Job Description

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Our client is a globally renowned healthcare provider headquartered in Dubai.
We are recruiting an experienced Architectural Manager / Senior Architect to lead hospital construction projects in the UAE from concept through to handover.
The successful candidate will be a licensed architect with deep healthcare expertise, capable of ensuring compliance with DHA and MOH regulations and international standards, while delivering innovative, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare facilities.
Role Summary

• Lead and manage architectural design teams, driving planning, execution, and mentoring to ensure design excellence and efficiency.

• Act as the client-facing lead, capturing requirements, presenting designs, securing approvals with DHA and MOH and other authorities, and supporting final inspections.

• Oversee the entire design cycle for healthcare facilities -- concept, schematic, and detailed design -- ensuring compliance, functionality, and design integrity.

• Coordinate with external consultants, contractors, and stakeholders (Architectural, ID, MEP) to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to specification.

• Review and approve drawings, tender packages, room layout sheets, equipment-loaded plans, and contractor submittals including ID and shop drawings.

• Support construction stages through RFI responses, site inspections, and technical compliance checks.

• Manage close-out activities including authority approvals, as-builts, O&M manuals, warranties, training, and client handover.

• Contribute to value engineering, risk management, and cost alignment to deliver sustainable and commercially viable design solutions.

Mandatory Skills & Experience

• 10+ years' architectural experience, including 5+ years in UAE hospital/healthcare projects, with a proven record of leading large-scale projects from concept to completion.

• Strong knowledge of DHA and MOH requirements, healthcare planning, infection control, clinical workflows, and medical equipment integration.

• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Revit, BIM tools, SketchUp/3ds Max, Photoshop, and MS Project.

• Strong leadership and project management skills, with the ability to align design decisions to budget, programme, and commercial objectives while maintaining compliance and excellence.

Education & Certification

• Bachelor's (B.Arch) or Master's (M.Arch) in Architecture.

• Licensed / Registered Architect -- UAE registration required.

• Certification in Project Management preferred.

Candidate Profile

• Currently based in the UAE.

• Fluent in English with excellent client-facing, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Able to influence senior stakeholders, secure regulatory approvals, and work confidently with health authorities.

• Professional, resilient, and detail-oriented, with proven ability to manage complex, fast-track hospital projects.

Skills Required