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Senior Design Manager

West Kowloon Cultural District Authority 🇭🇰 R.C. Lee Hall, 6A Sassoon Road, Hong Kong

Full-time Senior Manager

The Senior Design Manager leads the strategic and technical management of architectural and design initiatives across the West Kowloon Cultural District. This role oversees design processes from conceptualization to construction, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and project quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • The Senior Design Manager leads the strategic and technical management of architectural and design initiatives across the West Kowloon Cultural District. This role oversees design processes from conceptualization to construction, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and project quality standards.

Requirements

  • Candidates must hold a degree in Architecture or Urban Design and be a Registered Architect with HKIA membership. A minimum of 12 years of post-qualification experience in large-scale project management is required, with at least 8 years at a senior level.

Key Skills

Architecture Urban Design Design Management Project Management Strategic Planning Concept Development Construction Documentation Statutory Compliance Quality Assurance Team Leadership Stakeholder Management Cross‑disciplinary Coordination Design Review Masterplanning Public Space Design Cultural Facility Design Regulatory Knowledge (HKIA) Communication Negotiation Problem Solving Budget Management Risk Management Mentoring Collaboration with Engineers Presentation Skills Design Thinking Sustainability Principles Project Scheduling Leadership

About West Kowloon Cultural District Authority

Stretching across 40 hectares of reclaimed land, WestK is one of the largest cultural projects in the world, blending art, education and open space. Its vision is to create a vibrant cultural quarter for Hong Kong where the local arts scene can interact, develop and collaborate. Providing 23 hectares of public open space with two kilometres of vibrant harbour-front promenade it will also include a variety of arts and cultural facilities that will produce and host world-class exhibitions, performances and arts and cultural events. A Development Plan for the District, based on well-received Foster + Partner’s Conceptual Plan, was approved by the Chief Executive-in-Council in January 2013. Overlooking the magnificent Victoria Harbour, the District will begin to take shape over the next decade. By developing this sizable project in phases we can start to bring the district to life. The Xiqu Centre, Freespace, Art Park, M+, Hong Kong Palace Museum and Lyric Theatre Complex, will be deve

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