Landscape Architecture Team Leader

About the role

Landscape Architecture Team Leader | Richmond, VA | Hybrid

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of landscape architects, planners, designers, and technical staff.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and design-forward culture aligned with VHB’s OneVHB values and Generational Company philosophy.
• Partner with leadership to establish growth strategies, staffing plans, retention initiatives, and professional development opportunities.
• Support the development of junior and mid-level staff through coaching, mentoring, and leadership development.
• Promote innovation, continuous learning, and the thoughtful application of emerging design tools and practices.
• Lead the growth of the Planning and Landscape Architecture practice in Richmond and across the I-64 Corridor.
• Develop and implement business development strategies in partnership with regional leadership.
• Build and strengthen relationships with municipalities, developers, universities, healthcare systems, public agencies, and private-sector clients.
• Identify and pursue opportunities across community planning, parks and recreation, institutional, public realm, mixed-use, and land development markets.
• Support project pursuits through client engagement, opportunity identification, scope development, fee strategy, and proposal development.
• Represent VHB through industry organizations, conferences, professional associations, and community engagement activities.
• Serve as a senior landscape architect, planner, project manager, design manager, or quality control manager on complex and high-profile projects.
• Lead project teams through visioning, site analysis, conceptual design, master planning, site planning, permitting, construction documentation, and implementation.
• Provide technical guidance and quality oversight to project managers, planners, designers, and technical staff.
• Collaborate with engineers, planners, environmental scientists, architects, and other professionals to deliver integrated, multidisciplinary solutions.
• Champion sustainable, resilient, and climate-responsive design practices, including green infrastructure, low-impact development, and stormwater-sensitive design.
• Monitor team workload, project budgets, staffing needs, utilization, backlog, and financial performance.
• Leverage emerging technologies such as GIS, visualization software, digital engagement tools, AI-supported workflows, and 3D modeling to enhance project delivery and communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Urban Design, or a related field.
• Licensed or registered Landscape Architect required; Virginia licensure preferred or ability to obtain within a reasonable timeframe.
• 10–15+ years of professional experience in landscape architecture, planning, site design, or related practice areas, including significant leadership, business development, and team management responsibilities.
• Demonstrated success leading complex projects from planning and design through construction documentation and implementation.
• Experience developing proposals, scopes of work, fee estimates, contracts, interviews, and client presentations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including proposal writing, public speaking, and meeting facilitation.
• Proven ability to manage budgets, schedules, scope, risk, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Experience collaborating with municipalities, developers, architects, engineers, planners, institutions, community stakeholders, and public-sector clients.
• Proficiency with industry-standard design, visualization, documentation, and communication tools.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, AutoCAD/Civil 3D, Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, GIS platforms, visualization software, and emerging digital technologies is preferred.

Benefits

The base salary range for this position is $110,000 to $150,000 for Richmond, VA. This offer is determined based on a number of job-related factors including internal comparators, skills, education, training, credentials, experience, scope and complexity of role responsibilities and geographic location. In addition, VHB offers a holistic benefits package which can be found here.

Pay

$110,000 to $150,000 annually

Schedule

Hybrid