Manager, Standards & Innovation

About us Launched in 2017, WeWork India is one of India’s leading premium flexible workspace operators - GPTW certified (Nov 2024 – Nov 2025, Dec 2025 – Dec 2026). WeWork India has been the largest operator by total revenue for the past three fiscal years. Since its inception, WeWork India has expanded across 8 cities in Chennai, New Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, and Hyderabad, with 73 operational centres spanning 8.2 million square feet (as of December 2025). WeWork India has played a significant role in the growth of the flexible workspace sector and contributed to the evolution of its products and services, providing customised and curated solutions for various office space needs. For more information, please visit our website. About the Role The Standards & Innovation team sits at the intersection of architecture, interior design, strategy, and operations. We define architectural standards, prototype new workplace concepts, and evolve WeWork's global design language to ensure consistency, flexibility, and innovation across our portfolio. We are seeking a Manager of Standards & Innovation to lead our spatial standards and creative design functions. In this role, you will oversee both the Creative and Spatial Designers and Architects, blending high-level aesthetic vision with rigorous, scalable systems. Acting as a workplace strategist, you will drive the overarching design strategy, ensuring that material innovations, spatial concepts, and architectural standards seamlessly align to meet distinct workspace needs. Roles and Responsibilities Workplace Strategy & Leadership: Define and drive the overarching workplace design strategy, actively researching and prototyping new workplace concepts, spatial typologies, and amenity strategies. Mentor and oversee a cross-functional team of architects and creative designers to translate strategic design visions into repeatable, high-quality built environments. Overlooking all aspects of team deliverables in project life-cycle, stakeholder buy-in, roll-out and Audit. Responsible for maintaining staffing, providing employee motivation, and analyzing process effectiveness. At WeWork we put high emphasis on Employee NPS and ensuring the team operates and high morale and high competence will be a major part of your team management. Forecast and analyse sustainability trends and build those into the design framework for the future. Creative Direction & FF&E Oversight: Direct the creative vision for Millwork, Fixtures, and Equipment standardization and oversee the development of comprehensive design playbooks. Guide the creative team in sourcing emerging trends, materials, and technologies, ensuring showroom visits and factory tours yield partners that meet our operational goals. Oversee wayfinding strategies, ensuring the integration of innovative materials and signage solutions for enhanced user navigation. Architectural Standards Management: Manage the development, documentation, and continuous evolution of architectural standards, guidelines, and toolkits. Collaborate and network with global teams and best in class design and real estate firms to bring best practices in design to WeWork India Ensure execution quality and design consistency by overseeing periodic site visits and the auditing of BOQs and Revit templates. Process Innovation & Operations: Champion process automation, leveraging AI-driven methodologies and Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) workflows to reduce CapEx, improve efficiency, and shorten project timelines. Analyze data extracted from BI tools to inform design decisions and continuously refine standards based on performance insights. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as the central touchpoint for Building Engineering, Project Management, Real Estate, Community, and Operations to ensure all standards align with business goals. Utilize a solid understanding of workplace MEP and ICT components, working directly with Building Engineering to guarantee new standards are functionally viable and ready for deployment. Education and Desired Qualifications Bachelor's or Master's degree in Architecture 9-10 years of professional experience in workplace design, commercial interiors, or architecture, with a proven track record in a leadership or strategic role Strong background in workplace strategy, design standardization, and managing large-scale portfolios Technical Proficiency: Advanced knowledge of industry-standard tools including Revit, AutoCAD, and Adobe Creative Cloud. Familiarity with rendering platforms (Lumion, Enscape, V-Ray) is a plus Exceptional interpersonal and organizational skills, with the ability to seamlessly blend creative innovation with practical project management and operational improvements Equal Opportunity Employer WeWork India is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our employees and members. Empl