About This Role
This leadership role is for a Director, Design to build and lead the Architecture capability within a global delivery organization. This founding role will grow the India team beyond production support into a technically rigorous architectural capability, working as a seamless extension of US-based design leadership. Over time, the role will scale a 100+ person architecture and engineering organization.
Responsibilities
- Act as the senior technical authority for architectural design, documentation and constructability
- Set and govern documentation standards, detailing protocols, drawing set organization and QA/QC systems aligned with US expectations
- Oversee coordinated architectural drawing packages through all design phases, including Construction Documents
- Direct daily architectural production across design development and construction documentation, delivering on schedule and within fixed budgets
- Standardize workflows for interoperability with US design teams, with a focus on predictability, scalability and reduced rework
- Run KPI-based performance management on accuracy, timeliness and rework, using the design ERP to manage team performance
- Evaluate and implement digital design tools, documentation automation and AI-assisted design, working with Design Technology, Digital Delivery and AI teams
- Ensure workflows align with Revit standards and Autodesk Construction Cloud
- Hire, mentor and scale the team, and build training frameworks, competency benchmarks and career paths
- Serve as the primary India-based counterpart to US design leaders, enabling smooth cross-time-zone collaboration
Requirements
- Hands-on experience on US architecture projects is mandatory
- 10+ years in architecture with a strong focus on technical documentation and complex project delivery
- B.Arch or M.Arch
- Proven leadership of large architectural or engineering production teams of 50+, preferably in global or distributed delivery
- Deep expertise in US construction documentation standards, detailing practices and coordinated drawing production
- Strong knowledge of building systems, constructability, sequencing and multidisciplinary coordination
- Experience building or scaling design teams, including defining standards, hiring and technical training
- Strong operational discipline in delivering to deadlines and fixed budgets
- Experience using ERP solutions to drive efficiency and profitability
- Advanced Revit proficiency and architectural documentation workflows
- Exceptional written and verbal English, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Willingness to work onsite in Bangalore
