Role & responsibilities

Studio Manager Design + Build

Role Purpose

The Studio Manager is the operational right hand to the Principal and is responsible for ensuring that Unearth's Design and Build businesses operate as a coordinated, predictable and commercially disciplined practice.

The role sits across the entire studio rather than inside one functional team.

While the Design Team owns design quality, the Build Team owns execution coordination, and the Principal / Directors own strategic direction and key relationships, the Studio Manager owns the operating system that connects them.

The Studio Manager ensures that:

The right people are working on the right projects at the right time with the right information while clients are communicated with and the business gets paid.

The long-term objective is to allow the Principal to move out of day-to-day operational management and focus primarily on:
- Business strategy.
- Design leadership.
- Key client relationships.
- Business development.
- Brand and thought leadership.
- Major commercial and architectural decisions.





The Studio Manager becomes the person who makes sure the rest of the organisation actually moves.

Core Responsibilities

1. Resource Planning

Own studio-wide resource planning across Design and Build.

The Studio Manager should be able to answer at any point:

"Who is working on what, how much capacity do we have, and where will we have a problem in the next 48 weeks?"

2. Project Operations

Maintain an overall view of every active Design and Build project.

The Studio Manager should be able to identify projects that are:

On Track At Risk Off Track

and ensure that the appropriate person takes corrective action.

3. Client Management

Own the operational client experience across Design and Build projects.

The goal is to prevent every small client issue from reaching the Principal.

4. Fee Collection & Commercial Administration

Own the operational process for getting Unearth paid on time.

📌 Studio Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 Unearth Studio
📍 Bengaluru