Sr. Manager, Standards & Guidelines Newbuild & Innovation

Journey with us! Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our exciting team of employees. Royal Caribbean Group is pleased to offer a competitive compensation & benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world.

 

POSITION SUMMARY:

Our company is a team of creative individuals passionate about designing and bringing to life extraordinary vacations. We are on a mission to revolutionize the cruising industry by creating and building the most innovative cruise ships and reimagining our award-winning fleets, while constantly striving to challenge the status quo and deliver unmatched guest experiences.  

As the Sr. Manager, Standards and Guidelines, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our fleet by leading the development, implementation, and management of comprehensive architectural standards closely tight to technical, naval and operational standards. These standards and guidelines will drive consistency, enhance quality, and reinforce our brand identity across all Newbuild and fleet modernization projects. Leveraging advanced technologies, such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) and cloud-based platforms for real-time sharing and communication, you will establish processes for tracking, measurement and collaboration, ensuring seamless integration of standards and guidelines by internal teams and external architects and consultants. Your leadership will guide the adoption of standardized practices, enforce quality control mechanisms, and ensure compliance with safety and regulatory requirements, positioning our company as a leader in design innovation and operational excellence. 

If you are a detail-oriented professional with a proven ability to optimize processes, manage cross-functional collaborations, and deliver exceptional design outcomes, we want to hear from you. 

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:    

• Directs, develops, and maintains standards and guidelines to enhance efficiency in entire overall design process for all assigned projects, forming and maintaining brand specific design concepts.   

• Creates standard and guidelines strategies that support the organization's mission and value based on an internal and external needs assessment. 

• Embraces the value of the design guidelines & standards, CADD & drawing standards, and supports implementation to enhance the content of design drawings and specifications.  

• Ensure detailing consistency and apply expert knowledge of commonly used architectural concepts, practices, codes and procedures within the industry. 

• Leads the development, maintenance, and implement of Quality Assurance standards to improve quality and timely delivery of projects. 

• Compiles, manages, and maintains Quality Control documents for use during the project and for archiving upon completion of the project. 

• Supports project team by flagging design and technical inconsistencies and deviations from standards across multiple phases of the design process. 

• Leads the development of evolution of standards and guidelines toward long-term goals. 

• Develops and shares best practices effectively between external architectural, interior design and consultancy firms, guiding the design they provide.  

• Proactively researches new methodology and proposes ideas for more effective execution of projects.    

• Ensures that brand concepts are apparent and credible and ful