Design Lead – Modular Interiors

Location:
Hyderabad

Experience:
5+ years in Residential Interiors / Modular Furniture Position Overview: CustomFurnish is looking for an experienced Senior Design Lead to manage multiple residential interior projects and lead a team of designers and junior designers. This is a customer-facing leadership role requiring a strong combination of design capability, team management, project ownership and commercial understanding. The Design Lead will be responsible for ensuring that customers receive creative, practical and budget-appropriate design solutions while ensuring that projects move through the design stage efficiently and on schedule.

Key Responsibilities
Design Leadership & Project Ownership
• Take overall responsibility for multiple interior design projects simultaneously, from design initiation through final design sign-off.
• Review and guide designs prepared by designers and junior designers to ensure they meet CustomFurnish's standards for aesthetics, functionality and execution.
• Provide customers with strong design ideas and solutions based on their requirements, lifestyle, space and budget.
• Ensure designs are practical, technically feasible and suitable for manufacturing and installation. Team Management
• Lead, mentor and review the work of a team of designers and junior designers.
• Allocate projects effectively and monitor the workload, timelines and performance of each designer.
• Conduct regular design reviews and intervene where projects are delayed or require senior-level inputs.




• Coach junior team members to improve their design capability, customer handling and commercial understanding. Customer Management & Escalations
• Step in for important customer discussions and manage design-related escalations.
• Build customer confidence by providing clear and practical solutions to design concerns.
• Ensure customer expectations are managed appropriately and that commitments made by the design team are realistic and deliverable.
• Drive projects towards timely customer approvals and final design sign-off. Budget & Commercial Discipline
• Ensure designs are developed within the customer's agreed budget and avoid unnecessary cost escalation during the design process.
• Help designers recommend the right combination of materials, finishes and solutions to achieve the desired look within budget.
• Work closely with the sales team to ensure continuity between the initial quotation, customer expectations and final design.
• Identify potential cost deviations early and discuss alternatives with the customer before finalisation. Design Process & Timelines
• Ensure projects progress according to defined design timelines and do not remain unnecessarily pending in the design stage.
• Monitor design iterations, customer meetings,



approvals and pending decisions.
• Ensure final designs, specifications, measurements and selections are complete and accurate before release for production.
• Coordinate closely with Sales, Production and Installation teams to ensure smooth handover and execution. Qualifications &

Skills:
• 5+ years of experience in residential interiors, modular furniture, kitchens, wardrobes or full-home interiors.
• Prior experience leading designers or managing a design team is strongly preferred.
• Solid design sense with excellent understanding of space planning, materials, finishes, colours and modular furniture.
• Good understanding of design costing and the ability to design within a defined customer budget.
• Strong customer-facing, presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to manage difficult conversations and resolve customer escalations confidently.
• Strong attention to detail and understanding of technical feasibility and execution.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, customers and team members simultaneously.
• Experience with interior design software; What We Are Looking For: We are looking for someone who is not just a good designer, but a strong design leader—someone who can guide customers, mentor designers, control budgets, resolve escalations and ensure that multiple projects move smoothly from concept to final design approval.
• The ideal candidate should combine creativity with commercial thinking, customer management and execution discipline.

📌 Senior Interior Design Manager | Hyderabad | 5+ Years
🏢 CustomFurnish
📍 Hyderabad