Head of Architecture and Placemaking
7 months ago
As an Arcadian, you already help us deliver world leading sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. You are part of our global business comprising 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.
Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can continue to solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
**Role description**:
The Head of Architecture and Placemaking coordinates with the Business Unit Director to achieve the cultural and business development goals for the office. The Head of Architecture and Placemaking reports directly to the Business Unit Director and partners with the Studio Leaders.
**Role accountabilities**:
- Leads the business development in the office, spends 50% of time developing business relationships and project opportunities.
- Ensures that the design culture is assimilated within the office, spends 50% of time working directly with Studio Leaders to ensure design quality across all projects.
- Assists Business Unit Director with Middle East strategy execution, administration of budgets, resourcing, hiring and office management.
- Select, lead and develop the project team, to ensure they have the necessary skills to deliver the project, they understand and are engaged with the project strategy, brief and client requirements, and to manage their delivery of project objectives.
- Develop strong, partnering relationships with senior client personnel in order to identify and resolve issues, to identify business opportunities and to influence their decision making; act as the main contributor during client meetings and presentations.
- Coach and mentor Architecture & Design professionals to support the development of Arcadis’ talent pool.
- Keep up to date with developments in the industry sector and with technical and legislative developments and seek out opportunities to develop a strong professional profile.
**Qualifications & Experience**:
- Professional Architectural/ Design degree from an appropriate accredited institution.
- Successful track record of managing Architectural and Design organizations of similar complexity.
- Recognised expert in the professional discipline with well-established industry networks.
- Extensive experience working in Middle East.
- Excellent relationship builder and business development skills
- Track record as an effective communicator and team builder.
- Exceptional leadership and organizational effectiveness.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Motivational and inspirational leader.
Continue your career journey as an Arcadian.
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You do meaningful work, and no matter where your next role in Arcadis takes you, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark; on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We see our people as our biggest asset, and through our strength in diversity, we empower them to grow, perform and succeed, to not only shape the environment we work in, but also their own future. With over 60 nationalities in a region renowned for its cultural diversity, our people are integrated into local communities where they can use their experiences and innovative ideas to make a real difference. As an Arcadian, you will have the opportunity to learn and grow when you work on some of the world’s largest and most exciting projects, whether it is shaping the vast coast of the Red Sea or building new cultural districts alongside world heritage sites.
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