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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Landscape & Urban Planning Director to join our team! In this role you will get to lead the Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning discipline across major masterplanning and public realm programs, delivering integrated, sustainable, and high-quality environments aligned with client vision and Saudi Vision 2030.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Provide strategic leadership for Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning across city-scale masterplans, public realm, and mixed-use developments.

• Direct the development of urban frameworks, open space networks, streetscapes, and placemaking strategies.

• Lead the delivery of landscape and public realm design from Concept through Detailed Design, IFC documentation, tender support, and construction implementation.

• Act as the discipline authority for design governance, technical compliance, QA/QC reviews, and milestone approvals.

• Manage, mentor, and grow multidisciplinary teams of urban planners, landscape architects, and public realm designers.

• Ensure full coordination with Architecture, Roads, Infrastructure, Utilities, MEP, Sustainability, Security, and BIM disciplines.

• Serve as the primary client-facing discipline lead, managing presentations, workshops, stakeholder engagement, and authority approvals.

• Champion sustainability, resilience, and cultural identity through approaches aligned with Mostadam, LEED, WELL, WSUD, native planting, and microclimate mitigation.

• Support project delivery performance through contributions to scope definition, scheduling, risk management, and bid/proposal submissions.

What required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, Urban Design, or related discipline.

• Minimum 15+ years of professional experience delivering major urban development and public realm projects.

• At least 5 years in a senior leadership or director-level role managing multidisciplinary teams.

• Strong experience in Saudi Arabia or the Middle East, including familiarity with authority regulations and approvals.

• Proven capability in design governance, integrated delivery, and stakeholder engagement.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Experience working on major Saudi giga-projects and national transformation initiatives.

• Professional accreditation preferred (IFLA, Landscape Institute, RTPI, APA, or equivalent).

• Strong expertise in sustainability frameworks such as Mostadam, LEED, WELL, and ESG-driven design.

• Advanced knowledge of BIM-enabled landscape and public realm delivery (Revit, Civil 3D, GIS integration).

• Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and deliver world-class placemaking outcomes.

• Demonstrated success in supporting proposals, commercial strategy, and multidisciplinary project execution.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

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