Dynamix Group - Head - Design & Architecture
Job Role - Design and Architect
Location - HO
Division - Design and Architect
Department - Design and Architect
Designation - Head
Direct Reporting - Managing Director
Job Purpose:
The Head - Architecture will be responsible for providing strategic and functional leadership for the complete architectural design lifecycle across the organisation's real estate portfolio
Accountabilities
- Evaluate project briefs, development potential, site constraints, applicable regulations and customer/market requirements.
- Work closely with Management, Business Development and Sales & Marketing teams to translate the project positioning into an appropriate design concept.
- Review and challenge proposed designs to optimise saleable area, efficiency, functionality, aesthetics and project economics.
- Establish design standards and architectural guidelines across projects.
2. Design Management - Concept to GFC
- Own the complete design lifecycle covering right from Feasibility and concept design to GFCs
- Establish and monitor project-wise Design Delivery Schedules / Design Trackers.
- Ensure timely release of drawings and information to avoid delays at construction sites.
- Implement robust drawing review, revision and document-control processes.
3. Design Optimisation & Value Engineering
- Continuously evaluate designs for area efficiency, cost optimisation and constructability without compromising the overall project positioning.
- Lead value-engineering exercises jointly with Projects, MEP, Contracts and Procurement teams.
- Review specifications, materials, faade systems, finishes and construction methodologies from a cost-versus-value perspective.
- Identify opportunities for standardisation and repeatable design solutions across projects.
- Minimise design changes after commencement of construction.
4. Consultant Management
- Lead the selection, appointment and performance management of all relevant consultants
- Prepare/review consultant scope of work and design deliverables.
- Ensure clear accountability, timelines and coordination between all consultants.
- Periodically assess consultant performance against quality, timelines and responsiveness.
5. Cross-Functional Design Coordination
- Conduct structured design coordination meetings and close open design decisions within agreed timelines.
- Ensure architectural, structural and MEP drawings are fully coordinated prior to GFC release.
- Resolve design clashes and site-related design issues proactively.
- Ensure customer commitments and sales plans are aligned with approved/GFC drawings.
6. Statutory & Regulatory Compliance
- Coordinate closely with Liaison and approval consultants for statutory submissions.
- Review design implications arising from authority observations and approvals.
- Ensure approved plans, sales plans and construction drawings remain appropriately aligned.
7. Construction & Site Support
- Conduct periodic design/site reviews to ensure execution is in accordance with approved design intent and GFC drawings.
- Resolve RFIs, site constraints, design discrepancies and technical issues within defined turnaround times.
- Review mock-ups, samples, finishes and material submissions.
- Ensure design changes during construction are properly evaluated, approved and documented.
- Support Projects teams in achieving timely project completion and handover.
8. Cost & Commercial Control
- Participate in pre-tender design reviews and BOQ/specification finalisation.
- Evaluate the cost implications of major design changes before approval.
- Drive value engineering at appropriate stages rather than after award or commencement of construction.
- Minimise variations and additional costs arising from incomplete, delayed or conflicting design information.
9. Design Quality & Governance
- Establish a structured Design Review and Approval Matrix.
- Develop organisational design standards, specifications, checklists and SOPs.
- Ensure lessons learnt from completed projects are incorporated into subsequent developments.
- Introduce technology and digital tools for improved design coordination, BIM implementation and drawing/document management.
- Drive consistent architectural quality across the organisation's portfolio.
10. Team Leadership
- Define KRAs/KPIs and responsibilities for individual team members.
- Build a performance-oriented culture with clear ownership and accountability.
- Assess manpower requirements and optimise internal versus external design resources.
- Develop succession and capability within the Design function.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: (degree, training, or certification required)
- B.Arch. / M.Arch. from a recognised institution; registration with Council of Architecture preferred
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: (no. of years of technical, functional, and/or leadership experience or specific exposure required)
18-25+ years of relevant experience with significant exposure to large-scale real estate development.
- Preferably 8-10+ years in a senior design leadership position with a reputed real estate developer.
Skills & Competencies Required:
Technical Skills:
- High-rise residential and large-scale development experience
- Strong knowledge of Mumbai/Maharashtra development regulations
- Understanding of structural and MEP coordination
- Working knowledge of BIM/Revit/AutoCAD and design-management platforms
- Knowledge of construction methodology, materials and finishes
- Strong understanding of project costing and value engineering
- Knowledge of statutory approval processes
Leadership & Behavioural:
- Strong design and commercial orientation
- Strategic thinking with execution focus
- Excellent stakeholder and consultant management
- Strong decision-making and problem-solving ability
- Ability to challenge consultants constructively
- High ownership and accountability
- Strong negotiation and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously
- Detail orientation without losing sight of project timelines and commercial objectives
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