QNB3213 - Senior Manager Interior Designer (Qatarization)

About QNB

Established in 1964 as the country's first Qatari-owned commercial bank, QNB Group has steadily grown to become the largest bank in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region.

QNB Group's presence through its subsidiaries and associate companies extends to more than 31 countries across three continents providing a comprehensive range of advanced products and services. The total number of employees is more than 28,000 serving up to 20 million customers operating through 1,000 locations, with an ATM network of 4,300 machines.

QNB has maintained its position as one of the highest rated regional banks from leading credit rating agencies including Standard & Poor's (A), Moody's (Aa3) and Fitch (A+). The Bank has also been the recipient of many awards from leading international specialised financial publications.

Based on the Group's consistent strong financial performance and its expanding international presence, QNB currently ranks as the most valuable bank brand in the Middle East and Africa, according to Brand Finance Magazine.

QNB Group has an active community support program and sponsors various social, educational and sporting events.

Job Summary

The incumbent will be responsible for producing high quality project design deliverables in both FF&E and construction documents. The incumbent will also coordinate with interior designer teams for projects as well as preparing and developing drawings and materials related to the design.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities By Dimensions

• Shareholder & Financial:
• Ensure the appropriate engagement of all relevant stakeholders and their engagement at the appropriate level throughout the project.
• Play committed role in delivering team's objectives by fulfilling or surpassing expectations of supervisor and fellow team members.
• Prioritize routine tasks to complete the most urgent and important tasks first.
• Action assigned tasks as per the set timelines without any delay, maximizing individual's contribution to the success of team or function.
• Support interior designer team when the issue is complex.
• Promote cost consciousness and efficiency and enhance productivity, to minimise cost, avoid waste, and optimise benefits for the bank.
• Implements KPI's and best practices for Interior Designing.
• Promote cost consciousness and efficiency and enhance productivity, to minimise cost, avoid waste, and optimise benefits for the bank.
• Customer (Internal & External):
• Attend to departments needs efficiently and ensure delivering designs in a timely manner.
• Use defined internal processes and always strives to meet and exceed service standards.
• Understand difficulties in design as a result of specific customer needs in QNB branches and subsidiaries to assist customers in all their queries on Bank's product and seek solution to their requests.
• Maintain activities in accordance with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with internal departments/units to achieve improvements in turn-around time.
• Build and maintain strong/effective relationships with related departments/units to achieve the Group's objectives.
• Assist customers in all their queries on Bank's product and seek solution to their requests.
• Maintain activities in accordance with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with internal departments/units to achieve improvements in turn-around time.
• Build and maintain strong/effective relationships with related departments/units to achieve the Group's objectives.
• Provide timely/accurate data to external/internal Auditors, Compliance, Financial Control and Risk when required.
• Internal (Processes, Products, Regulatory):
• Develop initial ideas and acquiring key information about potential projects, discussing requirements in detail with business (the brief) and setting project schedules.
• Document project requirements from user departments to develop the design specifications.
• Coordinate with the concerned stakeholders to ensure proper integration of their requirements and the design (IT security, corporate communications)
• Develop advance materials and finishes board and provide to the VP interior designing for approval.
• Estimate cost and amount of materials required, present plans to VP interior designing for approval, estimate bids, and prepare contracts for interior installation.
• Based on the approved project specifications, review working drawings, designs, plans, models and schemes and submit them to the VP interior designing for approval.
• Review final layouts and suggest improvements as needed before the submission to the VP interior designing.
• Review initial layouts and attend to floor plan/ design requirements through designing and ensuring design is reflected in AutoCAD drawings.
• Preparing tender documents and evaluation reports of tenders with recommendations, share it with VP interior designing for approval.
• Coordinate with consultants & contractors and ensure the execution of project as per the specifications and drawings.
• Learning & Knowledge:
• Strong creativity and the ability to take instructions, formulate design decisions.
• Understands Architectural and Structural needs.
• Identify any areas for professional development of self and all direct reports, and act to enhance professional development of self and others.
• Be able to communicate well with the concerned stakeholders to ensure proper integration of their requirements and the design (IT security, corporate communications)
• Proactively identify areas for professional development of self and undertake development activities.
• Seek out opportunities to remain current with all developments in professional field.
• Legal, Regulatory, and Risk Framework Responsibilities:
• Comply with all applicable legal, regulatory and internal compliance requirements including, but not limited to, Group Compliance Policies and Procedures (AML & CTF, Sanctions Policy, Data Protection Policy, Fraud Control Policy, Whistle Blowing Policy, Conflict of Interest and Insider Dealing Policy).
• Understand and effectively perform your role under the Three Lines of Defence principle to identify measure, monitor, manage and report risks.
• Ensure systematic good outcomes for clients in accordance with Conduct Risk policy.
• Support the framework of RCSA, KRI, Incident reporting and remediation, as appropriate, in accordance with the Operational Risk Management requirements.
• Maintain appropriate knowledge to ensure full qualification to undertake the role.
• Complete all mandatory training provided by the Bank, attain, and maintain the required levels of competence.
• Attend mandatory (internal and external) seminars as instructed by the Bank.
• Other:
• Ensure high standards of data protection and confidentiality to safeguard commercially sensitive information.
• Maintaining utmost confidentiality concerning customer and internal bank information obtained during the course of business and provide such information on a need to know basis only to Senior Management of QNB, Audit and Compliance functions, and relevant Regulators.
• Maintain high professional standards to uphold QNB's reputation and to strengthen its market leadership position.
• All other ad hoc duties/activities related to QNB that management might request from time to time.
  
  

Education And Experience Requirements

• University degree or technical diploma in interior design.
• Minimum 8 years experience as an interior designer.
  
  

Note: you will be required to attach the following:

• Resume/CV
• Copy of Passport or QID
• Copy of Education Certificate