Design Manager/ Architect - Mumbai Zone

Job Title: Design Manager- GPL

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time

Function: Design

Business: Godrej Properties Limited

Location: Mumbai Zone

About Godrej Industries Group (GIG)

At the Godrej Industries Group, we are privileged to serve over 1.1 billion consumers globally through our businesses with market leadership positions in the consumer products, real estate, agriculture, financial services and chemicals industries

www.godrejindustries.com

About Godrej Properties Limited (GPL)

Godrej Properties brings the Godrej Group philosophy of innovation, sustainability, and excellence to the real estate industry. Each Godrej Properties development combines the over 125-year legacy of excellence and trust with a commitment to cutting-edge design, technology, and sustainability.

www.godrejproperties.com

Role Summary:

Your Roles & Responsibilities :

Strategic / Customer centric

1. Design enhancement (Customer Joy)

• Review and verification of designs proposed by the external architects at regions ensuring customer centric design and compliance to standard design principles
• Interfaces with regional design teams and HO teams
• Assess integration of relevant innovations to create differentiation based on the micro market pain points
• Understanding of GPL regions, the customer requirement of the region and future trends
• Customer friendly product compliant with GPL standards in scheduled time
• Designs should include relevant innovations to create differentiation
• Timely response

2. Strategic Projects

• Identify inefficiencies in the prevailing processes and working at project level (including sites) and approach the resolution through strategic project
• Assess cost benefit analysis of strategic project including the problems that it will solve to make a case to management for project funding
• Assessment of relevant partners to collaborate with external and internal stakeholders to complete the project
• Continuous assessment of regional markets & competition to gauge what is required for GPL to stay ahead of the competition
• Implementation of ongoing strategic projects such as Standardization in regions and projects to create consistency across all GPL regions
• Accuracy
• Comprehensiveness
• Timeliness as defined basis organizational goals

3. Technological Integration

• Identify inefficiencies in the prevailing processes and assess/ adopt resolution through integration of advanced technology
• Assessment of new technology available in the market and how & if it can create value for GPL.
• Adoption of relevant technologies to provide GPL the 1st mover advantage in the market and exponentially transform the business wrt time, cost, quality
• Relevance to GPL
• Depth of analysis and adoption plan for GPL business
• Turnaround time in alignment with business targets

4. R&D

• Design thinking approach
• Continuous research of real estate and correlated industries, design concepts, materials, technologies etc to assess adoption within GPL to create value for business and customer
• Relevance to GPL
• Depth of analysis and adoption plan for GPL business
• Turnaround time in alignment with business targets

Process

1. Process Adherence

• Complies with company defined guidelines and processes
• Adheres to project timelines
• Process compliance

2. Process Improvement

• Identify subject matter experts (external consultants) who will bring value to GPL and create a pool of empanelled consultants for onboarding on regional projects
• Identifies processes/ procedures in own work area that need improvement
• Recommends process improvement ideas to streamline efficiency/costs/productivity
• Undertakes process improvement activities in own work area
• Initiatives taken
• Impact of process improvement ideas

People Management and Development

1. Learning and Development

• Identifies self-development needs
• Takes concrete steps to pursue self-development/ upskilling on-job and through training, education, projects etc.
• New skills acquired

Who are we looking for?

Education:

B. Arch/ M.Arch.

Experience:

8-14 years of relevant experience Critical Skills: Should have knowledge of generative design scripting on Dynamo/ Revit/ CATIA like platforms. Additional qualification in project management with relevant experience of 2-3 years specifically in project management in India, Dubai, overseas would be good to have.

Whats in it for you?

Be an equal parent

Maternity support, including paid leave ahead of statutory guidelines, and flexible work options on return

Paternity support, including paid leave

New mothers can bring a caregiver and children under a year old, on work travel

Adoption support; gender neutral and based on the primary caregiver, with paid leave options

No place for discrimination at Godrej

Gender-neutral anti-harassment policy

Same sex partner benefits at par with married spouses

Gender transition support

We are selfish about your wellness

Comprehensive health insurance plans, as well as accident coverage for you and your family, with top-up options

Trust based sick leave

Mental wellness and self-care programmes, resources and counselling

Celebrating wins, the Godrej Way

Structured recognition platforms for individual, team and business-level achievements

Performance-based earning opportunities

An inclusive Godrej

Before you go, there is something important we want to highlight. There is no place for discrimination at Godrej. Diversity is the philosophy of who we are as a company. And has been for over a century. Its not just in our DNA and nice to do. Being more diverse - especially having our team members reflect the diversity of our businesses and communities - helps us innovate better and grow faster. We hope this resonates with you.

We take pride in being an equal opportunities employer. We recognise merit and encourage diversity. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination on the basis of nationality, race, colour, religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, or marital status and ensure equal opportunities for all our team members.

If this sounds like a role for you, apply now!

We look forward to meeting you.