Head of Architecture & Design

over 2 years ago
Full time role
San Jose, CA, US... more
San Jose, CA, US... more

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NIO’s mission is to shape a joyful lifestyle by offering premium smart electric vehicles and providing the best user experience. ...

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Job Description

OVERVIEW
Think Smart Electric Vehicles & Modern Mobility are super cool? Get a kick out of driving strategy and execution for scaled impact? Want to participate in building out a meaningful business from the ground up? Then this opportunity might be for you: The Business & Corporate Development Team at NIO USA is responsible for the strategy, planning and execution of NIO’s Go-To-Market for the Americas.  This is a strategic corporate initiative, sponsored by the CEO & CFO, and comes with high visibility and tall expectations!  NIO’s Go-To-Market Approach has an intense focus on the user experience - on car and beyond the car. NIO Houses and NIO Spaces have provided some of the key physical infrastructure to support NIO users’ experience and journey with NIO.   As NIO globalizes, our infrastructure must be locally authentic and meaningful, while remaining true to the essence of NIO.  Globalization might necessitate the creation of some brand new categories of infrastructure from NIO.  All NIO infrastructure must be “driven by design” – a core working principle of NIO. As the US Architecture & Design Sr. Director, you will be responsible for delivering world-class architecture and design for NIO infrastructure in the Americas, to support NIO’s business model and user experiences.   The core tenets of NIO’s design approach have been established and refined. Adopting those, you will lead the “concept to completion” effort on infrastructure design, and collaborate with world-class internal and external experts to have that infrastructure built out at scale.
This position reports to the VP, Business and Corporate Development at our San Jose, CA office.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Drive and develop the design and architecture of NIO’s core user infrastructure in the Americas, including the localization and standardization of design for each infrastructure category.
  • Develop the external architect & designer selection criteria and process, and lead NIO through that process to final partner selections.  Provide input to legal team on key contract terms.
  • Lead internal experience experts and design experts to distill and develop direction for design and architecture of each infrastructure category. 
  • Lead external architects and designer partners, communicating distilled direction, to develop exceptional locally relevant designs for each infrastructure category. 
  • Engage with executive management to secure the approval of design for each infrastructure category. 
  • Create high-quality visual representations and presentations to support design concepts / proposals.
  • Develop and oversee the preparation of design concepts into complete design development set and further advance into complete construction drawings in coordination with external architect/developer.
  • From site selection to final completion, influence and oversee the infrastructure buildout process and plans, to ensure that the final buildout completely represents the design details agreed to with NIO’s executive management. 
  • As needed, assist with helping NIO users and external constituents better understand the design approach, considerations, and path-to-realization for each of NIO’s infrastructure categories.
  • Collaborate with senior cross-functional stakeholders on strategic design & architecture related topics and decisions; bring insights on critical topics, translate the insights into actionable plans, and help execute as needed.
  • For all assigned responsibilities, own the outcome: Evangelize, lead, collaborate, motivate, persuade - internally and externally, and deliver exceptional outcomes backed by world-class work-product!

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 13+ years of experience leading design and architecture for world-class physical infrastructure buildout.
  • Direct deep experience with luxury retail and / or luxury hospitality preferred.
  • Portfolio diversity and ability to apply consistent design to separate categories of infrastructure preferred.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in guiding executive leadership through design and architecture decisions, with persuasive articulation of tradeoffs and recommendations.
  • Demonstrated proficiency with architecture design and rendering software to develop high-level design concepts for presentation.
  • Expertise in design project and budget management, and in structuring design and architect contracts with terms to mitigate against key risks.
About NIO    NIO Inc. is a pioneer in China’s premium smart electric vehicle market. Founded in November 2014, NIO’s mission is to shape a joyful lifestyle. NIO aims to build a community starting with smart electric vehicles to share joy and grow together with users. NIO designs, jointly manufactures, and sells smart premium electric vehicles, driving innovations in next-generation technologies in connectivity, autonomous driving, and artificial intelligence. Redefining the user experience, NIO provides users with comprehensive and convenient power solutions, innovative Battery as a Service (BaaS) program, and other user-centric services. NIO began deliveries of the ES8, a 7-seater flagship premium electric SUV, in China in June 2018, and its variant, the 6-seater ES8, in March 2019. NIO officially launched the ES6, a 5-seater high-performance premium electric SUV, in December 2018 and began deliveries of the ES6 in June 2019. NIO officially launched the EC6, a 5-seater premium electric coupe SUV, in December 2019 and began deliveries of the EC6 in September 2020.
Equal Employment Opportunity   NIO is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, age, sex, ancestry, marital status, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, present or past history of mental disability, genetic information or any other classification protected by state or federal law. NIO US is an E-Verify employer.

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