📍 Location: Bengaluru, India (Onsite) · Full-Time

We are looking for a Director, Design to build and lead the architecture capability within a global delivery organisation in Bengaluru. Reporting to the Vice President, Design Delivery, this leader will build and scale a multidisciplinary architectural and engineering team delivering design development, technical documentation, calculations, specifications, and constructability-driven detailing, growing over time into a 100-plus person organisation that works as a seamless extension of US-based design leadership.

Technical Leadership

• Serve as the senior technical authority for architectural design, documentation, and constructability practices.

• Establish and govern design documentation standards, detailing protocols, drawing set organisation, and QA/QC systems aligned with US expectations.

• Oversee development of coordinated architectural drawing packages through all design phases, including construction documents.

• Lead governance of architectural modelling, detailing, annotation, and specification standards.

• Ensure architectural outputs reflect design intent, constructability, and interdisciplinary coordination.

Production Excellence & Workflow

• Direct daily architectural production across design development and construction documentation workflows.

• Standardise workflows to drive interoperability with US-based design counterparts, with a focus on predictability, scalability, and reduced rework.

• Implement structured quality control checkpoints for documentation accuracy, consistency, and constructability alignment.

• Drive continuous improvement through KPI-based performance management focused on accuracy, timeliness, and rework reduction.

• Deliver high-quality work to agreed schedules and budgets, using the design ERP solution to manage team performance.

Technology & Process

• Evaluate and implement digital design tools, documentation automation, and AI-assisted design enhancements.

• Partner with design technology, digital delivery, and AI teams to refine model-based documentation processes.

• Improve documentation efficiency, reduce revision cycles, and enhance first-pass quality.

• Ensure workflows align with Revit standards, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and related enterprise systems.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing architecture team.

• Build deep technical capability across architectural detailing, systems coordination, and documentation rigour.

• Establish training frameworks, competency benchmarks, and career progression models with the architectural services lead.

• Act as the primary India-based architectural counterpart to US design leadership, enabling cross-time-zone collaboration and documentation continuity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Architecture.

• 10 or more years of experience in architecture, with strong emphasis on technical documentation and complex project delivery.

• Demonstrated leadership of large architectural or engineering production teams, preferably in global or distributed delivery environments.

• Deep expertise in US construction documentation standards, detailing practices, and coordinated drawing production.

• Deep understanding of building systems, constructability, sequencing, and multidisciplinary coordination.

• Experience building or scaling design teams, including defining standards, hiring, and developing technical training programmes.

• Strong operational discipline, with experience managing productive teams against project schedules and fixed budgets.

• Experience using ERP solutions to drive operational efficiency and continuous improvement.

• Advanced proficiency in Revit and architectural documentation workflows, with familiarity in model-based documentation and digital design environments.

• Exceptional written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders.

• Entrepreneurial, hands-on leader who thrives in ambiguity, builds processes from scratch, and drives rapid scaling.

Working Conditions

This is an onsite, office-based role in a quiet to moderate noise environment, involving extended periods of seated work at a computer, along with regular standing, walking, and close and distance vision requirements.

Equal Opportunity

Equal employment opportunities are provided to all employees and applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, age, or any other status protected by law. This applies to recruiting, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Unlawful discrimination against, or harassment of, applicants or employees will not be tolerated.