OverviewKimley-Horn has an opportunity for a motivated Senior Project Manager (Practice Builder) to expand our Landscape Architecture practice in West Palm Beach, FL! The successful candidate will be a leader in a practice specializing in high end design and technical complicated landscape architectural services. This individual will have an entrepreneurial spirit and create a vision for growth for a Landscape Architecture practice while growing their own projects, clients and team around them.
This position leads business development efforts, manages relationships with key clients, and oversees all project tasks while mentoring the growth of younger staff. The successful candidate will have a great deal of autonomy to lead, direct, and grow their business. Practice Builders are encouraged to pursue opportunities that fuel their professional passion and contribute to firmwide success. Our system for rewards is designed to recognize staff as they move along a path to success. Bonuses, promotions, path to ownership recognition, and other forms of advancement are performance based, because as a firm we focus on results.
Responsibilities
- Work in a dynamic team environment on a range of projects including private and public development throughout the region for a wide variety of clients
- Manage, lead, and expand practice teams for high end design and technically complicated projects
- Project experience will be diverse as we provide services to both public and private sectors
- Has an entrepreneurial spirit and create a vision for growth for the high end design practice and beyond
- Given a great deal of autonomy to lead, direct, and grow their business
- Our Project Managers/Practice Builders manage their projects profitably, transition work to qualified staff, grow and mentor staff, and act as a positive leader and mentor
- With success, this individual will enjoy the rewards of an impressive bonus program with the potential to advance to ownership
Qualifications
- 8+ years experience growing and leading a landscape architecture practice/studio
- Registered Professional/Certified Landscape Architect (PLA/CLA) license or ability to obtain in 1 year
- Experience developing relationships with extensive client contacts
- Business development and marketing experience including writing proposals, developing scopes of work, and creating budgets for projected work
- Strong desire and ability to be engaged with clients solving project problems and working with the team to deliver
- Ability to effectively communicate positively at all levels of the organization.
- Ability to manage and mentor staff and direct resources effectively in a positive manner.
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects profitably
- Excellent communication, leadership, and technical skills
