Manager – healthcare design & standards

Manager – Design & Standards
Department: Infrastructure & Expansion
Position: Manager – Design & Standards
No. of Positions: 1
Work Arrangement: Head Office / Hybrid, with travel for site assessments and design reviews
Job Type: Full-Time
Role Purpose
The Manager – Design & Standards will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and implementing design standards for Ayurveda hospitals, day-care centres, and clinics .
The role will guide external architects, design consultants, and internal project teams to ensure that layouts, specifications, patient experience, functionality, and buildability remain consistent across locations while meeting applicable healthcare and regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities
1. Design Standards
Develop, maintain, and implement design standards across different facility formats.
Establish space-planning principles and brand requirements for hospitals, day-care centres, and clinics.
Ensure consistency of design standards across applicable projects, including franchise locations within the assigned infrastructure scope.
Periodically review and update standards based on project learnings and operational requirements.
2. Repeatable Layouts & Templates
Develop standard clinic templates and modular layouts.
Create adaptable layouts that can be applied to different property configurations.
Minimize unnecessary redesign while ensuring functional suitability and patient experience.
Ensure layouts support efficient construction, operations, and future scalability.
3. Technical Site Review
Support the Real Estate and Projects teams in evaluating shortlisted properties from a design and technical perspective.
Assess whether properties can accommodate:
Required layouts
Patient and staff circulation
Access and entry/exit requirements
Functional spaces
Building services
Healthcare-specific requirements
Identify design constraints and provide practical recommendations.
4. Drawing Review & Control
Review architectural, interior, and engineering drawings submitted by external consultants.
Verify drawings before release for tender or construction.
Identify and resolve design coordination issues.
Maintain clear drawing status, revision history, and approval records.
Ensure only approved and latest drawings are used for execution.
5. Specifications & Approved Makes
Develop and maintain standard specifications for applicable projects.
Maintain the approved-makes list in coordination with Procurement and Projects .
Review proposed material/specification substitutions.
Ensure all substitutions are properly evaluated, documented, and approved before implementation.
6. Consultant Coordination
Manage coordination with external architects and design consultants.
Define design deliverables, timelines, review requirements, and coordination processes.
Monitor the quality and completeness of consultant submissions.
Provide timely feedback and ensure closure of design-related queries.
Coordinate between consultants and internal project teams to avoid delays
7. Healthcare Design Requirements
Coordinate with Operations and relevant specialists to ensure designs address:
Patient flow
Infection control
Accessibility
Fire and life safety
Functional requirements
Applicable building requirements
Incorporate NABH-related requirements wherever applicable to the facility's accreditation scope.
Coordinate with Biomedical and other specialist teams where required for healthcare equipment and facility planning.
8. Design Improvement & Technology
Research relevant developments in:
Healthcare design
Modular construction
Sustainable design
Building technologies
Medical technology integration
Evaluate their suitability for the organization's facilities.
Coordinate implementation of approved improvements in new facilities and planned upgrades.
Candidate Profile
Qualifications & Relevant Experience
B. Arch with valid Council of Architecture registration.
M. Arch or a healthcare-design qualification will be an advantage.
8–12 years of architectural design experience , with significant exposure to healthcare projects.
Strong experience in healthcare architecture, space planning, and project design coordination.
Experience developing or implementing design standards across a multi-unit organization/network.
Experience coordinating external architects, consultants, and multidisciplinary design teams.
Essential Capabilities
Strong knowledge of healthcare space planning.
Architectural design and coordination expertise.
Strong understanding of healthcare facility layouts and workflows.
Design standards and specification development.
Drawing review and revision control.
Consultant and stakeholder management.
Knowledge of applicable healthcare design and safety requirements.
Ability to identify design risks and provide practical solutions.
Strong documentation and decision-making skills.
Ability to make timely and well-documented decisions under project delivery pressure.
Key Performance Measures (KPIs)
Adoption and consistent application of approved design templates and standards.
Turnaround time for drawing reviews and resolution of design queries.
Reduction in avoidable drawing revisions after approval or project award.
Reduction in design-related execution rework.
Design-related cost variance against approved standards/budgets.
Control of unauthorized specification or approved-make substitutions.
Timely closure of consultant design issues.
Accuracy and completeness of controlled drawings and design documentation.
Initial Priorities After Joining
First 30 Days
Review existing design templates and standards.
Understand current hospital, clinic, and day-care formats.
Review existing consultant deliverables.
Review approved specifications and approved-makes lists.
Identify gaps in the existing design-control process.
By 60 Days
Finalize priority clinic and day-care templates.
Establish a structured drawing-review and approval process.
Standardize key design documentation and revision controls.
Establish clear coordination requirements for external consultants.
By 90 Days
Implement the hospital design standards framework.
Establish a controlled drawing repository for active projects.
Ensure consistent application of approved standards across active projects.
Strengthen consultant coordination and design-query closure mechanisms.
Working Relationships
The role will work closely with:
Real Estate
AGM – Projects
Project Leads
Procurement
Operations
Biomedical
IT
External Architects
Specialist Design Consultants
Other relevant internal stakeholders
Role Boundaries
This is an internal design-control and standards role .
External architects and specialist consultants remain responsible for their contracted design deliverables and specialist certifications.
All design releases, specifications, approved makes, and material substitutions will follow the company's authorized review and approval process.
Compensation
Salary: To be determined by HR based on the candidate's relevant experience, expertise, market suitability, and overall fit, in line with company policy.