# Interior Design Manager

**Company**: McLaren Automotive
**Location**: Bicester
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Design
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351854

**Apply**: https://mclarencareers.mclaren.com/careers/JobDetail/Interior-Design-Manager/58947
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_a555ae2a-c55

## Description

## Summary

McLaren Automotive are looking for a talented Interior Design Manager at their Bicester office. This role sits at the heart of strategic decision-making, turning market data into actionable insights for a company that's revolutionising haptic entertainment technology. You'll work directly with leadership to shape the company's direction in the cinema and simulation markets.

## About the Role

The purpose of the role of an Interior Design Manager is to lead the design and development of innovative and high-quality future vehicle interiors, blending cutting-edge aesthetic concepts with functional engineering. This individual will be responsible for conceptualising and creating visually compelling, ergonomically efficient, and market-relevant interior designs of both concept and production vehicles. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage a talented group of designers, and ensure that our interiors not only meet customer expectations but also align with brand identity and market trends.

## Accountabilities

- Build key relationships and collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop innovative Interior design concepts.

- Work closely with other departments such as engineering, marketing, and manufacturing, ensuring that the interior design aligns with technical feasibility, market positioning, and production requirements.

- Presenting design proposals to internal stakeholders, executives, and external partners, the design manager effectively communicates the rationale behind design decisions and persuasively advocates for their implementation.

## The Candidate we're looking for

**Experience:**

- 5+ years of experience in automotive interior design, engineering, and materials.

**Technical skills:**

- Advanced Sketching & Visualization: Communicative freehand sketching and digital rendering to explore and communicate designs clearly, and 3D visualization skills alongside Photoshop to produce high-level presentation content visuals.

- 3D Modelling Proficiency: Expertise in software such as Alias or Blender, for creating and exploring concept themes, as well as aiding communication with the CAS modelling team.

**Personal attributes:**

- Passion for continuous improvement and learning, keeping up-to-date with emerging trends and innovations in technology, design, and the automotive market.

- Ability to articulate complex design ideas, technical challenges, and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior management and external partners.

## Benefits

- Structured career development framework

- 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days

- Enhanced company pension scheme

- Discretionary annual bonus award

- Private medical insurance and health cash plan

- Life assurance benefit

- Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service

- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

- Generous parental leave policies

- A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice

## Skills

### Required
- extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in automotive interior design, engineering, and materials
- ability to evaluate, refine, and optimise automotive interiors, taking into account aesthetics, craftsmanship and functionality
- ability to logically and efficiently break down complex challenges and propose innovative solutions, whether related to design, ergonomics, manufacturing processes, or engineering components

### Nice to have
- advanced sketching & visualization
- 3D modelling proficiency
- creative concept development