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Job Description:
Parsons is looking for a talented Senior Master Planner / Urban Designer to join our team! In this role you will lead the development and coordination of master planning and urban design strategies for a major development program in Qatar, ensuring that urban frameworks, land-use strategies, and infrastructure planning align with the project vision, regulatory requirements, and sustainable development goals.
As Senior Master Planner / Urban Designer, you will work closely with multidisciplinary design teams, planners, infrastructure engineers, and regulatory authorities to deliver integrated planning solutions across complex mixed-use developments.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Lead the development and coordination of master planning and urban design strategies for large-scale development programs.
- Oversee the preparation and delivery of conceptual and detailed master planning frameworks, ensuring alignment with project objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Manage the evolution and implementation of master plans, urban frameworks, zoning strategies, and land-use planning.
- Coordinate with infrastructure, architecture, landscape, and engineering teams to ensure integration between urban planning strategies and project development requirements.
- Review and manage planning deliverables including FAR/GFA calculations, setbacks, build zones, view corridors, and land allocation frameworks.
- Ensure master planning strategies align with infrastructure design, sustainability targets, and economic feasibility objectives.
- Lead planning reviews and coordinate with local authorities to ensure compliance with planning policies and regulatory frameworks.
- Facilitate workshops, stakeholder engagement sessions, and planning charrettes to support design development and planning approvals.
- Manage cross-disciplinary coordination between urban designers, infrastructure engineers, landscape architects, and transport planners.
- Oversee planning documentation and reporting, including development control plans, zoning matrices, and planning compliance documentation.
- Maintain planning trackers and dashboards to monitor land-use allocations, zoning frameworks, and master plan updates.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, or a related discipline from an accredited institution; Master’s degree preferred.
- Minimum 20 years of professional experience in urban planning, master planning, and development strategy implementation.
- At least 5 years in a client-representative or PMC planning coordination role.
- Demonstrated experience working on multi-zone, large-scale urban developments including mixed-use, hospitality, and major development programs.
- Proven involvement in concept-to-detailed master plan evolution and execution oversight.
- Strong experience in urban framework planning, infrastructure zoning strategies, land-use planning, and placemaking.
- Demonstrated experience working on GCC mega developments, preferably with experience in Qatar.
- Strong knowledge of urban mobility planning, density distribution strategies, and public realm frameworks.
- Experience with stadium integration strategies, adaptive reuse planning, and district-based phasing approaches.
- Proven ability to review and coordinate planning deliverables including FAR/GFA calculations, setbacks, build zones, and view corridors.
- Strong understanding of local authority planning processes and regulatory coordination.
- Experience managing cross-disciplinary planning coordination involving urban designers, landscape architects, infrastructure engineers, and transport planners.
- Strong capability in leading technical workshops, planning reviews, and stakeholder coordination sessions.
- Proficiency with planning and design software tools, including GIS platforms, CAD, Adobe Suite, and urban planning analytics tools.
- Experience maintaining planning trackers, zoning matrices, and land allocation dashboards.
- Strong communication, presentation, and leadership skills to coordinate planning teams and engage with senior stakeholders.
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