Sector Leader - Mission Critical

Description

• Be the client advocate and bridge to the project team on projects to ensure that all requirements are represented.
• Evaluate sector workload, staff assignments, project planning and quality assurance. Identify and coordinate with business leader and operations leader for sharing of project workload and staffing resources across sectors.
• Represent the company as principal-in-charge on select projects, when requested or required, and provide other direct billable services as appropriate to meet the company’s overall chargeability goals.
• Assist project managers with up-front planning aimed at providing quality documents within established hourly budgets and supporting them to meet performance objectives.
• Assist the sector’s business leader and operations leader, to help identify a core team of experts within each technical discipline (as appropriate to the size and geographic reach of the sector) to service clients and provide technical expertise specific to the sector.
• Oversee sector business activities in coordination with other sector leaders, including client and project commitments.
• Monitor financial performance of the sector projects. Provide guidance to project managers when project financial goals are not being met.
• In coordination with the sector business leader, oversee principal-in-charge project activities, including development, negotiation, and implementation of the professional services proposal/contract process; establishment of project service delivery requirements, hour allocations, team structure and project schedule commitments; and projection of profit goals consistent with the company’s established policies, procedures, and resource capabilities.
• Ensure that project managers are following the HED design process with completion of the appropriate quality review milestones.
• Facilitate efforts, both in pursuing and processing work, to further the sector’s growth and development with the goal of establishing and maintaining a strong presence for the sector across locations. Such efforts are to be within the established firm policies, procedures, and workflows.
• Mentoring project managers and team members as needed.
• Serve as one of the company’s main participants and spokespersons with prospective clients, professional organizations, and the public, playing a lead role in the marketing of the company’s professional services.
• Responsible, in partnership with the business leader, as the sector representative for jobsite and client related emergencies.

Requirements

• Extensive knowledge of all aspects of professional services from marketing through project close-out, including design and technical expertise.
• Strong business acumen.
• Professional licensure or board approved certification is required.
• Understanding of data center sector, client relationship skills and strong business skills.
• Minimum 15 years of professional experience with a minimum of five years of Data Center design experience.
• Ability to motivate others and develop teamwork; excellent writing and speaking skills, and strong organizational skills.
• Ability to interact appropriately in various business and social settings with all types of people.
• Professionalism, assertiveness, decisiveness, integrity, and the ability to lead and influence, as appropriate for a senior level position that is highly visible to clients and staff.
• Bachelor’s degree in architecture or engineering is required.
• Ability to work well with others under deadline situations.
• Capable of performing all the duties of a project manager is required.
• LEED accreditation is preferred.
• Computer literate.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance