Associate Manager Architecture -

GMR Group; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

GMR Group seeks an experienced Design Delivery lead for a portfolio across the Hyderabad Aerotropolis. You will own feasibility through construction documentation, ensuring design programme adherence, budget conformance and timely statutory approvals for projects exceeding INR 300 crores in value.

You will coordinate architecture, structure, MEP and specialist consultants, engage senior management and external stakeholders, and balance design intent with approved budgets and governance standards.

Qualifications

• Experience leading end-to-end design delivery for large-scale projects.
• Proven ability to coordinate across architecture, structure, MEP and specialists.
• Strong understanding of cost, schedule and governance in design projects.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive design brief and product positioning with clients and business owners.
• Lead multi-disciplinary coordination across architecture, structure, MEP and consultants.
• Review and approve design documentation for buildability, codes and cost conformance.
• Present proposals to CXO-level management and manage variation orders within authority.
• Own the pre-construction design programme and drive critical path milestones.

Skills

Design delivery

Architecture coordination

MEP coordination

Budget awareness

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

CAD (NOCAS)

Job description

Job Purpose

The incumbent shall independently own end-to-end design delivery for a portfolio of allocated projects across the Hyderabad Aerotropolis, spanning feasibility, concept, statutory approvals and construction documentation. The role carries accountability for design programme adherence, budget conformance and statutory approval closure for projects with a cumulative capital value in excess of INR 300 crores. The incumbent shall translate the Management's business vision into commercially viable, code-compliant and construction-ready design solutions, and shall lead multi-disciplinary coordination across architecture, structure, MEP and specialist consultants. The role requires independent decision-making on design and technical matters within the delegated authority, direct engagement with senior management and external stakeholders, and demonstrable commercial judgement in balancing design intent against approved budgets, GMR brand standards and corporate governance protocols.

Job Purpose

The incumbent shall independently own end-to-end design delivery for a portfolio of allocated projects across the Hyderabad Aerotropolis, spanning feasibility, concept, statutory approvals and construction documentation. The role carries accountability for design programme adherence, budget conformance and statutory approval closure for projects with a cumulative capital value in excess of INR 300 crores. The incumbent shall translate the Management's business vision into commercially viable, code-compliant and construction-ready design solutions, and shall lead multi-disciplinary coordination across architecture, structure, MEP and specialist consultants. The role requires independent decision-making on design and technical matters within the delegated authority, direct engagement with senior management and external stakeholders, and demonstrable commercial judgement in balancing design intent against approved budgets, GMR brand standards and corporate governance protocols.

ORGANISATION CHART

General Manager- Design ->Associate Manager - Design

Key Accountabilities

Project Feasibility & Commercial Assessment

• Lead client and business-owner engagements to define, challenge and finalize the project design brief and product positioning
• Own land parcel assessment and height envelope studies through NOCAS & CAD, and advise management on development potential and constraints
• Develop and evaluate massing options, test-fits and layout scenarios to optimize saleable/leasable efficiency and asset yield
• Own area statements, efficiency ratios and FSI/BUA optimisation, and validate against the approved business plan
• Prepare and defend capex estimates and per-sft benchmarks in coordination with Planning, P&C and Finance for AOP and management approvals
• Provide design and technical inputs to BD for Term Sheets, tenant fit‑out conditions and lease negotiations, and validate commitments for buildability
• Own the pre‑construction design programme, define critical‑path milestones and drive consultant and internal teams to meet committed dates

Feasibility deliverables closed within committed dates with zero rework attributable to design error; capex estimates within ±10% of final tendered value; design brief signed off by management in first or second review cycle

Design Delivery & Consultant Management

• Prepare RFPs, scope of works and technical evaluation criteria for consultant appointment; participate in tender evaluation and recommend award
• Chair design review meetings with consultants and management, drive decisions to closure and issue directions with clear accountability and timelines
• Review and approve multi‑disciplinary design documentation across architecture, structure, MEP and specialist packages for design intent, codal compliance, buildability and cost conformance
• Present design proposals to CXO‑level management, secure approvals and manage variation orders, consultant performance and scope changes within delegated authority

Design deliverables released as per approved programme with no more than 5% schedule slippage attributable to design; GFC issued in time to protect construction start; consultant variation claims contained within 5% of contract value; zero repeat design coordination failures at site

Statutory Approvals & Construction Documentation

• Own the end‑to