Senior Architect

Are you an experienced Senior Architect with experience across a variety of sectors and projects, looking for your next challenge with a progressive and supportive employer with a triple bottom line? (People, Planet, and Purpose)

Stride Treglown is an employee‑owned architectural practice and certified B Corp®.

Since 1953, we've been clear that great design requires a human approach, deep local knowledge, and specialist expertise—all backed by verified results.

We're now one of the UK's largest architectural practices, with 300+ specialists in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, urban design, town planning, and graphic design.

Across 9 UK studios, we're embedded in the communities we live and work, bringing imagination and flair to every project—with the technical proficiency to deliver what we design.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Architect with a proven track record of designing and delivering complex projects across a variety of sectors to join our London studio. We are looking for someone with experience as a team leader, who can also demonstrate an ability to develop junior talent within the studio.

• Extensive experience across a variety of projects and sectors
• Strong design leadership across all RIBA stages, including concept development, technical delivery and site coordination.
• A proven track record of delivering complex, high‑value projects on time and within budget.
• A desire to create and deliver great buildings
• Professional experience working in a high‑quality, design and delivery focused practice
• A keen interest in large scale architectural projects, while able to manage smaller/ multiple projects alongside
• Ability to work collaboratively in a large multi‑disciplinary team, manage a small team, and work independently
• Excellent drawing and presentation skills and the ability to explain a design idea and evolution of a concept
• An ability to build rapport, create positive relationships and work effectively with others

• Becoming involved at any stage of the process and can effectively input with minimal briefing
• Running multiple or complex projects start to finish, to satisfaction of client, in profit and on time Leading presentations and engagement with clients and building users
• Taking the lead role in taking a project brief, developing initial proposals detail design (in conjunction with a small team)
• Demonstrating awareness of own impact on others within other teams or business areas
• Managing fees and invoicing for projects (with administrative assistance)
• Contributing to winning new work
• Generating good PR for the practice

• Educated to at least RIBA Part 3 level (or equivalent) with considerable post qualification experience
• Experience of having carried out a lead role on projects with a value of between £5m and £20m
• Ability to manage the design process and development of a construction project
• Experience of coordinating the design team and associated professional consultants
• Experience in refurbishment/retrofit, ideally of heritage buildings
• Working experience of Revit
• Level 2 BIM experience
• Good interpersonal skills
• An understanding of the sensitivities when communicating with and presenting to clients
• Ability to balance workload as the role may require you to balance more than one project at any one time

• Experience of working on heritage and / or listed buildings
• Schools experience
• Further or Higher Education project experience
• Healthcare experience
• Working knowledge and experience of MMC solutions

• Part (minimum 80% full time equivalent) or Full‑time hours
• Flexible work environment
• A comprehensive benefit package
• A contemporary working environment in an excellent location
• A friendly, open and caring culture
• Future opportunity to own the business with us through employee share ownership

If you would like to be considered, please include a

• Cover Letter explaining why you are the right person for this role
• CV covering your professional achievements and experiences
• Portfolio that includes examples of your best projects…