knowledge of construction methods, site coordination, quality control, and handover. Experience managing project budgets, schedules, tenders, contracts, and variations. Understanding of development feasibility and the impact of design decisions on project cost and value. Familiarity with Saudi building requirements and authority approval processes. Ability to lead internal teams and coordinate consultants, contractors, and suppliers across multiple projects. Strong communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills. Proficiency in relevant project management tools and the ability to review technical drawings and documentation.

Develop project briefs, manage the design process, review drawings and material selections, and ensure designs meet project requirements, budgets, and Masan’s quality standards. Oversee project schedules, consultant and contractor performance, authority approvals, tendering, and construction progress, ensuring issues are resolved and projects are delivered successfully. Lead an existing in-house technical and site team and work closely with external consultants and contractors from early planning and design through construction and handover.