Office Practice Leader I

About the role

The role is focused on providing strategic leadership for the San Diego and Irvine California offices of CannonDesign. The primary responsibilities include developing and leading a high-performance, diverse, and inclusive leadership team to achieve growth and outstanding top line results. The successful candidate will develop and implement a business plan for their office in alignment with a firm-wide blueprint for enhancing the SFMO (Single-Firm, Multi-Office) culture and growing the firm.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement 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 and the firm.
• 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 help people continuously flourish—to life in every touchpoint you have 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.
• Champion mentoring and the growth and development of our future leaders, empowering our people to realize the importance of design in all that we do and championing innovation in client and team approach.
• 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 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.
• Devote 45% of your time to activities that advance our brand and develop new business opportunities with client partners focused on the growth of the office, the region, and the Firm.
• Devote 30% of your time to engaging and partnering with clients on billable project work, providing leadership and fostering strong client relationships that lead to high client satisfaction and potential opportunities for future work.
• Devote 15% of your time to office leadership including strategy development, practice and market building, business practice support, recruiting, and other related staff growth and development activities.

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.

Qualifications

• Communicates effectively; energizes, inspires, motivates, and develops high-performing accountable teams.
• Champions our Living-Centered Design ethos.
• Champions an ethical culture.
• Demonstrates 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.
• Some travel is required.

Skills

• Strategic planning and execution.
• Client relationship management.
• Team leadership and development.
• Business development and growth.
• Living-Centered Design principles.
• Collaboration and teamwork.
• Communication and presentation skills.
• Project management and risk management.
• Leadership and management skills.

Benefits

Salary range: $158,200 to $197,800 annually. Discretionary bonuses may be offered. Full benefit package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, flexible spending account options, voluntary insurances, paid time off, flex-time schedules, remote work options, and a 401(k) plan. For a general overview of our benefits, please visit our careers page at https://www.cannondesign.com/careers/benefits.

Pay

$158,200 to $197,800 annually.

Schedule

Flexible schedule.

Contact

To apply, candidates can only apply to our positions on our company Careers site. For more information, please visit our careers page at https://www.cannondesign.com/careers.