KAFD, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
As Design Manager at AECOM, I contributed to the world’s longest autonomous transit system and a landmark development within Riyadh’s King Abdullah Financial District - a £22.5B+ mega‑project requiring exceptional coordination and design leadership. Working alongside Zaha Hadid Architects and internationally distributed teams, I aligned design integrity, technical performance and stakeholder expectations across architecture, engineering, infrastructure and experience. Operating at the intersection of experience, systems and delivery, I helped translate ambitious architectural vision into coordinated, buildable solutions, ensuring coherence across disciplines, locations and decision‑making layers. The work demanded rigorous cross‑functional orchestration, navigating complexity at a scale few projects in the world match.
As Design Manager at AECOM, I contributed to the world’s longest autonomous transit system and a landmark development within Riyadh’s King Abdullah Financial District - a £22.5B+ mega‑project requiring exceptional coordination and design leadership. Working alongside Zaha Hadid Architects and internationally distributed teams, I aligned design integrity, technical performance and stakeholder expectations across architecture, engineering, infrastructure and experience. Operating at the intersection of experience, systems and delivery, I helped translate ambitious architectural vision into coordinated, buildable solutions, ensuring coherence across disciplines, locations and decision‑making layers. The work demanded rigorous cross‑functional orchestration, navigating complexity at a scale few projects in the world match.
As Design Manager at AECOM, I contributed to the world’s longest autonomous transit system and a landmark development within Riyadh’s King Abdullah Financial District - a £22.5B+ mega‑project requiring exceptional coordination and design leadership. Working alongside Zaha Hadid Architects and internationally distributed teams, I aligned design integrity, technical performance and stakeholder expectations across architecture, engineering, infrastructure and experience. Operating at the intersection of experience, systems and delivery, I helped translate ambitious architectural vision into coordinated, buildable solutions, ensuring coherence across disciplines, locations and decision‑making layers. The work demanded rigorous cross‑functional orchestration, navigating complexity at a scale few projects in the world match.
Role
Design Manager
Scope
Design Coordination • Experience • Stakeholder Alignment
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