Associate Director

Provide strategic design leadership and operational direction for the Architecture Department. The role protects design quality, leads multiple project teams, strengthens senior client relationships, supports business growth, and translates the Head of Architecture/Founder's vision into consistent delivery from concept through construction.

•      Bachelor's or Master's degree in Architecture from an accredited institution.

•      Valid Professional Architect License in Thailand, or an equivalent license appropriate to the role.

•      Minimum 10 years relevant experience, including leadership of complex projects from concept through documentation, approvals, tender, and construction stages.

•      Strong knowledge of local building codes, zoning, statutory approval processes, professional standards, and the ability to coordinate international requirements where relevant.

•      Sound understanding of architectural workflows, BIM/digital delivery, contract administration, modern construction techniques, scope, fees, change control, and project risk.

•      Proven leadership of multiple projects, senior architectural teams, multidisciplinary consultants, workforce planning, performance reviews, and capability development.

•      Strong business acumen and a record of senior client leadership, pitching, negotiation, conflict resolution, problem-solving, and calm crisis management.

•      Good command of English, with confident written, verbal, visual, and public-presentation skills; high integrity, discretion, and professional judgment.

•      Set direction. Translate the firm's architectural vision into clear design standards, priorities, project governance, and team objectives.

•      Protect quality. Lead stage-gate reviews and quality assurance from concept through detailed design, documentation, and construction support.

•      Make design buildable. Balance creativity with code compliance, constructability, program, budget, client requirements, and approved design intent.

•      Oversee performance. Direct multiple projects to meet agreed scope, fee, schedule, resource, documentation, and quality targets; intervene early when delivery is at risk.

•      Plan resources. Allocate project leadership and team capacity, manage workforce priorities, and improve workflow efficiency across the department.

•      Resolve complexity. Coordinate consultants, engineers, contractors, authorities, and project leaders on technical, statutory, contractual, and site issues.

•      Lead key relationships. Build confidence with major clients, developers, and strategic partners; lead senior presentations, negotiations, and difficult project conversations when authorized.

•      Support growth. Identify opportunities and contribute to pitches, proposals, scope and fee discussions, and the pursuit of high-value work with executive leadership.

•      Build leadership depth. Lead and coach Associate Directors, Senior Architects, Project Architects, and designers; set expectations and develop succession capability.

•      Strengthen the practice. Contribute to recruitment, performance reviews, career pathways, BIM/digital delivery, lessons learned, and a collaborative, accountable studio culture.

The role acts within approved strategy, design direction, budgets, project parameters, and a written delegation-of-authority matrix. Acting on behalf of the Head means exercising documented delegated authority; it does not transfer unrestricted founder authority.

•      Set day-to-day department and portfolio priorities and direct designated architectural teams.

•      Assign or recommend project leadership and resources, and chair design, project, resource, and management reviews.

•      Approve routine design-development and technical decisions that remain consistent with an approved concept, scope, budget, and program.

•      Represent the Head of Architecture / Founder in specifically delegated client, consultant, contractor, authority, and internal meetings.

•      Require corrective action or a temporary pause where material design, safety, compliance, commercial, or delivery risk is identified; recommend talent and succession actions.

•      The firm's architectural vision, design philosophy, strategic direction, and final concept approval for flagship, sensitive, or founder-led projects.

•      Material departures from an approved design direction or commitments that could significantly affect quality, reputation, or client trust.

•      Contracts, fees, scope changes, expenditure, legal exposure, safety matters, and resource commitments above delegated thresholds.

•      Final decisions on directors and other senior appointments, promotions, compensation, organization design, and termination.

•      Public statements, strategic partnerships, ownership matters, and any decision specifically reserved by the Founder.