Principal, Landscape Architect - Placemaking

Description

• Oversee staff and projects, maintain financial performance metrics
• Takes a lead role in business development, identifying and cultivating new relationships, particularly in the South Florida market
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the business plan and ensure the team understands it, and the role that they play in its achievement, through the development of the appropriate culture and the provision of context and clarity
• Build strong relationships and create successful teams
• Participate in decisions on resource utilization within the practice group
• Contribute to the formulation of a strategic growth plan for the region
• Direct the identification of talent in the practice group in both technical capability and sales and promote career development by directing individuals who are identified, to the appropriate development programs
• Develop relationships throughout Arcadis to foster cooperation and to maximize opportunities to cross-sell within the organization
• Maintain an in-depth and up-to-date understanding of the practice group’s clients and the market to identify key trends and emerging opportunities
• Actively participate in the identification and targeting of clients through the delivery of service excellence to deliver growth in organic revenue in the practice group
• Develop enduring relationships with clients to understand their business needs and ensure client satisfaction to improve retention and deliver organic revenue growth

Requirements

• Excellent verbal, written, and graphical/visualization storytelling skills to convey ideas to clients, elected officials, managers, decision-makers, and technical staff
• A proven track record of delivering transformative placemaking projects for high-profile or large-scale clients in urban development, infrastructure, or mobility sectors.
• A strong commercial mindset with the ability to lead cross-disciplinary teams, foster collaboration, and inspire innovation.
• A bachelor’s degree or masters degree in Landscape Architecture, with a min of 15+ years of experience leading and managing complex landscape architectural projects from concept to completion including all phases of design and project delivery.
• Strong Strategy, Sales, and Business Development skills with existing connectivity in the Miami and South Florida market
• Critical thinking skills that incorporate and blend innovative ideas in land use, landscape architecture, urban design, and planning and designing pedestrian centric environments

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance