VP Design & Development

Full-time

Bangalore, India

JOB-21804

Shradha Deshpande

We are seeking a highly accomplished Vice President Design & Development, Reporting directly to the Chief Product Development Officer (CPDO), you will play a pivotal role in the organization.

Job Objective

Provide thought leadership, instate product delivery vision, conceptualize talent management, create avenues for improving delivery, represent design fraternity internally and externally, create new project briefs , implement the overall collective design vision of the organization

Key Responsibilities

Strategic

Guide the Design Department to deliver the goods, better with finer accuracy, accountability and traceability. Invent and disseminate new work practices that improve the development and delivery of products from design aspect. Set up long term goals for the department in discussion with the leadership team. Develop a network of external consultants and advisors for long term and short term assignments with the company.

Advise on the talent improvement and consolidation strategy to HR for the department and oversee the roadmap created by the team to achieve the same

Innovate on new strategies based on creative design thinking for outcome driven innovation.

Operational

Develop a hallmark for the design team to pursue when developing products. Preferably benchmarked with international examples of suitable nature. Involve with the leadership team in resolving major design issues and directions for projects. Lead efforts on instating best-practices within the Dept. and among Depts. Mediate with the leadership team on major deviations to project budget and present long term view of long-gestation projects [ in excess of 3 years of implementation schedule] due to unexpected changes in design. Such changes could be result of the flux generated by business dynamics, market cycles, statutory compulsions etc.

Constantly be on the lookout for new strategic consultant partners and assess them for future engagements.

Review and approve all mandates and key design basis reports.

Review and approve the main deviations of tender w.r.t budget having assessed that design has been best optimized. Obtain consensus of the leadership team on these matters.

Engage prospective customers in business development initiatives set up by the leasing, sales or marketing team. Largely on the technical and product issues.

Periodically assess the efficiency of the system and the actors in the department and recommend key directions to improvement.

Review all final PSAs and SoWs for all new consultants.

Conduct annual review of all consultants along with vertical heads and create a traceable feedback system.

Ensure that systems and process audits are carried out by vertical heads and reports are submitted on time and all corrective actions taken by respective vertical head.

Carry out site visits at key milestone stages to ensure that design intents are realized at site without any variations or for any prompt improvements at site. Engage the leadership team on these efforts to arrive at speedy resolutions.

Create examples for others in the team to emulate and be key motivational figure for all in the team.

Financial

Review the budgetary alignment of the product at concept level and navigate closure on this aspect. Mandate finalization with leadership team

Long-term budgets for the department

People

Oversee recruitment by vertical head, largely for culture fit. Oversee implementation of talent management programmes by vertical head. PMS of all vertical heads.

Oversee the annual L&D programme with HR for the dept.

Assess and fulfil training and career development requirements

Envision new areas of learning for the department and find innovative means to incentivize learning.

Qualification

Masters of Architecture [ or core design subjects] LEED, PMI, AACE, RICS or any other added recognized certifications would be considered an added advantage.

Experience

Minimum 15 years of work experience, should have led and delivered design of at least 5-10 large scale [ 50 & 10 million sft acres minimum] projects
Substantial international exposure of repute, a must.

Internal Interface

Design & Services Consultants Industry veterans Clients and customers Professional bodies
CEO / Board Directors Leadership Team Group CFO, COO etc.
All HODs.

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