Design Director

Job Description

We are looking for a Design Director.

Why do we need you?

Do you want to turn dreams into reality, working with award-winning sustainable landscape architecture? We are looking for a Design Director to join our global design community. As our new Design Director, you will be part of an interdisciplinary landscape architecture, urban design, and urban hydrology studio working on sustainable projects worldwide. We have delivered innovative and sustainable design solutions for a wide range of developments through our multidisciplinary expertise in master planning, urban design, and landscape architecture.

It is our ambition to pioneer sustainable change through our work. Our projects and solutions aim to inspire, innovate, and set not just best practice, but next practice. You will join a global company that has been growing successfully since its founding in 1959. To continue this journey, we are looking for an experienced design professional with local and international experience in delivering high-quality projects, passionate and knowledgeable about sustainability. You will be embarking on a road of transformation within a learning organization.

What are we offering?

Joining our Singapore office, you will be part of a company working with international projects of all scales and sizes. From water-sensitive urban design masterplans, concert halls, university buildings, public parks, biodiversity enhancement and restoration nature parks, headquarters, and sustainable housing, you will be a part of an organization with a creative culture and a history of delivering award-winning architecture.

Your key tasks and responsibilities will be:

• Lead the landscape architectural studios and the project teams of architects / landscape architects / designers within the landscape architectural studios.
• Lead and win significant landscape competitions as lead or as part of a consortium.
• Develop direction for the firm’s marketing and business development processes.
• Cultivate client relationships and develop key accounts.
• Oversee and give direction for the management of the quality of landscape architectural work.
• Develop the people in the company.
• Oversee and give direction for the management of resources and financial control over project design budgets.
• Provide direction for the firm’s strategic planning (local and global).
• Provide direction for the firm’s productivity and innovation roadmap.
• Set design direction for key projects.
• Produce concepts and schematic designs in accordance with clients’ requirements and aspirations for key projects.
• Oversee the development of detailed design and production of detailed drawings and specifications for tender and for contractors to follow for construction purposes.
• Oversee the construction and implementation of projects.

Qualifications

What are we looking for?

As our new Design Director, you will be part of our Singapore team of more than 50 professionals, working on projects both locally and internationally focusing on sustainability. We are a dynamic and diverse team that has garnered international recognition for well-loved landscape projects such as Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Jurong Lake Gardens West, and Kampung Admiralty.

• Degree in Architecture/ Landscape Architecture/ Urban and/or Environment Design or Planning.
• Minimum 15 years of architectural/landscape architectural/urban design or planning practice.
• Commitment and inspiring leadership qualities with strong general and project management skills.
• Ability to manage several landscape architectural teams of up to six professional team members each.
• Outstanding portfolio of work with good design capability and creativity.
• A flair for design and good knowledge of global projects.
• Conversant with construction practices.

How do you apply?

Submit your application, portfolio (max 10 MB), and CV. Please note that interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis.

Additional Information

About Henning Larsen

Henning Larsen is an international design studio with strong Nordic roots and values at the core of who we are. We aim to promote a creative, non-hierarchical workplace, which fosters supportive environments and the freedom to assert and test new ideas and visions. This work culture, coupled with our commitment to new learning opportunities, stimulates our employees’ individual and collective creativity and skills in design and service. We currently employ approximately 750 people working in an international environment.

Access to a world of knowledge

We believe that creativity in design thinking is propelled through an active use of data and knowledge in the process. Through our Ramboll ownership, you will get access to experts that can provide world-leading technical insight, data, and knowledge across the engineering and socio-economic disciplines. Together, we will be able to provide visionary buildings and spaces that offer concrete solutions to some of the most demanding challenges facing cities and communities around the globe.