Assistant Director / Senior Manager / Manager - Architecture & Project Management (Medical Tower)

About the role

You will act as the lead project manager or coordinator for the architectural and built-environment components of the TTSH Medical Tower project. You will ensure construction faithfully reflects approved designs and User Group Meeting (UGM) outcomes, while also helping to shape the Healing Environment portfolio, which defines how patients, visitors and staff experience the campus.

Key responsibilities

• Architectural coordination: review blueprints and shop drawings against approved UGM requirements and the Schedule of Accommodation, and lead site inspections and progress meetings
• User liaison: run design review sessions with clinical and operational users and turn their needs into briefs for consultants and contractors
• Documentation and change control: record milestone sign-offs, meeting minutes and payment approvals, and manage design change requests
• Space planning: develop test fit drawings and layouts for clinical and non-clinical tenants
• Minor works: call off tenders and oversee smaller construction and fitting-out works linked to the tower or Pavilion
• Healing environment design: coordinate wayfinding, master interior design and landscape design across the campus
• Commissioning and readiness: track a master readiness timeline, run user walkthroughs and pre-opening inspections, and lead snagging and defects rectification
• Activate and commission wayfinding systems (signage, digital directories, floor-level cues) and coordinate ramp-up requirements with Operations, Facilities and clinical leads

Required profile

• Degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Building Science or a related built-environment discipline
• At least 8 years (Manager), 10-12 years (Senior Manager) or 13-15 years (AD) of project management experience, including design-to-construction transitions on major public buildings or healthcare facilities
• Prior experience managing wayfinding, master interior design or landscape workstreams on large infrastructure projects is strongly preferred
• Clear understanding of how patients and visitors navigate large buildings
• Strong stakeholder coordination with clinical users, consultants and main contractors

Required skills

• Proficiency reading complex architectural and technical drawings
• Working knowledge of Revit and AutoCAD, and of BIM models and test fit drawings
• Working knowledge of contract administration under PSSCOC or SIA conditions, including variations, progress claims and final accounts
• Experience in FFE procurement and installation coordination is an advantage