Design & Construction Development Lead

Overview

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way. Our people are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring talented people and empowering them to thrive and grow meaningful careers. This role focuses on architecture, interior and design management for workplace projects and cross-functional collaboration across global teams.

• Work directly with corporate services and technology real estate stakeholders including Workplace Design and Planning, Property Management, Workplace Support Services, Multimedia, and Enterprise Technology Services; collaborate with Corporate Security & Investigations, interior design and peer review consultants, and other consultants (MEP, lighting) to identify impact to overall design coordination and drive solutions.
• Review drawings from s and monitor updates based on comments from peer review consultants and client stakeholders; compare against the visioning document to ensure adherence to the approved design brief; highlight changes requiring sign-offs.
• Identify finishes and details that could lead to operational challenges and drive solutions for closure; discuss with concerned teams before finalization and execution.
• Manage and oversee the delivery of external partners for design deliverables; ensure adequate socialization and sign-offs on the design from respective stakeholders prior to execution.
• Partner with the Firm’s Technology group to ensure integration of their components with the workplace spaces.
• Strategically collaborate with and build relationships across functional departments and client business units to obtain information from client stakeholders and ensure incorporation into design solutions.
• Lead activities to ensure alignment on design solutions and drive consistency globally, noting any local customization needs.
• Identify exceptions or design solutions that digress from global guidelines and engage the right stakeholders to close/address the gaps.
• Leverage Global Workplace Guidelines, governance, policies, planning metrics, principles, best practices and lessons learned to provide implementation strategies and solutions for the project.
• Manage relevant architecture/design/workplace consultants for the duration of the project and coordinate senior stakeholder approvals throughout the project process.
• Report to:
  Program Lead and Head of Design (Tetris UK).

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in Architecture, Interior Design or Commercial Design Management.
• Demonstrated ability to drive a strategic agenda across a large, global, geographically dispersed organization.
• Proven organizational skills with the ability to prioritize to meet deadlines and provide high-quality service.
• Flexible approach with the ability to adapt to changing conditions and priorities and to work in a collaborative team environment.
• Distills complex information to essentials for client decision-making.
• Ability to participate in discussions with internal clients on design, construction and space-use concepts.
• Interpersonal skills to present to and communicate with demanding clients and manage expectations throughout the design, construction and delivery process.
• Location:
  
  On-site – London, G .

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