Design Governance Lead — Standards & Publications

Turner & Townsend; California (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Governance & Publications Lead to establish operational frameworks, digital workspace architecture, and governance standards ensuring brand consistency across projects. You will lead the governance pillar, defining systems, tools, and workflows in collaboration with Design and Production Studios.

The role requires 5+ years in design operations or governance, with a proven ability to manage complex cross-functional workflows and to oversee document control, digital

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Design Operations, Architectural/Engineering Project Management, Program Management, or Design Governance.
• Proven track record managing complex workflows and cross-functional alignment in design-heavy or corporate rollout environments.
• Document control protocols, digital asset management, and folder architecture leadership.
• Strong communication skills with ability to build consensus across Design, Engineering, Operations and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead Process & System Governance: Define, optimize, and maintain the end-to-end lifecycle for updating and managing physical design standards alongside cross-functional leadership.
• Develop a Unified Digital Workspace: Serve as the system owner for studio workflow structures, including folder/drive architecture, and digital asset organization in close collaboration with the BIM Manager and Documentation Manager.
• Control & Publish Standards: Partner with the Documentation Manager to organize, maintain, and publish design standards, playbooks, and templates through our CMS.
• Drive Educational & Training Programs: Coordinate with studio leaders to plan and schedule internal training modules and workshops, keeping project managers and design teams up to date on evolving standards.
• Monitor Workflow Performance: Track workflow health, identify operational bottlenecks, streamline process pipelines, and elevate key performance risks to Studio Directors.
• Build Compliance & QA/QC Frameworks: Develop design aesthetic quality control checklists, review guidelines, and exception-tracking workflows for external CD90 AOR verification submittals.
• Manage Near-Term Software Assets: Oversee software seat allocations, compliance, and licensing coordination (e.g., Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite) in the near term, preparing processes for transition to the Documentation Manager.

Skills

Governance

Process governance

Stakeholder management

Document control

QA/QC frameworks

Digital workspace leadership

Tools

Autodesk Revit

AutoCAD

Adobe Creative Suite

Google Workspace

Asana

Miro

Bluebeam

Autodesk Construction Cloud / BIM 360

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Governance & Publications Lead to establish operational frameworks, digital workspace architecture, and governance standards ensuring brand consistency across projects. You will lead the governance pillar, defining systems, tools, and workflows in collaboration with Design and Production Studios.

The role requires 5+ years in design operations or governance, with a proven ability to manage complex cross-functional workflows and to oversee document control, digital