Architectural Manager/Sr. Architectural Manager
Listed on 2026-07-24
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Business
Client Relationship Manager, BD Manager, Business Development
Overview
Location:
Phoenix, AZ
Job :3155 • # of Openings:1
Join us and grow your career with a certified Great Place to Work for the last ten years running. We are a team of Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, and Scientists committed to making meaningful contributions to the world around us. You will be part of a collaborative group that champions your career and passions, embraces challenges, understands the importance of work-life balance, and shares our commitment to making a positive impact through your work.
Farnsworth Group is seeking a Leader to serve as the Architectural Manager/Sr. Architectural Manager in the posting location.
Posting Location for this role: Phoenix, AZ
Job Activities- Serve as a seller-doer, generating work, creating long-term relationships and delivering long-term value to clients.
- Play a key leadership role on projects throughout all project stages.
- Create, manage, and produce projects for municipal, higher education, and other institutional and commercial clients.
- Contribute to defining and guiding the strategic plan throughout the region.
- Manage regional business development pursuits, including strategic proposal development for the group and coordinating a core group of interior design and architecture professionals to achieve business development and financial goals.
- Lead and coordinate business development efforts, including market research, client relationships, developing leads and securing contracts.
- Develop and drive marketing plans, budgets and key performance indicators.
- Developing, reviewing and approving proposals, reports and contract documents.
- Multidisciplinary experience in Municipal, Higher Education, and Commercial markets.
- Demonstrated design insight and leadership on major projects.
- Experience with responding to Requests for Proposals, Expressions of Interest, and Statements of Qualifications.
- Strong business development skills, including significant experience building and maintaining productive client relationships.
- Entrepreneurial orientation with an understanding of the business development challenges of a consulting services provider.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills and organizational, coordination, leadership, team-building and managerial abilities.
- Knowledge of market assessment techniques, insights and contacts.
- Proven success in developing new clients and maintaining strong client relationships.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from an accredited program;
Master’s degree preferred - Registered Architect in Arizona; NCARB preferred
- 15+ years of experience in architectural design and planning of facilities within core markets
- Proven business development experience in the architectural industry
- Demonstrated technical expertise, proven project management, supervisory and business development experience
Farnsworth Group is a 135-year-old engineering, architecture, and surveying firm with over 600 talented professionals across a nationwide network of 24 offices. We champion strong working relationships and have been involved in over 24,000 projects in the last decade alone. Our clients range from rural communities to some of the world's largest brands, with our oldest partnerships dating back nearly 100 years.
Our forward-thinking focus on people, passion, and performance has earned us top rankings in Architectural Record and Engineering News Record magazine.
A Great Place to Work Certified
For ten consecutive years, Farnsworth Group has earned the esteemed certification as a Great Place to Work; our employees are the reason why. Annually, our staff engage in a survey administered by the Great Place to Work organization that delves into employee perceptions about credibility, respect, pride, fairness, and camaraderie. Those results are benchmarked against the nation’s leading companies, and only those top performers gain the Great Place to Work certification.
The insights from the survey shape our work environment and culture.
- 401(k) with 100% Company Match up to 5%
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance Plans
- Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
- Short & Long-Term Disability
- Maternity…
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