Principal, Workplace Design Lead

Stantec Buildings is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. We take an innovative, collaborative approach to projects, sharing a common belief that sustainable design for the built environment can make the world a better place for future generations. Join us and design your place with Stantec.

Stantec’s Buildings group in Chicago provides Architecture, Interior Design, and Engineering across multiple sectors including workplace, education, healthcare, hospitality, multi‑family housing, civic, and research and development. Our team is passionate about the design quality of the built environment and creates designs that are timeless, intelligent, and sustainable. This is the place where great ideas and rewarding careers call home. We believe in working with good people, building cool places and making a difference in the lives of the community around us.

• Develop strategies for growth of the Chicago Workplace business.
• Lead and manage the Chicago Workplace team.
• Collaborate with Chicago leadership in pursuing Workplace opportunities and avoid potential client relationship conflicts.
• Encourage cooperation, sharing of skills and workload between Workplace staff located in various business centers across the company and in other practice areas, where considered appropriate.
• Influence is typically within the region, business center, major project/client work, and may impact multiple areas of the organization.
• Serve as a champion for innovation and transformation and influence others to demonstrate a growth‑mindset.
• Provides diversity in thought, action and awareness.
• Responsible for projects, functions, and operational elements for their scope. Demonstrate broad leadership for professional excellence and project execution that drives client satisfaction. Collaborates across the business to drive innovation, synergies, partnerships, and knowledge sharing.
• Seeks out opportunity to collaborate across the business. Actively engage with the Stantec community and serves as a leader in their local professional community. Strong external reputation as a thought leader who understands client and community needs and can differentiate our world‑class expertise.
• Serve as a seller‑doer and be an essential part of a project team Enhance Stantec’s ability to win work during all aspects of a project’s lifecycle from planning, programming, design, construction documentation, contract administration through to project close‑out.
• Attract and nurture top talent and build and maintain a high‑performing team.
• Effectively lead, challenge, and inspire staff to work together cohesively as a team.
• Provide strategic design direction and provide mentorship of the team.
• Collaborate with sector leads to deliver truly integrated project solutions and strengthen/broaden the interiors team experience base.
• Liaise with Stantec Interior Design Groups across region/sector and opportunities.
• Collaborate on the creation of proposal submissions. Solicit and manage input from others to create an integrated solution proposal.
• Participate in strategic business development for the Interior group.
• Work with marketing team to enrich our marketing materials and exposure, inclusive of searching out awards opportunities and crafting submission entries.
• Contribute towards the development of goals, strategies, and client focused culture of the practice.

• Has an exceptional resume of work and specialized expertise that supports pre‑positioning for and winning work. Serve as client or technical advisor. Serve as a regional SME or across multiple technical areas.
• Lead the interiors team with individual responsibilities in projects and business development.
• Inspire creativity, critical thought, and design excellence both internally and externally.
• Lead the team in setting the visionary goals for design.
• Deliver creative, high quality, fiscally responsible project solutions based on best practices and meeting client goals.
• Set the strategic direction and…