[Hiring] Architecture Lead @Sanctuary

Role Description

You’ll lead the Springs architecture team and own the design from concept to construction. You’ll set the direction, keep the team on track, and still do real design work yourself.

• Shape each building’s vision, program, and spatial strategy with leadership, our Design Architect, and U.S. consultants.
• Ensure what gets built matches what was designed, on time and to standard.
• Build workflows and review cycles from scratch.
• Make the case for design choices and keep the team focused when priorities shift.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of architectural experience, including 3+ years leading teams or projects.
• A track record of taking hospitality, resort, wellness, or mixed-use projects from concept to construction.
• Experience managing architects and reviewing their design and documentation work.
• Strong command of construction documentation, consultant coordination, and building codes.
• Proficiency in Revit.
• Comfort working with high autonomy in a fast-paced, remote, cross-cultural team.
• Confident communication with architects, consultants, and leadership.

Requirements

• Experience with spa, bathhouse, or aquatic facilities.
• Experience with eco-resorts, glamping, or experimental and lightweight structures.
• Experience designing in sensitive natural settings (waterfronts, floodplains, preserved land).
• Experience with BIM-led workflows.
• Experience on U.S. real estate projects or at international architecture firms.

Benefits

• Flexible hours with U.S. team overlap.
• Compensation: INR 3,33,550 - INR 3,81,200 CTC per month (based on experience and interview process).

Company Description

Sanctuary builds nature-led, wellness-centered communities that feel alive. Our first community, in the Texas Hill Country, is designed around non-toxic materials, clean water systems, EMF-conscious design, and land that is preserved and planned with care for the ecosystem.

We’re a global team of designers, architects, engineers, and dreamers across 8 countries. Our goal is to bring healthy, sovereign communities to the edge of every major city in the world.

The Springs is the hospitality and wellness heart of our community, featuring:

• Retreat centre: Healing and longevity spaces, a meditation dome, massage cabanas, a dining hall, a community kitchen, and conference and workshop space.
• Bathhouse: 20,000 sqft of spa, sauna, and pools, sculpted around water and light.
• Wedding venue: A wedding hall, reception grounds, restaurants, and guest stays.
• Retail and commercial: Shops, a health clinic, a bakery, and a café.
• Stream and beach club: Kayaking, diving platforms, a floating water theatre, and floating saunas.
• Bedouin nights: Tented stays, fire pits, and outdoor cooking.
• Short-term rentals: Unconventional stays, including treehouses, cocoons, yurts on stilts, and grotto-style dwellings.