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About the Role
GHD is seeking a Senior Architect to lead multiple teams in delivering high-quality design outcomes across a diverse project portfolio in the US West region. This senior leadership role involves aligning resources and priorities, strengthening technical and operational performance, and guiding teams to deliver innovative, compliant solutions for clients and communities. The role requires deep design expertise combined with strong people and portfolio leadership, guiding complex design and project management activities, supporting business development, and building client relationships. A key aspect is developing leadership capability within teams and preparing future leaders.
Responsibilities
- Lead multiple design teams, aligning resources, priorities, schedules and delivery expectations across a varied project portfolio.
- Manage portfolio performance, budgets and reporting, escalating risks and resolving delivery constraints in partnership with senior leaders.
- Direct the design and validation of complex or innovative architectural solutions that meet client, regulatory, quality, performance and cost requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement in engineering and business processes, using relevant metrics and lessons learned to prevent recurring issues.
- Translate functional strategy and business plans into clear team priorities, motivating people to achieve local and regional goals.
- Set performance objectives, hold team and project leaders accountable, and take timely action to keep commitments on track.
- Identify development needs, coach team members and support continuing professional development and succession planning.
- Build productive relationships with clients and stakeholders, understand their expectations, and communicate solutions and decisions clearly.
- Support business development and strategic planning while fostering collaboration across disciplines, teams and offices.
Requirements
- More than 15 years of broad, progressively responsible architecture experience, including deep technical expertise.
- More than 8 years of experience planning, managing and organizing people and resources within an established policy and governance framework.
- Professional registration or accreditation is required; commitment to obtaining and maintaining applicable credentials is expected.
- Demonstrated success managing multiple projects or a portfolio, including budgets, schedules, quality, risk and stakeholder expectations.
- Strong people leadership skills, with experience building effective teams, managing performance, coaching others and developing future leaders.
- The judgment to navigate complex or competing information, make timely decisions and adapt your approach as priorities change.
- Clear, compelling written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present solutions to technical and non-technical audiences.
- A collaborative, client-focused approach and the ability to balance the needs of multiple stakeholders.
- A continuous-improvement mindset and confidence applying engineering systems, tools and emerging technologies to complex problems.
- US Citizenship is required.
Skills
- Deep design expertise
- Strong people leadership
- Portfolio leadership
- Complex design
- Project management
- Business development
- Client relationship building
- Stakeholder management
- Team development
- Succession planning
- Communication skills
- Collaboration
- Client-focused approach
- Continuous improvement
- Engineering systems
- Tools
- Emerging technologies
Location
- US West region
Work Type
- Hybrid Work
- In-office collaboration
- Flexibility
Experience Level
- Senior
- More than 15 years of architecture experience
- More than 8 years of people and resource management experience
Education Level
- Master’s degree in architecture or equivalent education and experience
Salary/Compensations
- $111,195 to $185,235
Benefits
- Control over your career
- Empowerment to find innovative solutions
- Opportunity to create a lasting impact
About the Company
- GHD is committed to addressing the world’s biggest challenges in energy, water, and communities.
- We are a global network of multi-disciplinary professionals providing integrated solutions through engineering, environmental, design, and construction expertise.
- Our future-focused, innovative approaches connect and support communities globally, building resiliency and sustainability.
- Established in 1928, GHD is wholly owned by its people.
- We are 10,000+ diverse and skilled individuals connected by over 200 offices, across five continents.
Equal Opportunity
- As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce.
- GHD is an equal opportunity employer.
- We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status or veteran status.