Director Interior Commercial Design

Magnet HR Tech Digital; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Magnet HR Tech Digital in India seeks a Director of Interior Commercial Design with 10–20 years of experience to own the India Excellence Centre end-to-end. This is a systems- and leadership-first role focused on building scalable design processes rather than individual output.

You will lead ~4 Design Leads, coaching a team of about 30, scaling to 100, and ensure the design workflow meets Western enterprise clients' expectations in quality, speed, and communication.

Qualifications

• Education: Design degree and/or postgraduate qualification from a Tier-1/2 design school in India, or an accredited university in the US/UK/Canada.
• Global Experience: 2+ years of direct experience working with US or Europe-based stakeholders or international brands.
• Proven Scale: Demonstrable track record of building, structuring, and scaling a design process or creative team.
• Industry Experience: Backgrounds in Commercial Interiors, Corporate Workspace, Retail, Spatial, or Exhibition design are welcome. What matters is your ability to master our operational ecosystem quickly.
• Skills: commercial design, interior design, international clients, retail design, corporate design

Responsibilities

• Building the Process: Design and continuously optimize a single design workflow. Integrate training, review gates, and quality checks to bring all teams to a consistent, premium standard.
• Leading & Coaching: Directly manage and elevate the ~4 Design Leads. Build their managerial capabilities so they can run their teams independently without constant supervision.
• Operational Ownership: Own the workflow pipeline and throughput for up to ~600 designs/month, keeping internal teams aligned.
• Client Alignment: Align the team's output with the strict quality, speed, and communication expectations of our Western (US and European) enterprise clients.

Skills

commercial design

interior design

international clients

retail design

corporate design

Education

Design degree / postgraduate qualification

Job description

Director — Interior Commercial Design

Scale Target: From 30 to ~100 designers over 4 years

Department Volume: ~600 designs/month at full run rate

About The Role

We are looking for a Director of Interior Commercial Design with an experience of 10-20 years to own our India Excellence Centre end-to-end. This is a systems and leadership-first role, not a solo-creator role. You don't need to be our best individual designer; you need to be our ultimate process builder.

You will lead, coach, and elevate our ~4 Design Leads (who manage a team of 30, scaling to 100), transform institutional knowledge into a single scalable process, and take ultimate accountability for commercial and operational design success.

Key Responsibilities

• Building the Process: Design and continuously optimize a single design workflow. Integrate training, review gates, and quality checks to bring all teams to a consistent, premium standard.
• Leading & Coaching: Directly manage and elevate the ~4 Design Leads. Build their managerial capabilities so they can run their teams independently without constant supervision.
• Operational Ownership: Own the workflow pipeline and throughput for up to ~600 designs/month, keeping internal teams aligned.
• Client Alignment: Align the team's output with the strict quality, speed, and communication expectations of our Western (US and European) enterprise clients.

What We Are Looking For

• Leadership Over Portfolio: Your track record of building teams, coaching managers, and driving accountability matters far more than your personal design portfolio.
• Systems Thinker: A natural builder who turns one-off creative fixes into repeatable, scalable workflows.
• Driver/Analyzer Temperament: Decisive, structured, and highly comfortable working from data, KPIs, and scorecards rather than instinct alone.
• Western Market Fluency: Comfortable communicating and managing the way American and European brands expect.

Qualifications & Experience

• Education: Design degree and/or postgraduate qualification from a Tier-1/2 design school in India, or an accredited university in the US/UK/Canada.
• Global Experience: 2+ years of direct experience working with US or Europe-based stakeholders or international brands.
• Proven Scale: Demonstrable track record of building, structuring, and scaling a design process or creative team.
• Industry Experience: Backgrounds in Commercial Interiors, Corporate Workspace, Retail, Spatial, or Exhibition design are welcome. What matters is your ability to master our operational ecosystem quickly.
• Skills: commercial design,interior design,international clients,retail design,corporate design