Senior Manager, Global Design APAC
Senior Manager, Global Design APAC
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22-08-2025
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Blue Bottle Coffee is a passionate and growing team of hundreds around the world united by the simple purpose of connecting the world to delicious coffee. We roast on three coasts make delicious drinks clean up after ourselves bake cookies get change at the bank and say please and thank you. Were an impossibly eclectic group of coffee experts artists writers sensory scientists bakers designers and all-around dreamers who also happen to be some of the most hard working and talented in the business. Join us.
About the job:
We build Blue Bottle cafes for the simple purpose of getting great coffee to everyone who asks for it. Our Global Cafe Design team designs and delivers cafes throughout the United States and Asia. Our team strives to build cafes with as much care craft and attention to detail as our roasters and baristas put into every cup of coffee we serve. We are seeking a passionate people leader and design manager with a zeal for creating and realizing progressive design within tight budgets and schedules.
You will:
- Partner with the Global Head of Cafe Design to create and realize best in class cafe designs and experiences with a focus in Asia markets
- Partner with the Global Head of Cafe Design to develop and implement strategic design concepts and initiatives for new and existing cafe formats
- Support Head of Asia with cafe growth through a Globally led process
- Lead and support the Cafe Development Teams in Asia Market on all design related matters
- Manage and lead communication and planning for Cafe Design and Development with BBC Partnership models
- Manage the design roll out and support internal and external partners for syndicated cafe formats with focus a in Asia markets
- Enforce the Cafe Design Process in close collaboration with key cross functional partners through all Development phases including but not limited to project briefing real estate exploration preliminary feasibility studies pre-design due diligence formal design and construction.
- Intake Design related projects from cross functional global teams and collaborate closely with PPM (Project and Portfolio Management) to manage schedules and priority.
- Communicate with Global Cafe Design teams and cross-functional partners to track all design-related project schedules and budgets
- Collaborate closely with the Prototypes and Standards Design Manager to ensure all functional design meets current design technical and operational requirements
- Produce design studies (in house) through CAD 3D modeling software and other graphics software as needed.
- Prepare and present design presentations to members of the leadership team
- Manage global vendor contracts
You are:
- Highly organized
- A natural leader
- Always thinking about who needs to know what and when
- Passionately empathetic about the customers and teams youre serving with design
- Observant of human behavior cause and effect
- Thoughtful about improving customer experience and operational efficiencies
- As delighted to work on a Gantt chart as you are sketching a design solution
- Excited to be challenged by high design expectations on a tight budget and timeline
- Able to develop quantitative justification for qualitative design features
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced frequently changing work environment
You have:
- Bachelors degree (or equivalent experience) in architecture
- 10 or more years of architectural design and project management experience
- 5 or more years of cafe restaurant and/or retail design experience
- 3 or more years of architectural roll out experience
- Global project management or direct global project experience
- Experience in designing for a wide range of real estate typologies including but not limited to warm and cold vanilla shell spaces indoor and outdoor malls transit centers temporary use spaces historic buildings ground up construction and more across the US
- Experience in designing small formats and temporary structures ie. food trucks temporary pop up structures trade shows kiosks and more.
- Strong proficiency in AutoCAD SketchUp Adobe Creative Suite and rendering software
- Proficiency in project management tools including gantt charts spreadsheets etc.
- A strong understanding of millwork design and fabrication methodologies
- An understanding of Mechanical Electrical Plumbing and Structural systems
- Strong verbal written and graphic communication skills
- Last but not least a deep love for great coffee food and exceptional hospitality
Travel:
- This role requires travel up to 30%. Additional walking stooping sitting and mobility may be required. Exposure to outside environmental elements may be experienced due to travel through airports airplanes and in between facilities
A few benefits we offer:
- Health coverage for eligible employees starting on your first day
- Paid time off
- Free drinks at any of our cafes and a complimentary bag of beans to take home each week
- Discounts on any Blue Bottle food items and merchandise
- And more!
At Blue Bottle Coffee youll be a vital part of our guests experience and a crucial link in delivering the most delicious coffee we can find to every person who walks through our doors be it in person or online. If youre ready to bring beautiful and thoughtfully rendered experiences to life please apply and join us.
Blue Bottle is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value an open mind dedication to work and a collaborative spirit. We hire based on these qualities a jobs requirements our businesss needs and an applicants qualifications. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kindin the hiring process or in the workplace.
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Employment Type
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