Studio Manager - Placemaking

Overview

Lead and manage Placemaking studio, overseeing projects, budgets, and staff.

Key Responsibilities

• budget management
• business planning
• process improvement
• project delivery
• innovation
• collaboration

Tasks

-Manage Studio budget and track performance of project teams against approved business plan; initiate corrective action as required to achieve targets for profitability, billings, and collections.​ -Develops annual revenue targets, capacity budgets, and business plans in consultation with the Business Unit Director and Practice Group Managers.​ -Interface with GOPS (including BPO, DtR, MEPC, and Quality) to drive continuous improvement.​ -Facilitate cross-Studio collaboration​ -Manage the Studio with accountability for client solutions resource utilization, project delivery, quality, and profitability. Conduct weekly staff meetings.​ -Drive (local) office marketing activities, review all proposals, and contracts to ensure consistency with country’s approved business plan with adherence to the Arcadis professional standards and policies. ​ -Mentor and coach team members and future leaders​ -Develop and coach Studio members to achieve high performance, growth, and personal development.​ -Make recommendations on the recruitment, hiring, discipline, and staff reductions in consultation with senior colleagues.​ -Develop, implement, and execute innovation and effective solutions for projects (working in collaboration with the Growth team)​

Requirements

• 18+ years
• executive level
• registered architect
• professional planner
• team management
• bachelor's

What You Bring

-Significant experience on large-scale/highly complex projects -Experience managing business relationships at executive level, -Substantial experience (18 years or more) in a discipline, including 10+ years' experience in Engineering/Infrastructure consultancy, -Deep expertise in a key service line and sector, -Experience leading and implementing complex business change solutions, -Professional Planner, Registered Architect, Landscape Architect, or equivalent preferred, -Competent in leading large complex full-service projects with long-term solutioning and ongoing client relationships. ​ -Experience managing teams across geographies, -Bachelor's degree or post-graduate qualification and/or fellowship in an appropriate professional institution,

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About Arcadis

-Evolved into a global design, engineering and consultancy powerhouse. -Excels in major infrastructure, water management, urban building, transport and industrial manufacturing projects worldwide. -Recent standout assignments include flood defences in New York, the Sydney Metro, and sustainable legacy planning for the Paris Olympics. -Structured around core business areas—Places, Mobility, Resilience and Intelligence—backed by digital centres of excellence. -Notable for blending data-driven tools with traditional consulting to optimise asset lifecycles and smart infrastructure.

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