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As the Director of Design & Architecture, you will play a critical role in establishing global restaurant design standards as well as manage the architecture process for new restaurants. You will execute restaurant prototypes or other test initiatives to learn and define scalable solutions for the organization globally. This role will partner closely with the cross-functional US and International teams to establish restaurant design solutions. You will manage the Global Restaurant Design playbook, working to continually improve. This will require cross-functional collaboration with marketing, operations, innovation, and International market leads. You will lead architecture including the vetting of approved architects to support new restaurant development. You will have a focus on continuous improvement and maintain time, cost, and quality standards with architects. Specifically related to timeline, this role will focus on improving time from site approval to the completion of construction documents. This role will have a focus on working with architects to not only deliver a high-quality product of construction documents, but also ensure that local requirements are captured in construction documents to facilitate the permitting process of new restaurants. You will interface with brand partners to seek feedback and support their design & architecture pipeline needs as appropriate. This role will be responsible for the design & architecture needs of prototype restaurants, the end-to-end construction management of new corporate restaurants. This role will be responsible for supporting the International Team with new market entries, applying and appropriately adapting global design standards. This will require close coordination with the regional and brand partner design teams. Further, the role will be a key thought partner in driving design innovation in the international business, continually improving both the aesthetic and the functional elements, while managing cost, time and quality. This leadership role is responsible for the talent development of the design & architecture team, focusing on people development and a drive to win.
