Larson Design Group

Director of Architects - Retail Architecture

Retail Architecture - Columbus, OH - Full Time

About Us

Larson Design Group (LDG) is an award-winning, employee-owned Architecture, Engineering, and Consulting Firm. Guided by our core values, we’re expanding our team, opening new offices, and adding new offerings to provide responsive, innovative solutions to clients nationwide.   

Being 100% employee-owned directly impacts our culture: it drives our decision-making, motivates our teams, increases our productivity, improves retention, and contributes to the future success of our company. Our culture is one where we work hard for our clients and for each other – and we have fun collaborating, sharing experience and expertise, and learning along the way. We’re passionate about delivering exceptional quality, elevating client relationships, enriching the careers and lives of our employee owners, and enhancing the communities where we live and serve.     

At LDG, we strive to create an organization where people want to work. We offer a flexible work environment, paid training for required licensures, competitive benefits, bonus plans, and a company-funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) while supporting your professional and personal growth.    

Your Opportunity + Impact

The Practice Manager will oversee the delivery of our professional services within the practice by coordinating and directing technical and project management teams. This position is responsible for the overall management of technical aspects of projects to include technical design, quality control, and management aspects of projects to include scope, budgeting and financial performance. This position is responsible for managing both technical and project management teams to ensure project delivery goals are being met. The Practice Manager may also prepare and implement annual business goals and assist with multi-year strategic business plans.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership

  • Establish an open environment where staff can discuss learning, growth and advancement.
  • Coach, mentor, and motivate project team members.
  • Communicate and collaborate with managers, clients, and contractors.
  • Facilitate and engage in conversations with staff around their performance, development and direction in the company.
  • Lead and mentor direct reports regarding growth, learning, development, compensation, training, skill acquisition and advancement.
  • Collaborate with peers to ensure interdisciplinary project needs are satisfied.

Business Development

  • Coordinate and participate in Marketing and Client Development efforts.
  • Maintain certain strategic client relationships and work to develop new client relationships.

Planning

  • Review and approve submittals, proposals and presentations.
  • Responsible for all contract scopes, schedules and budgets within the practice.
  • Execute agreements, contracts and subcontracts as permissible within the corporate approval policy.
  • Prepares workload forecasting reports and staffing plans.

Strategic Planning and Performance

  • Assist in preparing division strategic plan and annual business plan and budget. Work with staff to execute against established goals.
  • Monitor contracts, subcontracts, change orders and other agreements to ensure that established procedures are being followed.
  • Attend negotiation meetings with PM/client as appropriate.
  • Consult with PM to determine accuracy of project financial status.
  • Oversee technical staff and ensure supervisory tasks are complete, to include reviewing/approving timesheets, performing annual reviews, and assuring compliance with company and department policies and procedures.
  • Promote, utilize, and support quality assurance and quality control processes to improve the quality of deliverables and reduce design errors & omissions.

Education and Experience

  • Education: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in architectural field.
  • Experience: Minimum of ten (10) years’ job-related experience.
  • Licensure/Certification: Registered architect (RA) license strongly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Must possess the ability to work both independently and as a part of a Project Team
  • Possess strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
  • Must be able to interact with clients, project team, vendors, and other external groups in a professional manner.

EEO Statement

Larson Design Group, Inc. is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization.

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