We are seeking a driven and client-focused Practice Leader to join our team in Texas. As a Practice Leader, you will mentor staff and deliver top-notch service to clients in the world of Higher Education. You will leverage your architectural skills and previous buildings experience to lead a multi-discipline team to deliver innovative buildings solutions for our clients. This role requires direct engagement with our Clients, necessitating technical expertise related to the project scope.

As a Practice Leader you will work in partnership with the Operations Director, Market Growth Director and Client Account Managers for Cities and Places, and subsequently with the Architecture Director for overall strategy and approach. For each project you will directly interface and collaborate with the discipline leads, senior Project Architect and Design Manager. You are accountable for setting and adhering to the project financial goals and team communication. Responsible for the project overall health; financials, team effectiveness, client relationship, safety, and quality.

Together, we will embody our mission: Challenging Today, Reinventing Tomorrow. Our Purpose: To create a more connected, sustainable world, and Our Values: We do things right. We challenge the accepted. We aim higher. We live inclusion.

Primary Responsibilities:

• "Seller-Doer" - Developing and maintaining internal and external client networks and serving as a primary contributor during client meetings and presentations.

• Identify and elevate premier Market Sector design opportunities.

• Engage with critical Go/No Go decisions.

• Representing Jacobs in a positive manner at meetings, presentations and in public.

• Participating in directing growth and strategic planning as part of the Company’s management team.

• Initiating, preparing, and reviewing proposals and participating in interviews in response to RFPs and RFQs. This includes working with discipline leads for potential team members, and develop the project workplan and financial/pricing tool.

• Fosters and maintains a collaborative professional working relationship with Project Teams.

• Sets the Client Expectation Surveys (CES), Client Satisfactory Surveys (CSS) at the beginning of the project and follow up throughout the major milestones.

• Facilitate the creation of communication plans, ensuring that appropriate information is exchanged among key stakeholders, and conduct status review meetings among project team members and clients through project execution.

• Determine, monitor, and manage financial project metrics, schedules, and staffing requirements for each project.

• Guide the overall development and quality of the project documents and adherence with Jacobs Quality Program.

• May lead project team meetings to help resolve project issues, coordination with other disciplines, schedule adherence and sharing client feedback.

• Securing, assigning, and maintaining a full-service project team containing all the resources required to successfully deliver projects while maintaining quality.

• Plan, organize and direct management and design staff.

• Identifying and assessing risks and implementing effective risk mitigation strategies

• Ensuring the obligations of the agreement between Client and the Company are fulfilled.

• Provide effective team management to help reduce costs of delivering projects and adding value to the business by applying proven management techniques.

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from an accredited University

• Professional Registered Architect (RA)

• 15+ years of AEC buildings experience as a client-facing Design Project Manager on Higher Education programs

• Active participation in professional organizations, with exceptional social, networking, organization, communication, people and presentation skills

• Demonstrated ability to lead multiple projects

• Mentoring staff

• 5+ years of management involving direct client contact and full responsibility for projects, with examples of new construction project delivery from design through construction

• 5+ years of experience working as a licensed project architect

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including presentations

• Ability to work in multi-discipline, multi-office, and Global Integrated Delivery (GID) environments

• Knowledge and implementation of project financial acumen

Ideally, you'll also have:

• Master’s degree

• NCARB certificate holder

Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.