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.

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