Market Sector Leader - Education

Market Sector Lead - Education - Miami

We are currently seeking a high-caliber, dynamic Senior Architect to serve as the Market Sector Lead for our Education Group in Miami. In this seller-doer role, you will play a pivotal part in helping us win, design, and lead teams of architects on a diverse range of K-12 and Higher Education sector projects. Working closely with our Regional Directors, you will also have the opportunity to mentor and contribute to the growth of this market sector. This is a chance to be a leader, a mentor, and a driving force behind impactful projects that transform communities.

A Market Sector Lead's main responsibilities include:

• Leading pursuits, working directly, and collaborating with other Zyscovich leadership.
• Providing a design-driven technical and management leadership approach to the practice.
• Supervising, recruiting, and promoting staff and intentionally embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion in all stages of employee success.
• Building strong relationships and interactions with clients, teaming partners, and stakeholders
• Collaborating with the other Zyscovich /Stratus architecture practices around the Americas
• Overseeing and leading multiple projects through all phases of design, and actively lead the design process for each of these clients and opportunities.
• Working with Project Managers to define scope from initial project information and overseeing preparation of associated fee proposals, schedules, work plans, and additional service requests as required.
• Provide guidance and direction to ensure presentations and deliverables meet a high standard of graphic quality that exceed client expectations and advance the reputation of the firm.
• Demonstrate creativity, foresight, and mature architectural judgment in anticipating and solving both routine and unusual structure/design problems, determining program objectives and requirements, organizing programs and projects, and developing standards and guides for diverse activities.
• Fostering a design culture in the studio and establishing, and encouraging, a collaborative environment for all project teams
• Participating in the annual performance review of employees, further developing staff skills and growth through open dialogue
• Providing mentorship, coaching, and motivating project teams and individuals
• Becoming actively involved in organizations at the leadership level.
• Promoting a fun and collaborative work culture

Minimum Requirements:

• BA/BS in Architecture plus 12 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education, including 4 years of associate/leadership.
• Architecture License is required.
• Demonstrated relationships with public and private sector agencies and consultants in order to grow the practice.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a multi-disciplinary practice consisting of architects and engineers.
• Demonstrated ability to provide Thought and Design leadership on key projects and programs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead project teams.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate contracts and business terms with clients and internal to Zyscovich.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 15 years of experience as an architect.
• FL License is preferred.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• Software: Revit, AutoCAD, MS Excel, and Word.

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