Lead Urban Planner

We are looking for Lead Urban Planner in Singapore

Why do we need you?

To continue our journey of creativity, innovation, and setting best practice, we are looking for an experienced Lead Urban Planner - someone who brings planning rigour, cross-disciplinary fluency, and a genuine belief that the most compelling cities are shaped by their ground, to join our Landscape and Urbanism team in our Singapore studio.

You will take ownership of complex master planning and urban design commissions, helping to advance a practice where planning strategy and ecological thinking are inseparable.

What will you be doing?

Your key tasks and responsibilities will be

• Establishing and growing the Urbanism practice within Henning Larsen Singapore, building team capability, defining ways of working, and positioning the studio as a leading voice in regenerative urbanism across the APAC region.
• Actively pursuing new commissions and building the studio's market presence, identifying opportunities, leading bid strategies, preparing submissions, and cultivating relationships with clients, agencies, and potential project partners.
• Managing projects from concept to completion, including planning strategy, urban design development, documentation, and implementation coordination.
• Overseeing project timelines, budgets, and deliverables while coordinating with internal interdisciplinary teams and external stakeholders including public agencies, architects, engineers, and specialist consultants.
• Leading the preparation of masterplan documentation, design guidelines and urban design frameworks.
• Serving as a key client contact, managing relationships and ensuring planning solutions align with project aspirations, regulatory requirements, and broader design objectives.
• Presenting and communicating planning concepts effectively to clients, government agencies, and project partners.
• Leading stakeholder engagement processes, integrating community, agency, and technical perspectives into planning frameworks.
• Guiding and mentoring junior team members, providing technical knowledge, design critique, and career development support.
• Working closely with interdisciplinary teams, ensuring seamless integration of landscape architecture with urbanism, architecture, and engineering.
• Driving the incorporation of ecological, social, and technological innovations, including data-driven economic and spatial analysis and emerging planning tools into projects.