Studio Head

Job Description

Role: Studio Head

Location: Lahore

Reports to: Principals

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About Construct

Construct is redefining design-build delivery in Pakistan. With a reputation for speed, innovation, and uncompromising execution, we scale ideas into built reality with precision and discipline. The Studio Head is a mission-critical leadership role that shapes the performance, culture, and creative output of the design studio while ensuring seamless integration with project delivery.

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Role Overview

The Studio Head is responsible for the complete leadership and management of Construct's design studio. This role combines strategic design oversight, operational governance, team leadership, and client-facing representation.

You will ensure that:

• the studio delivers exceptional design work,

• documentation is coordinated and compliant,

• all deliverables meet Construct's speed and quality benchmarks, and

• every design-to-site handover is frictionless.

This is not an administrative role — it is a high-impact leadership position establishing Construct's design culture, operational backbone, and end-to-end design excellence.

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Key Responsibilities

1. Studio Leadership & Creative Direction

• Lead the design studio as a high-performance, outcomes-driven unit.

• Set the creative direction, quality benchmarks, and review rhythms for all projects.

• Maintain design integrity aligned with client vision, brand identity, and Construct's design philosophy.

1. Operational Governance & Performance Management

• Build and enforce processes, standards, and workflows that ensure consistency, accuracy, and speed.

• Develop and maintain robust systems for:

• documentation control

• versioning

• drawing approval flows

• multidisciplinary coordination

• Ensure the studio operates with zero ambiguity and maximum accountability.

1. Project Oversight & Delivery Management

• Oversee all active design projects from concept through IFC issuance.

• Ensure design deliverables meet compliance, services coordination, and statutory requirements.

• Serve as escalation authority for resolving conflicts in drawings, services, BOQs, and site clarifications.

1. Cross-Functional Integration

• Coordinate seamlessly with construction, procurement, and project management teams.

• Enable real-time information flow to ensure design-to-execution handovers are clear, complete, and timely.

• Anticipate issues before they reach site and enforce preventive design solutions.

1. Stakeholder & Client Engagement

• Represent the studio in all key client and consultant meetings.

• Maintain a high-trust, solution-focused communication standard.

• Ensure the studio responds to client needs with speed, clarity, and professionalism.

1. Leadership Development & Team Growth

• Build a studio culture centered around ownership, learning, and disciplined creativity.

• Mentor designers, managers, and coordinators to build a strong internal leadership pipeline.

• Lead recruitment and upskilling to strengthen studio capability.

1. Executive Visibility & Reporting

• Maintain a consolidated dashboard for all design projects, milestones, risks, and resource allocation.

• Provide principals with clear, actionable intelligence on studio workload and delivery performance.

1. Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Identify gaps in tools, process, technology, and skillsets.

• Lead initiatives for:

• design system optimization

• workflows automation

• quality enhancement

• faster, smarter delivery practices

• Benchmark Construct against global design-build best practices.

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Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture; Master's degree preferred.

• 7–12 years of experience in architecture, design management, or studio leadership.

• Strong command of design documentation, services coordination, and regulatory compliance.

• Proven ability to build, scale, and manage high-performance design teams.

• Experience creating governance systems, workflows, dashboards, and operational structures.

• Excellent communication, leadership presence, and client-facing skills.

• Highly organized, analytical, and solutions-oriented; thrives in a fast-paced delivery environment.

• Proficiency in project management and design software; dashboard/reporting experience is a plus.

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What We Offer

• A strategic leadership role in a rapidly scaling design-build studio.

• Direct involvement with principals and key decision-makers.

• The opportunity to define Construct's design culture and create industry-leading operational benchmarks.

• Competitive compensation with clear growth pathways.