Associate Vice President - Design

Company Description

Symmetrics is a dynamic, fun, and exciting place to work. We take extra care to make sure you give your best at work, everyday! And creating the right environment for you is just one of the things we do. We empower people and trust them to do the right thing. Here, you own your work from start to finish, right from day one. You’re upbeat and enthusiastic, have an open mind and go getter attitude, join us! We look forward to welcoming you to the team!

Who your are:

This role is a senior leadership role responsible for leading the design team, driving project strategy, ensuring design quality, and managing client relationships across multiple corporate interior projects. This role combines creative leadership with strong execution understanding and people management.

You will act as the design authority for projects, ensuring that creative intent is successfully translated into buildable, high-quality workspaces delivered on time.

The role includes:

1. Team Leadership & Management:

· Lead, mentor, and manage multi-disciplinary design teams.

· Build strong collaboration across design, project management, and site teams.

· Drive performance, accountability, and skill development within the team

2. Project Strategy & Design Direction

· Define project-wise design strategy aligned with client objectives, budgets, and timelines.

· Guide concept development, space planning, and design detailing.

· Ensure designs are practical, buildable, and aligned with execution requirements

3. Project Tracking & Performance Monitoring

· Track progress of design deliverables across all projects.

· Review schedules, milestones, and workload allocation.

· Ensure timely completion of design stages to support site execution.

4. Client Management & Engagement

· Lead client interactions for design presentations, reviews, and key decisions.

· Build strong client relationships and ensure satisfaction through proactive communication.

· Manage design-related client expectations and changes effectively.

5. Decision-Making & Escalation Handling

· Take timely decisions on design, materials, and execution-related challenges.

· Act as escalation point for complex design or coordination issues.

· Balance creativity, cost, timelines, and constructability while making decisions.

6. Troubleshooting & Problem Resolution

· Provide hands-on support in resolving design, coordination, and site challenges.

· Support project and site teams during critical phases of execution.

· Drive quick solutions to prevent project delays or quality issues.

7. Materials Research & Innovation

· Explore new materials, finishes, technologies, and sustainable solutions.

· Work with vendors and suppliers to evaluate new products.

· Encourage innovation to improve quality, efficiency, and client value.

Required Skills & Competencies

· Experience in Corporate / commercial interior design

· Strong leadership and team management capabilities.

· Excellent design sensibility and deep understanding of corporate interiors.

· Strong space planning, detailing, and execution knowledge.

· Ability to manage multiple projects and teams simultaneously.

· Excellent client-facing, communication, and presentation skills.

· Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.

· Knowledge of MEP coordination and integrated design processes.

· Proficiency in AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Suite, and MS Office.

· Individuals are expected to keep up to date with new trends and products by attending trade fairs and exhibitions.

How you’ll grow:

Your personal and professional development are important to us. As a company that’s constantly redefining the boundaries of possibility, we’ll challenge you to push yourself, accelerate your ambitions and rise to the new level of excellence. As you connect with our visions, you’ll be rewarded with countless opportunities to experience new things and enhance your abilities.

What you’ll get:

· Performance related Bonuses

· Insurance Benefits - Medical Insurance, Accidental Insurance, Life Insurance

· Parental Support - Maternity & Paternity Leaves.

· Retirement Benefits - Leave Encashment etc

· Various kinds of Leaves and it’s benefits

· Career focused technical and leadership training.

· In-house Lunch

· Opportunity for International Exposure

About Us:

At Symmetrics, we approach every new project with a vision unborrowed. We work unboxed by assumptions and past experiences and employ our creative abilities from the ground up - to build spaces that speak highly of an organization’s identity and culture.

Whether it is a "blank slate" project which puts our imagination on overdrive or one with constraints and deadlines requiring attention-to-detail, we treat every project as an opportunity to raise the bar for ourselves.

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Qualification: Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree in Interior Design, Interior Architecture, or Architecture from a recognized institution.

Experience: Minimum 10 years of experience in corporate/commercial interior design.

At least 5–7 years in a leadership role managing teams and large project