Reporting To: VP, Design Delivery

We are hiring a Director, Design to build and lead the Architecture capability within a global delivery organization. This is a founding leadership role. You will grow the India team beyond production support into a technically rigorous architectural capability that works as a seamless extension of US-based design leadership. Over time, the role will scale a 100+ person architecture and engineering organization.

Key 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.

Mandatory Requirements

- Hands-on experience on US architecture projects is mandatory. Candidates without US project experience will not be considered.
- 10+ years in architecture with a robust 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.

Preferred

- Familiarity with model-based documentation, structured data integration and digital design environments.
- Entrepreneurial, hands-on style, comfortable building processes from scratch and scaling fast.

📌 Director Design (Construction) (Bengaluru)
🏢 Alftek International
📍 Bengaluru