Senior Market Landscape Architect & Practice Leader

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Placemaking
- National Full Time Atlanta, GA, US

30+ days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Why This Role Matters:

As the Market Sector Principal
- Landscape Architect, you will be a trusted technical expert, mentor, and leader within a growing practice. You will champion design excellence, guide technical standards, lead growth of the practice, and support project pursuit, development, and delivery efforts.

Working across large-scale multidisciplinary initiatives and complex mid-sized projects, you will inspire teams to create thoughtful, sustainable, and client-focused landscape solutions while contributing to the continued growth and reputation of CPL.

What You’ll Do:

• Act as a culture guardian, promoting all that is good in the culture
• Develop relationships and networks internally to advance our multi-discipline capabilities
• Demonstrate an understanding of the business and CPL’s Value Proposition and how technical excellence supports that Value Proposition
• Ensure appropriate resources are allocated throughout the organization to deliver a high-quality client experience
• Expand our practice both in geography and in total sales volume through a combination of internal cross-selling and external business development.
• Supervisory requirements, including recruitment and retention of talent including:
  • Engage and foster the growth of CPL team members. Provide encouragement and regular feedback; and serve as a mentor/example for all levels of the team.
  • Manage/oversee career conversations with your team on an established schedule (annual career conversations, regular check-ins, and the development of career plans for each team member)
  • Develop future leaders within the organization (train your replacement)
  • Engage, motivate, and lead internal and external stakeholders to develop strategies and plans to move the organization in the desired direction.
  • Influence people through effective communication
  • Promote justice, diversity and fairness in the organization
• Execute work by managing the work of others, providing direction and removing obstacles.
  • Fulfill the role of Project Manager as needed
  • Oversee project schedules and budgets
  • Perform quality assurance/control on other's work, verifying methodologies, calculations, outcomes, etc.
  • Develop project scopes and objectives and coordinate all efforts – administrative and technical – to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective execution of assigned projects
  • Advocate for sustainable approaches to design solutions
  • Provide management of internal finances, which include billing, invoice generation and asset/resource allocation.
• Collaborate with the other CPL leaders in preparing and implementing annual business development plans

What You Bring:

• Professional degree in your field of expertise and have at least fifteen (15) years of experience, with at least five (5) served in a Studio Manager or Practice Manager role or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Professional Licensure with the ability and willingness to be licensed in multiple states
• You have a thorough understanding of current trends and areas of growth within the AEC/LA industry
• You are considered a subject matter expert, internally and in the community
• You’re an excellent communicator with resolute interpersonal skills
• Highly accountable, you approach every project with a positive attitude and an eagerness to exceed client expectations
• You have previous leadership experience, having worked to identify thoughtful solutions to complicated design problems
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative,…