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Director, Regional Accounts, APAC Region

• Responsible for all of the client’s interior design management activities for workplace/retail fit-out projects in the APAC region.

• Responsible for overseeing and assuring workplace/retail design projects, delivering consistency and performance in accordance to project brief, the client’s design guidelines as well as local regulations. Key activities include:

• Brief external design consultants on relevant guidelines, standards, tools and processes

• Coordination and direction of external design consultants

• Attend project management meetings

• Review and approve concept and design drawings at stage gateways

• Review and approve sample finishes and material submissions from designers

• Review and approve interior signage and graphics package

• Review and approve furniture schedules

• Participate and provide input in value engineering workshops

• Site visits / design inspections

• Follow up on design support after project completion to clear out defects

• Work with cross-function project team members, and support any feasibility studies, workplace strategy, medium to large refurbishment/restack exercise, desktop studies and building code and analysis, business adjacency stacking and other real estate reports of the client’s regional CRE team.

• Coordinate with project delivery stakeholders throughout the design process (e.g. change management, occupancy planning, transactions management, project management, quantity survey, workplace experience, property services, multimedia, engineering, security, technology, artwork and other necessary consultants)

• Provide support to regional CRE team in obtaining business brief, communicate/manage business expectations and gain buy-ins from end users.

• Serve as the thought leader and build relationships with design networks in the APAC region; ideate and innovate in project design. Continue to challenge the status quo to allow for projects to reach the most optimal outcome, integrating emerging trends and best practices.

• Maintain the regional Design Guidelines – provide feedback to client’s global team on continuous evolution and improvement.

• Actively participates in client’s global team design review

Skills and Competencies:

• 10 Years plus experience

• Excellent interpersonal skills, confident and able to gain clients confidence through knowledge, competence and gravitas

• Previous experience of working with or within large complex organizations

• Programme / Project Management experience in a property/ workplace environment with a demonstrable track record in delivering projects with multiple workstreams (i.e. Construction, IT, furniture, comms, migration) for occupiers

• An understanding of finance principles and business case needs in relation to capital projects and property operating cost models

• Experienced understanding of design detailing and costs

• Experienced understanding of design impact on workplace strategy, user behaviours and the importance of technology integration in the workplace

• Good report writing and presentation skills

• Sound working knowledge of MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project AutoCAD

• An understanding of flexible/agile work styles and the technology required to enable the same, along with a willingness to adopt these principles in your own work

• Good team player skills

• Good presentation skills including use of appropriate presentation software

• Experience of preparing reports and presenting analysis in a business context to non-financial senior management.

• Candidate with less experience will be considered as Senior Manager level

Other:

• Travel will be required

• Overtime may be required

• The job duties and requirements that this document describes may be altered or supplemented at any time at the sole discretion of JLL.

Location:

On-site –Hong Kong, SAR, China

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements. We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!

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