About the Company:

- ASCENTIS is an international project management firm, operating now throughout South Asia and Africa. ASCENTIS provides advisory and project management services to the real estate sector with end-to-end solutions from feasibility to commissioning.

- Championing world-class professional standards, the firm has earned a reputation for high quality and uncompromising integrity, especially in the hospitality sector where Ascentis is the leader in South Asia.

Why Join Us?

- Impactful Role: Lead a key function at a respected international firm

- Innovative Environment: Implement new processes and digital tools to drive efficiency

- Progressive Culture: Be part of a forward-thinking, supportive team

- Global Projects: Work on high-profile real estate and hospitality projects across regions

- Leadership Opportunity: Shape, mentor, and grow a talented team

- Career Growth: Opportunities for professional development and advancement

Role Overview:

We are looking for a smart and dynamic professional to lead the design of several hotel projects in India and abroad. The position entails managing the appointment of the design team, leading the design process, and working with our cost management team to value engineer the designs and ensure it stays on budget.

Location: We have multiple openings for Lead-Design in Gurgaon, Bangalore and Mumbai.

Key Responsibilities:

Consultant appointments & contract administration:

- Prequalify local and international consultants for all design disciplines

- Prepare of Requests for Proposal and administer tenders

- Clarify and evaluate proposals received and prepare tender report with adjudication recommendation

- Assist PM and Client to negotiate commercial terms and prepare LOA and contract documents

- Certify consultant bills for payment

- Manage contractual claims and change orders

Design leadership & scheduling:

- Implement documentation management and communication protocols

- Manage all design documentation with document controller

- Assist the planner in preparing the pre-construction master schedule

- Prepare design briefs with inputs from client, operator, PM, and QS team

- Lead all design meetings/calls, prepare agenda & minutes, and follow-up on assigned tasks

- Prepare design schedules with weekly/fortnightly deliverables and inter-discipline dependencies

- Track design deliverables against schedule, flag delays, and implement recovery plans

- Lead design reviews and approval process by all stakeholders and drive inter-discipline coordination

- De-bottleneck design hold-ups and help stakeholders to reach consensus

- Ensure the operator brand standards are incorporated in the design and leverage the operator operational expertise to improve the design functionality

- Post tender documentation, hand over design role and responsibilities to site design coordinator

Budgeting, value engineering, cost management:

- Assist the QS team to prepare the project budget and subsequent updates. Review the budget and ensure it is consistent with the designs

- Throughout the design, ensure designers adhere to the budget brief and identify any deviation

- Identify areas for potential value engineering to improve designs and/or reduce cost in coordination with the designers, the operator, and the client

What we are looking for:

- BArch with experience at site coordinating construction trades, or BE/BTech with experience managing schematic or design development stage

- Post-graduate degree is a plus

- Minimum 15 years' experience in design or project management with at least one end-to-end branded hotel pre-construction experience, with hands-on design coordination role

- International experience is a plus

- Tender/contract drafting experience is a plus

Essential skills & Competencies:

- Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, able to lead international, multidisciplinary teams, and develop constructive relationships with all stakeholders

- Good written and spoken English, able to convey complex ideas and design briefs in a concise and clear manner

- Good planning and organizational skills, able to effectively schedule and coordinate various design activities. MS Project proficiency is a plus

- Sharp analytical mind with good problem-solving skills

- Solid understanding of all hotel design disciplines and inter-discipline coordination process

Ready to Take on the Challenge?

If you- re ready to be a part of our Design Management Practice, kindly send across your Updated CV along with motivation letter with the subject -"Application for Lead - Design" email: careers.india@ascentis360.com

CVs with a well-articulated motivation letter will be given priority.

Website: www.ascentis360.com