Office Practice Leader I

About the role

The Office Practice Leader I is responsible for providing strategic leadership to the Minneapolis, MN office of CannonDesign to achieve growth and outstanding top line results. This includes developing and leading a high-performance, diverse, and inclusive leadership team, implementing a business plan, and acting as a leading ambassador of the firm's brand.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, guidance, and support to Office and Market Leaders in the development of new business opportunities with client partners to achieve top line targets, which will support a minimum 10% growth of the office year over year.
• Lead strategy development and execution, engaging and partnering with all staff levels in the office and the firm to advance entrepreneurial opportunities, innovative market solutions, and impactful design solutions that differentiate the firm and create opportunities for increased market presence and office growth.
• Act as a leading voice for the office within the community and advance a strategic plan that engages other office leadership in activities that promote and elevate the brand of the office and the firm. Champion Living-Centered Design and bring the firm’s purpose to life in every touchpoint with employees, clients, and the community.
• Together with Design Leadership, be a leading voice in the office for fostering a design-focused culture, understanding, and advocating for the power and impact of a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and integrated response to the opportunities presented by our clients. Empower our people to realize the importance of design in all that we do and champion innovation in client and team approach.
• Responsible for the leadership and implementation of a yearly strategic business plan for your office, including key strategies for future top line development, branding, and client engagement that advance the growth of the office. Engage Office and Market Leaders to participate in the process, take ownership, communicate, and champion the initiatives set forth in the plan.
• Partner with Market Leaders, Service Leaders, Business Development Leaders, Client Leaders, and others to grow the business volume of your office and the firm. Be agnostic to market and champion strategic client development and initiatives that differentiate CannonDesign in the marketplace, promoting the full range of our integrated design services and supporting the advancement of Living-Centered Design in all phases of client engagement. Accountable for the overall top line results of the office and have a personal goal of achieving top line success of $2.0M per year.
• Identify, assess, and evaluate Client Leaders and champion the implementation of our client engagement process. Work with the Director of BMBD and other Office and Market Leaders to provide mentorship and training to advance the best practices of client leadership.
• Work with the Regional Director to evaluate and take appropriate action to address the senior talent needs in your office, focusing on building a strong leadership team capable of expanding our impact and growth. Work with other leadership to establish actions to implement the firm’s business plan to grow top line, optimize collaboration and integration, and expand our markets and services.
• Champion mentoring and the growth and development of our future leaders. Work with Human Resources, Market and Office Leaders to identify, assess, mentor and coach the employees in your office. Champion employee engagement activities and own results.
• Partner with the Regional Practice Director and the Regional Associate Practice Directors to champion the best practices of project management, risk management, process improvement, project leadership and office profitability.
• Represent office leadership and staff in firm-wide meetings, conferences, and communicate outcomes, directions, initiatives, policies, etc. back to the office for implementation or information purposes. Develop and execute internal communication processes to keep staff informed and foster collaboration.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field required. Master's preferred.
• Licensure preferred.
• 15 years’ minimum experience with a proven track record of business development success and top-line growth.
• Additional certifications and/or training relevant to this role is preferred.

Skills

• Communicates effectively; energizes, inspires, motivates, and develops high-performing accountable teams.
• Champions our Living-Centered Design ethos.
• Champions an ethical culture.
• Champions ownership and accountability.
• Champions collaboration; shows fairness in actions and decisions putting the Firm first.
• Champions entrepreneurial behavior—open to new ideas, innovative concepts and solutions.
• Demonstrates sound judgement.
• Demonstrates sound approach regarding risk management and mitigation.
• Business acumen and proven ability to execute strategy.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

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Schedule

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