Design Lead - Landscape & Public Realm

Position Overview

The Design Manager – Master Plan & Landscape is responsible for managing and coordinating all master planning and landscape design activities across the project.

The role ensures that the master plan vision is maintained, properly translated into detailed design packages, and consistently implemented across all Development Packages, while ensuring integration with infrastructure and built environment.

Key Responsibilities

1. Master Plan Governance

• Manage and oversee the development and updates of the project master plan.
  
• Ensure all design packages comply with the approved master plan vision, land use, and design guidelines.
  
• Control design deviations and ensure alignment with planning parameters.
  

2. Landscape Design Management

• Lead all landscape design activities from concept through IFC.
  
• Oversee public realm, open spaces, streetscapes, waterfronts (if applicable), and soft/hard landscape elements.
  
• Ensure high-quality, functional, and sustainable landscape solutions.
  

3. Integration with Development Packages

• Ensure all Development Packages are aligned with master plan requirements.
  
• Coordinate with all Design Managers to maintain consistency in levels, circulation, access, and spatial planning.
  
• Manage transitions between landscape and building interfaces.
  

4. Infrastructure & Urban Coordination

• Coordinate with infrastructure teams to ensure alignment of roads, utilities, drainage, and grading with landscape design.
  
• Ensure proper integration of landscape with site levels and stormwater strategies.
  

5. Design Guidelines & Compliance

• Develop and enforce master plan and landscape design guidelines.
  
• Review all DP submissions for compliance with planning and landscape requirements.
  
• Ensure adherence to authority regulations and planning approvals.
  

6. Consultant Management

• Manage master planners and landscape design consultants.
  
• Review and consolidate all submissions prior to PMC approval.
  
• Ensure consistency across all landscape and planning outputs.
  

7. Quality & Design Vision Protection

• Maintain the overall design vision and identity of the development.
  
• Ensure continuity of spatial experience across the project.
  
• Minimize fragmentation between different packages.
  

8. Sustainability & Environmental Integration

• Integrate sustainable landscape practices (water efficiency, native planting, shading strategies).
  
• Ensure alignment with environmental and sustainability goals.
  
• Coordinate with sustainability teams where applicable.
  

9. Schedule, Cost & Value Engineering

• Monitor design progress and ensure alignment with project schedule.
  
• Support cost optimization while maintaining landscape quality and intent.
  
• Participate in value engineering related to landscape and public realm.
  

10. Risk & Change Management

• Identify planning and landscape-related risks.
  
• Manage design changes affecting master plan or landscape scope.
  
• Maintain logs for deviations, changes, and planning adjustments.
  

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Urban Planning, or Landscape Architecture (Master’s preferred).
  
• 10–15 years of experience in master planning and landscape design.
  
• Minimum 5 years in a design management or senior planning/landscape role.
  
• Strong experience in large-scale developments (urban, mixed-use, coastal, or master-planned communities).
  
• Experience working within PMC, consultancy, or developer environment.
  
• Strong understanding of land use planning, zoning, and urban design principles.
  
• Experience in landscape design, public realm, and open space planning.
  
• Familiarity with authority planning requirements and approvals.
  
• Proficiency in relevant design tools (AutoCAD, GIS, BIM tools is a plus).
  

Skills & Competencies

• Strong urban thinking + big picture vision
  
• Ability to control design consistency across large developments
  
• Strong coordination and stakeholder management
  
• Attention to spatial relationships and user experience
  
• Problem-solving across planning and technical constraints