Senior Project Manager - Urban Range

Job description

The Senior Project Manager - Urban Realm will lead the planning, design coordination, procurement, and delivery of large-scale urban realm and public space projects. The role is responsible for managing multidisciplinary teams, consultants, contractors, and stakeholders to successfully deliver high-quality public realm environments including streetscapes, plazas, parks, waterfronts, pedestrian networks, civic spaces, and mixed-use urban developments in line with client objectives, budget, schedule, sustainability goals, and international best practices. The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring excellence in project governance, risk management, design integration, construction delivery, and stakeholder engagement. The role includes leading end-to-end delivery of urban realm projects from concept design through construction, handover, and closeout, developing and implementing project execution plans, delivery strategies, and governance frameworks, and managing multidisciplinary teams comprising urban designers, landscape architects, civil engineers, utilities engineers, transportation specialists, and contractors.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, Construction Management, or related discipline. Master's Degree in Urban Design, Project Management, Engineering Management, or relevant field preferred. 15+ years of experience in project management within engineering consultancy, PMC, or major developer organizations. Proven experience leading large-scale urban realm, public realm, streetscape, landscape, waterfront, or city development projects. Strong experience delivering projects within the Middle East, preferably Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, or other GCC markets. Experience working on mega projects, mixed-use developments, smart cities, or infrastructure-led developments is highly desirable. Demonstrated success managing multidisciplinary consultant and contractor teams.

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