Regional Design Manager (GCNA) China GBA

Job Title Regional Design Manager (GCNA) China GBA Job Description Summary Professional and specialist workplace design management and governance for the Client’s Retail and Commercial portfolio. design steerage, presentations, vision; maintains and drives design standards from Group aspirations towards Country delivery. Focus is on systematic and consistent delivery of Retail and Commercial design in the region. Interface with Group/Regional Workplace and local project teams and centralized specialists/consultants to deliver compliant Retail and Commercial design, customer experience and necessary design for the Bank’s portfolio.

Major Tasks & Responsibilities     Primary Responsibilities   · Lead consistent innovative design delivery and govern Standard Chartered Bank’s (SC) standards, with responsibilities for oversight, vetting, approval, and intervention across SCB’s Commercial and Retail design portfolio.   · Reinforce Global Workplace and Group Design Team visions to continually   support to   evolve design standards as   required   through on-going projects,   initiatives   and business strategy.   · Interface with Group Design Management and manage business expectations prior to project approval, ensuring alignment with business strategies and property agenda.   · Drive and steer future focused and affordable project design solutions,   standards   and applications.   · Ensure projects have clear communications across briefing   process , master planning and design approach for partner consultants and vendors.   · Work alongside Workplace Effectiveness, Experience, Strategy and Project Management streams under Workplace to ensure regular project vetting, recommendations,   solutions   and escalations.       Workplace Design Strategy   · Support the design strategy direction in alignment with Workplace Strategy, client brief and design team.   ·   Advise on   space requirements in alignment to CRES Strategy and client brief, compliant with standards, in consideration of Design and Workplace Experience as part of the Workplace Standards.   · Advise as to any architectural features of the short-listed buildings that could affect the implementation of the Bank’s space requirements.     Concept Design for Project Implementation   · Ensure all Project Proposals satisfy SC Standards, Local Code, SC CRES   Strategies   and client requirements before   submitting   for approval. Attend necessary Bodies to support and if   necessary   present proposals for approval.   · Project Concept Design – in line with brief, prepare compliant zonal layout options for discussion with country teams and Group Distribution Design Council (GDDC)/ Workplace Solution Council (WSC) leading to final scheme design.     Design Management     · Project Design assurance to align with SC’s Design Guidelines and client expectations.   · Project Design Variations – Log, review and make recommendations with regards to individual project requests, where adopted; communicate routinely to share application knowledge.   · Interface with Design Hub to solution feasibility studies, guiding the space planning production as needed.   · Standards Specials and Component Variations – as business needs evolve, provide continuous review of standards   programme   (both fit-to-purpose and applicable to diverse geographic need)   · Support and update workplace   design   regional office and retail tracker.   · Attend GDDC (Retail Projects) and WSC (Commercial Projects) – present and   supporting   information/ comments.     Other Responsibilities:     · Work within the SC CRES standards, process, and governance on Retail and Commercial Design   ·   Disseminating ,   implementing   and upholding the client standards,   processes   and procedures relevant to project planning.   · Supporting the weekly Global Design Management calls to manage project