Landscape Architecture Leader

Department

CAPITAL PLANNING (UA-UART-IUBLA)

Capital Planning and Facilities (CPF) works to ensure that Indiana University (IU) campuses are beautiful, functional, and sustainable while supporting excellence in teaching, learning, research, and community engagement across the entire university. A unit within

Capital

Projects , Construction Management provides project management services for IU capital projects. Construction Management staff coordinate the efforts of everyone involved on IU Capital projects - external contractors, IUCapital Projects staff, and our university partners - ensuring projects are completed on schedule, on budget, and in accordance with university guidelines and safety standards.

The Landscape Architecture Leader provides strategic leadership for landscape architecture services supporting Indiana University'scapital planning, campus development, and construction programs.

This position is particularly critical given its responsibility for providing landscape architecture leadership and direction for the Bloomington campus, which is widely recognized as one of the most beautiful college campuses in the nation. Maintaining and enhancing the character, functionality, and aesthetic quality of the campus environment requires dedicated professional leadership to ensure capital investments align with the university's long-term visionand preserve one of Indiana University's most valued assets.

• Serves as the university's subject matter expert for landscapearchitecture, establishing campus design standards, guiding complex capital projects, managing consultant relationships, and ensuring the long-term stewardship of university landscapes.
• Provides university-wide influence, leads business-critical initiatives, and advises leadership on landscape planning,sustainability, accessibility, and campus development strategies.

• Contributes on senior leadership teams to formulate strategic planning and the highest-level operational objectives for landscapearchitecture areas.
• Establishes long-term business plans and long-term strategic objectives.
• Directs leadership staff who provide supervision to landscapearchitecture teams.
• Responsible for escalated operational issues, including human resources and/or people management situations.
• Drives innovation and excellence within the area of landscapearchitecture; reviews and creates policies and procedures.
• Determines overall budget for landscape architecture teams;reviews and approves financial proposals from direct reporting leaders; has significant fiscal responsibilities that require frequent interaction with executive leaders.
• Provides expertise and identifies grant and/or funding opportunities; develops business relationships across the university and externally.
• Stays up-to-date on new landscape architecture standards,procedures, tools and safety requirements and works collaboratively with other landscape architecture leaders across departments and/or campuses in determining standards, best practices, and related policies/procedures; ensures the adoption and implementation bydirect reporting leaders.

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

• Bachelor's degree in architecture, landscape architecture, orrelated field.

• Master's degree in landscape architecture.

• 5 years in landscape architecture, construction project management, institutional works, public works, parks andrecreation, planning, or related field.
• 3 years of management experience…