Senior Manager, Design

Bridgestone; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. in Nashville seeks a Senior Manager, Design to lead architectural design across the BSRO portfolio, directing standards, prototypes and processes for new store development, remodels and expansions.

You will coordinate with Real Estate Development, Construction, Facilities, Marketing and EHSS to balance speed to market, cost, and brand integrity. The role requires guiding high-volume design programs, managing external consultants and ensuring compliance with BSRO

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture required; master's degree in Architecture or a related discipline and professional architectural licensure preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in architecture, retail design, real estate development, or a related field, including experience leading design programs, teams, and external consultants.
• Demonstrated experience leading high-volume design and development programs involving new construction, remodels, conversions, and complex site-specific projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and direction for BSRO's architectural design and engineering functions - establishing priorities, performance expectations and accountability while building and developing a high-performing design organization capable of supporting long-term growth.
• Lead architectural and engineering design activities across BSRO's portfolio - including new stores, relocations, remodels, expansions, acquisitions and conversions, from initial due diligence through construction document completion and turnover to Construction.
• Develop, maintain and continuously improve prototype designs, design criteria, technical standards, specifications and approved materials - establishing effective design governance that balances brand consistency, operational requirements, jurisdictional requirements, project economics and site-specific needs.
• Lead architectural due diligence and technical evaluation during the real estate development process - partnering with Real Estate Development to identify site, building, code, utility, entitlement and constructability risks and establish appropriate design requirements, scopes of work and development obligations.
• Direct the development, coordination and technical review of architectural and engineering deliverables - ensuring plans and construction documents are complete, accurate, constructible and compliant with BSRO standards, applicable codes and permitting requirements.
• Drive design standardization, value engineering and innovation initiatives - reduce project costs and timelines while improving constructability, sustainability, energy efficiency, maintainability and lifecycle performance without compromising safety, quality, brand or customer experience.
• Develop and manage BSRO's network of architects, engineers and specialty consultants - including consultant selection, scopes of work, contract negotiations, capacity planning, performance management and KPIs related to cost, schedule, quality and project delivery.
• Partner closely with Construction, Facilities and Store Operations throughout project execution - ensuring effective design-to-construction turnover, resolving design and field issues, and incorporating operational and maintenance lessons learned into future prototypes, standards and specifications.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and strategic advisor to Real Estate, Construction and BSRO leadership - providing oversight of design-related budgets and professional services while fostering a collaborative, accountable and continuous-improvement culture that supports BSRO's growth objectives.

Skills

Leadership

Architecture

Retail design

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture

Master's degree in Architecture or related

Job description

Company Overview

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a "Bridgestone West" strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

Job Category

Engineering & Science

Position Summary

The Senior Manager, Design provides strategic leadership and oversight of architectural design, engineering coordination and design standards across the Bridgestone Retail Operations (BSRO) portfolio. This role leads the design function supporting new store development, remodels, expansions, acquisitions, conversions and other strategic portfolio initiatives, ensuring projects are designed to meet BSRO operational requirements, brand standards, financial objectives and aggressive growth targets.

The Senior Manager, Design establishes and maintains scalable design standards, prototypes and processes that enable consistent, cost-effective and efficient execution across a growing national retail portfolio. Working closely with Real Estate Development, Construction, Facilities, Store Operations, Marketing, Environmental Health and Safety (EHSS) and external architects, engineers, developers and consultants, the Senior Manager ensures design solutions balance speed to market, constructability, operational performance, customer experience and long-term asset value.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and direction for BSRO's architectural design and engineering functions - establishing priorities, performance expectations and accountability while building and developing a high-performing design organization capable of supporting long-term growth.
• Lead architectural and engineering design activities across BSRO's portfolio - including new stores, relocations, remodels, expansions, acquisitions and conversions, from initial due diligence through construction document completion and turnover to Construction.
• Develop, maintain and continuously improve prototype designs, design criteria, technical standards, specifications and approved materials - establishing effective design governance that balances brand consistency, operational requirements, jurisdictional requirements, project economics and site-specific needs.
• Lead architectural due diligence and technical evaluation during the real estate development process - partnering with Real Estate Development to identify site, building, code, utility, entitlement and constructability risks and establish appropriate design requirements, scopes of work and development obligations.
• Direct the development, coordination and technical review of architectural and engineering deliverables - ensuring plans and construction documents are complete, accurate, constructible and compliant with BSRO standards, applicable codes and permitting requirements.
• Drive design standardization, value engineering and innovation initiatives - reduce project costs and timelines while improving constructability, sustainability, energy efficiency, maintainability and lifecycle performance without compromising safety, quality, brand or customer experience.
• Develop and manage BSRO's network of architects, engineers and specialty consultants - including consultant selection, scopes of work, contract negotiations, capacity planning, performance management and KPIs related to cost, schedule, quality and project delivery.
• Partner closely with Construction, Facilities and Store Operations throughout project execution - ensuring effective design-to-construction turnover, resolving design and field issues, and incorporating operational and maintenance lessons learned into future prototypes, standards and specifications.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and strategic advisor to Real Estate, Construction and BSRO leadership - providing oversight of design-related budgets and professional services while fostering a collaborative, accountable and continuous-improvement culture that supports BSRO's growth objectives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture required; master's degree in Architecture or a related discipline and professional architectural licensure preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in architecture, retail design, real estate development, or a related field, including experience leading design programs, teams, and external consultants.
• Demonstrated experience leading high-volume design and development programs involving new construction, remodels, conversions, and complex site-specific projects; experience supporting a large-