Interior Design Lead

Fantastic opportunity to lead interior design at Ryman, creating functional and inviting spaces that enhance our resident experience! Unlock your full potential in a supportive environment that values your expertise. Thrive under leaders who champion respect and support your success. Shape your future with us - a place where every day is an opportunity to excel What will you do? We are on the lookout for a Christchurch-based Interior Design Lead to drive the design and delivery of interior architecture projects, ensuring they align with the vision for our villages. This role combines project delivery, technical leadership and people leadership, overseeing both conceptual and detailed design processes while ensuring all designs meet regulatory standards and deliver exceptional outcomes for our residents. Other key responsibilities but are not limited to: Lead interior design delivery across new build developments and existing village projects, ensuring designs align with Ryman's vision and standards. Manage external interior design consultants, specialist suppliers and key stakeholder relationships throughout the project lifecycle. Own and maintain interior design standards, finish palettes, FF&E standards, room data sheets and specification libraries. Oversee interior design documentation and Revit deliverables, ensuring projects are completed on time, to a high standard and within budget. Coordinate FF&E procurement including product selection, substitutions, lead times, warranties and lifecycle considerations. Review design packages to ensure quality, compliance, functionality and an exceptional resident experience. Identify and manage design, procurement, programme and commercial risks while supporting value management initiatives. Provide specialist interior design advice and technical leadership across the business. What's in it for you? If you are the sort of person who loves working with a team of people who work to a clear purpose, you'll love this role! In addition, a career at Ryman offers: Opportunity to add to your professional skills Additional wellbeingleaveand flexible working arrangements Access to over 60 discounts with well-known brands across a variety of sectors including; health and wellbeing, banking, insurance, and retail Social club events, and furry Friday's (bring your dog to work), Convenient Ryman owned onsite café (Pioneers Café) with affordable coffee and delicious food options Who are you? You have proven experience leading and delivering interior design projects, ideally across retirement living, aged care, healthcare, hospitality, residential or complex commercial environments. You are an experienced Interior Designer with strong commercial project delivery experience and the ability to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously. You have proven experience coordinating and managing external consultants, suppliers and FF&E procurement activities. You have a strong understanding of interior documentation, FF&E, finishes, product specification and design standards. You are highly proficient in Revit and have experience using BIM 360 / Autodesk Construction Cloud. You have a strong understanding of New Zealand construction and procurement processes, along with relevant regulatory requirements and construction standards. About Ryman Healthcare Ryman is a leader in retirement living andcare, employingover7,700 peoplein New Zealand and Australiaacross awiderange ofareas, including nursing, village operations, sales, technology, design, and corporate roles. At Ryman, exceptional care is thoughtfully delivered every day. From meals and activities to maintenance and support, our teams work together so residents can feel confident everything is taken care of– becausebehind that promise is the standard we’ve always held ourselves to: it’s got to be good enough for mum and dad. We’rein a period ofrealtransformation,focussingon stronger commercial outcomes, smarter ways of working, and continuing to set the standard in retirement living and aged care. If you share those values and you're looking for a career where your work truly makes a difference, we'd love to hear from you. At Ryman, we support an environment where everyone feels welcome to be themselves. We embrace diversity and celebrate individual uniqueness, encouraging anyone wanting to work for Ryman to apply for our vacant positions. Please note that applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may occur before the official close date. This means the job ad may close before the advertised closed date. #J-18808-Ljbffr