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High Senior Design Manager (m/w/d)

Aecom 🇩🇪 Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Hybrid Full-time Director

The Design Manager is responsible for the comprehensive coordination and management of interdisciplinary project teams across all phases. This includes overseeing construction costs, schedules, and contractual obligations while maintaining proactive communication with clients and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Overall responsibility for design management across all disciplines in general planning
  • Coordinate and control costs, schedules, and contractual obligations
  • Lead project teams, often distributed across offices and countries
  • Proactively drive decision‑making and stakeholder collaboration
  • Engage with clients, engineers, contractors, and other professionals
  • Participate in project acquisition, offer preparation, and negotiations

Requirements

  • Completed degree in Architecture or related field
  • 20 years of professional experience, including at least 6 years in LPH 3–4 and 6 years in LPH 5
  • Proven leadership of multi‑disciplinary planning teams
  • Strong knowledge of German building codes and environmental regulations
  • Experience with digital planning tools and BIM
  • Fluent German and English

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Flexible work environment (office, remote, onsite)
  • Comprehensive benefits and wellness programs
  • Opportunities for international project work

Key Skills

Design management Architecture Construction planning Project management Cost control Schedule management BIM Digital construction processes Cross‑disciplinary coordination Stakeholder management Client acquisition Contract negotiation German building regulations Environmental compliance Leadership Team mentoring International collaboration Agile project methods Risk management Communication

About Aecom

AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2024. Learn more at aecom.com.

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