Education and Science Principal

The role includes a variety of duties ranging from annual planning, closing on pursuits and directing project teams. Critical to this role is a proven history and commitment to developing and nurturing strong relationships with multiple clients in the market sector. Beginning with pre-positioning activities and continuing through (and beyond) the life of project execution. These relationships will be essential to creating opportunities and maintaining HDR’s position for future work.

In the role of Principal for our Education & Science practice, you will help establish the vision and guide the overall direction of the market sector in the local region. The successful candidate must possess the drive and experience needed to nurture a diverse client base and to continue to elevate an unrivaled reputation for the HDR Education & Science team in the region.

• Build on existing client relations and initiate new relationships with key clients.
• Help develop qualifications and proposals for pursuits.
• Working closely with local leadership to maintain project oversight throughout execution, including conformance to client expectations for technical/quality, financial performance, and schedule adherence.
• Providing mentorship and guidance to staff in support of career development.
• Preparing and negotiating project contracts.
• In collaboration with subject matter experts, and independently when appropriate, developing abstracts and presentations for industry conferences, seminars, workshops, and other similar events promoting program messages, research, project outcomes, lessons learned, trends, etc. related to facility design.
• Identify pursuit opportunities in the region developing strategies to incorporate them into our annual business plan.
• Directing interview strategies and implementation.
• Leading pursuit go/nogo and strategy discussions.
• Develop annual budgets for the Education and Science market sector coordinating with other local and regional leaders.
• Maintaining an active and visible presence in the sector, allocating time in proportion to annual fee goals for the local region.

• Stronger consideration will be given to individuals with experience in higher education research labs and corporate developer S+T experience with client connections/relationships.
• Advanced credentialing (e.g. LEED, Well AP, PMP, etc.)
• Experience and/or interest in sustainable design/LEED
• Experience working with academic institutions in the State of California.

Our impressive team of design and planning professionals provide a fun and supportive work environment, where global collaboration across disciplines and geographies is actively embraced to anchor our innovative practice. Committed to social and environmental responsibility, our architecture practice aspires to design facilities that move us toward a regenerative future where buildings go beyond sustainability to give more than they take.