Senior Design Manager

Overview

As Design Management Manager you will lead the Design Management team across UK and International projects, ensuring quality, cost control, and compliant design outputs. You’ll work with leadership on business planning, mentoring, and developing junior staff while coordinating sub-consultants and design programs. The role blends people leadership with project governance, aiming to deliver complex infrastructure solutions. This opportunity lets you shape design processes and drive integrated delivery at a global scale.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid work options
• day 1 onboarding
• competitive compensation and benefits
• global opportunities
• inclusive employer
• professional growth and development

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the Design Management team and oversee project delivery across the UK and internationally
• Assist in business development, team performance reviews, and succession planning
• Oversee design outputs for quality and contractual compliance prior to issue
• Manage sub-consultants: responsibility matrices, back-to-back contracts, invoicing, and reports
• Develop and implement Design Management procedures: scope, programs, deliverables, quality, budgets, approvals
• Coordinate project meetings and design workshops; manage design coordination and change control
• Achieve PM accreditation and align projects with AECOM financial systems
• Mentor and train junior team members and review their outputs for quality
• Contribute to financial planning: cash flow, invoicing, and monthly financial reporting
• Perform performance management and participate in reviews and development opportunities

Key requirements

• Understanding of the design process
• Project and design programming skills
• Experience in development and implementation of design management tools and procedures
• Excellent communication skills
• Commercial awareness of projects
• Construction knowledge/experience
• Proficiency in MS Project/Excel/InDesign
• strong communication
• mentoring能力
• cross-functional collaboration
• MS Project
• Excel
• InDesign

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