وظيفة مهندس معماري أول لإدارة أصحاب المصلحة شاغرة لدى دبليو إس بي بمدينة الرياض

WSP Middle East is looking for an experienced Senior Stakeholder Architect_KSA National to support our growing portfolio of complex projects in Saudi Arabia.

The role will provide a key interface between the architectural and multidisciplinary design teams, clients, project stakeholders, relevant authorities, consultants and delivery partners. The successful candidate will help ensure stakeholder requirements are clearly understood, coordinated and incorporated into the design while supporting the timely progression of approvals and key project milestones.This position would suit an experienced architect who combines strong architectural and technical understanding with excellent stakeholder management, communication and coordination skills.

• Lead and coordinate day-to-day engagement with key project stakeholders across architectural workstreams.
• Act as an interface between clients, architectural teams, multidisciplinary design teams, consultants, contractors and relevant authorities.
• Understand stakeholder requirements and ensure they are appropriately captured, communicated and integrated into the design process.
• Support the architectural leadership team in managing stakeholder expectations, design interfaces and key project commitments.
• Coordinate stakeholder comments and requirements across design stages and monitor their incorporation and close-out.
• Maintain clear stakeholder registers, action trackers, interface logs, approval trackers and decision records.
• Support submissions and approvals with relevant Saudi authorities and other project stakeholders, as applicable to the project.
• Identify stakeholder-related risks, interface issues and potential approval constraints at an early stage and escalate them appropriately.
• Facilitate and participate in stakeholder workshops, design coordination meetings, technical reviews and client presentations.
• Prepare professional presentations, reports, meeting records and briefing materials for senior stakeholders.
• Work closely with architects, engineers, project managers, BIM/digital teams and other disciplines to maintain coordinated project delivery.
• Support the resolution of architectural and multidisciplinary interface issues arising from stakeholder requirements.
• Monitor stakeholder actions against the project programme and follow up with responsible parties to support timely closure.
• Provide architectural input into stakeholder discussions and clearly communicate the impact of changes on design, programme and deliverables.
• Support Principal and senior project leadership in high-level client and stakeholder engagements where required.

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or a closely related discipline.
• Professional architectural registration or membership would be advantageous.
• Typically 10+ years of relevant architectural/design experience, with substantial experience on large or complex multidisciplinary projects.
• Strong experience in stakeholder management, architectural coordination, design management or technical interface management.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary design teams across architecture, structures, MEP and specialist disciplines.
• Previous experience in Saudi Arabia or the wider Middle East would be highly advantageous.
• Understanding of design development, technical coordination, authority submissions and approval processes.
• Ability to review technical information and translate complex design matters into clear stakeholder communications.
• Experience maintaining stakeholder matrices, design comment trackers, approval schedules and action registers.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills. Arabic language capability would be advantageous.

Key Competencies

• Stakeholder and client relationship management
• Architectural and design coordination
• Authority and approvals interface
• Multidisciplinary coordination
• Design review and issue resolution
• Stakeholder mapping and requirements management
• Risk and interface management
• Technical reporting and presentations
• Strong communication and influencing skills
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
• Collaborative approach within large multidisciplinary teams