Director of Design Standard for Facade and Structure

The Director of Design Standards (Facades & Structures) is responsible for establishing, governing, and continuously enhancing the design standards framework for all stadium, arena, and major sports infrastructure projects across the portfolio.

This role serves as the technical authority for stadium structures, long-span roofs, building envelopes, façades, and spectator venue engineering systems, ensuring that all projects achieve world-class levels of safety, performance, durability, sustainability, architectural excellence, and operational efficiency.

The successful candidate will develop and maintain design standards, technical specifications, performance requirements, and compliance frameworks that are applied consistently across multiple sports assets, while supporting project teams through design reviews, technical governance, innovation initiatives, and independent assurance processes.

Design standards leadership

Develop, maintain, and govern the sports design standards for stadiums, arenas, training facilities, and associated sports infrastructure.

Establish minimum technical requirements for:

Stadium structures

Long-span roof systems

Retractable roof technologies

Façade and building envelope systems

Spectator seating bowl structures

Structural resilience and redundancy

Building movement and dynamic performance

Durability and lifecycle performance

Technical authority & assurance

Act as the subject matter expert for façade and structural systems across all sports developments.

Stadium & arena expertise

Advise on the design and delivery of:

FIFA-compliant stadiums

Multi-purpose arenas

Athletic stadiums

Indoor sports venues

Governance & compliance

Innovation & sustainability

Stakeholder management

Requirements

Required qualifications

Bachelor's degree in structural engineering, civil engineering, architecture, or related discipline.