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About the Role

SOM is seeking a leader to actively lead projects, drive innovation, and ensure design, technical, and financial success. This role involves developing project plans, managing client relationships, and overseeing financial performance while fostering a collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities

• Actively leads a project or distinct portions of a project with periodic supervision.
• Exhibits initiative, process innovation, problem solving, and decision quality.
• Envisions and develops diagrams, renders site plans, and contributes to graphic and visual production.
• Demonstrates an advanced understanding of planning and urban design concepts, building typologies, and systems.
• Prepares quality agreements with clients, including letters of intent and professional service agreements.
• Executes additional service agreements and gains authorization by phase.
• Collaborates with Partners and senior team to prepare, issue, and manage compliance plans.
• Gains agreement with the senior team for labor allocation.
• Chairs weekly team meetings to address variances from the project plan.
• Administers internal control procedures including billing, collections, and expense management.
• Analyzes project reports and proactively manages project profitability.
• Participates actively in project design and technical discussions.
• Communicates actively through chairing meetings, issuing minutes, and maintaining project records.
• Assists in managing the owner/client relationship and expectations.
• Participates in new business and marketing efforts.
• Initiates, monitors, and maintains project schedule and work plan.
• Schedules and leads internal team weekly project meetings.
• Initiates, monitors, and maintains project plan and financial performance.
• Initiates and maintains SOM-Client Services Agreement and Sub-Consultant Agreements.
• Monitors scope for contract compliance and potential additional services.
• Engages in project risk management through collaboration with SOM Partners and legal group.
• Manages time and workload of own work efforts and those of others.
• Inspires and leads others by example.
• Participates in staff mentoring and training.
• Clearly defines team member expectations and responsibilities.
• Empowers others and delegates where appropriate.
• Directly supervises staff and is committed to direct reports’ professional development.
• Develops and engages in talent strategy for the firm.
• Develops a clear and consistent work plan to achieve project budget, deliverables, and schedule.
• Actively engages in internal and external professional development opportunities.
• Contributes to the implementation of sustainable strategies in all project assignments.
• Contributes to the development of standards, policies, and procedures.
• Protects SOM from financial and legal risk.

Requirements

• Professional Degree in Architecture, Urban or City Planning, Urban Design, or Landscape Architecture.
• Professional licensure process is close to completion.
• Minimum 6 years of experience or equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Experience in large-scale planning, mixed-use and transit-oriented development in North America.
• Demonstrated facility working in a fast-paced and intensely collaborative professional environment.
• International project experience is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead project teams and manage project schedule, budget and program.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• General understanding of both urban planning / design and sustainable strategies and principles.
• Familiarity with LEED or other green building rating systems.
• Familiarity with Deltek Vision and Salesforce are highly desirable.
• International travel will be required.
• Portfolios must be submitted for all design and project management positions.
• Applications without work samples will not be reviewed.
• Portfolios should be one PDF attachment, 10-20 pages, maximum 5 MB.

Skills

• Process innovation
• Problem solving
• Decision quality
• Attention to precision and accuracy
• Graphic and visual production
• Planning and urban design concepts
• Building typologies
• Critical dimensions and systems
• Utility and infrastructure systems
• Land development imperatives
• Planning / zoning codes
• Phasing and implementation techniques
• Microsoft Office
• Smartsheets
• Adobe Suite
• Google Workspace
• AutoCAD
• Rhino
• Grasshopper
• Enscape
• Lumion
• Parametric software
• Rendering software
• Other graphic software

Location

• North America

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Minimum 6 years of experience

Education Level

• Professional Degree in Architecture, Urban or City Planning, Urban Design, or Landscape Architecture
• LEED accreditation preferred

Salary/Compensations

• $90,000 to $120,000

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Accident insurance
• Retirement support
• Free access to employee assistance programs for employees and family members
• Workplace flexibility
• Paid holidays
• Family leave
• Paid time off
• Reimbursement for professional licenses, certifications, and exams
• Specialized, in-house career development and mentorship programs

About the Company

• SOM is a global practice of architects, engineers, and planners renowned for designing buildings, interiors, and public spaces that push the boundaries of technical and environmental innovation.
• Our interdisciplinary teams collaborate across an international network of studios to deliver projects of lasting impact.
• Through our built work, research, and advocacy, we are advancing strategies to decarbonize the built environment.
• Our practice was built to champion inclusivity of expertise, people, and ideas.
• We cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset that equips our teams to face new challenges.
• Our studio culture offers opportunities for mentorship, growth, and leadership across project teams, offices, and employee resource groups.

Equal Opportunity

• SOM is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, and we have been recognized with the highest ranking awarded on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index.
• We publish an annual Impact Report as part of our ongoing commitment to advancing equity in our practice and the profession.