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Director, Architectural Design

CRB · Kansas City, MO · 6 days ago
HybridDesignFull-time

Responsibilities

  • Provide enterprise leadership for the assigned discipline(s) within TAG, ensuring alignment with CRB business objectives, technical standards, and project delivery priorities.
  • Lead the development, maintenance, and governance of discipline-specific technical standards, best practices, tools, and delivery methodologies.
  • Drive evaluation, prioritization, and implementation of discipline-related technical innovations, systems, and solutions that improve project execution, quality, and efficiency.
  • Ensure consistent deployment and adoption of approved discipline solutions across project types, market sectors, regions, and office locations.
  • Provide technical governance and support to projects, including involvement in complex technical challenges, execution risk mitigation, and issue resolution related to the discipline.
  • Support proposal development, pursuit strategies, and Go/No Go processes by providing discipline-specific technical input, risk insight, and subject matter expertise as requested.
  • Curate and maintain institutional discipline knowledge, lessons learned, and best practices, promoting effective knowledge sharing across the organization.
  • Foster discipline communication and collaboration through communities of practice, technical forums, and structured engagement with regional teams.
  • Partner with regional leadership within the discipline and business to support rollout of TAG initiatives and identify technical capability gaps and improvement opportunities.
  • Contribute to planning and prioritization of discipline initiatives to balance innovation, standards maintenance, and project support needs.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, or related technical discipline.
  • Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in discipline-specific technical Leadership, design, engineering, or project delivery within the AEC industry.
  • Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, or governing technical standards, best practices, tools, or systems.
  • Strong understanding of design, engineering, and construction delivery for complex and technically demanding projects.
  • Professional licensure.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting life sciences, advanced manufacturing, or food & beverage projects.
  • Demonstrated ability to execute discipline-level initiatives involving standardization, innovation, and change adoption.
  • Proven ability to collaborate effectively with senior Leadership, regional discipline leaders, and project teams.

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