The Dallas office is looking for a Science & Technology Studio Design Leader - Engineering to join our team. The Studio Design Leader has a significant design portfolio in a specific market and partners with the Studio Leader to determine and implement market strategies, playing a significant role in pursuing and winning work. This role provides the leadership and vision necessary within a studio to elevate design quality, promote a design-centric culture, and coach and mentor a pipeline of future design leaders. Key functions of this role: • Win and design projects that embody SmithGroup values and expectations. • Build and nurture a pipeline of future design leaders within the studio and across a region. • Externally differentiate SmithGroup within the market through design excellence and innovation. • With the Studio Leader, establish and achieve market goals at the local and regional levels. • Adoption and use of SmithGroup tools and processes across the studio to ensure design quality for all projects. Additionally, you will: • Serve as Project Designer on key projects within the studio and region and with the Project Manager be responsible for project quality and team performance. • Collaborate with Market Directors, Market Design Directors, and Studio Leaders on business development, pursuit strategies, team composition, and winning work. • Lead studio efforts that support a firmwide culture of design excellence through critiques, thought leadership, achievement recognition, public relations, and talent development. • Drive a consistent level of design quality across the studio by ensuring SmithGroup standards, tools, and processes are utilized on all projects. • Evaluate design work within the studio and region and determine the degree of design engagement needed at the individual project level. • Take an active leadership role in fostering critical dialogue, rigor, and clear communication to improve design outcomes where needed. • Provide guidance to design team members in the development of client and stakeholder presentations and design materials to communicate design. • Represent SmithGroup design and design values through publications, interviews, and market-based conference presentations and association events. • Participate in client-facing business development activities, project pursuits, interviews, regional initiatives, leadership and management discussions, and committees. • Actively recruit, develop and mentor mid- and junior-level design talent. An ideal candidate has: • A minimum of a bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent combination of education experience required to be licensed. • Minimum 10 years of professional experience. • Professional licensure required; sustainability credentials preferred. • Original design work that has been built and recognized with design awards from external professional and public organizations. • A clear commitment to integrated design, collaboration, and co-creation with clients, focusing on opportunities for design innovation. • An advanced understanding of code implementation, jurisdiction review, construction practices and methodologies, and key typologies within the market. • A proven ability to lead an integrated design process including architects, interior designers, engineers, planners, and site designers. • Expertise as a resourceful and strategic problem solver, committed to integrated thinking and holistic sustainability. • A creative and entrepreneurial spirit to embrace cultural trends, future technologies, production and presentation software, and other tools of our trade. • An understanding of scope responsibilities to maintain project schedule and workplan. • Effective communication and presentation skills. At SmithGroup, we are committed to helping our staff thrive with great projects and time to unwind. We offer flexible scheduling, a hybrid work environment, 3 weeks of PTO within your first year of employment with the option of purchasing additional time off, 8 paid federal holidays, plus 15 extra Fridays off! Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, wellbeing resources, paid parental leave, a flex spending account and voluntary insurance options. We invest in your future through our 401(k) program with employer matching, tuition reimbursement program, one-on-one career coaching and professional development opportunities. While we may ultimately pay more or less than a posted salary range, at the time of posting the anticipated salary range for this position is $123,000 to $153,000 annually and you are eligible for a performance-based bonus each year. To be considered for this role, please create a profile and apply!