Regional Practice Director

Summary

Join CannonDesign as a Regional Practice Director and oversee the firm's commercial, legal, and project delivery practices in a specified region. Collaborate with other Regional Practice Directors to manage resources, business operations, and financial performance, ensuring the region contributes to the firm's annual financial success. Develop and implement a regional business plan that aligns with the firm's strategic framework, targeting year-over-year growth. Implement regional growth in accordance with a firm-wide blueprint aimed at developing a network of highly integrated offices. Focus on achieving results, lead with a clear direction, and motivate others to meet the business and practice objectives of the firm. This role requires a strong business mindset, a growth mindset, and a commitment to the firm's Single Firm Multiple Office (SFMO) model.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Generally, at least 20 years of related experience or equivalent
• Experience working in the A/E/C industry
• Proven leadership ability
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Effective change management
• Ownership and accountability
• Advocate Living-Centered Design
• Promote ethical culture
• Collaborative team player
• Encourage entrepreneurial behavior
• Sound judgment and business acumen
• Inclusive leadership of diverse teams
• Risk management approach
• Effective internal communication and team motivation

Responsibilities

• Oversee the practice for a CannonDesign region, concentrating on commercial, legal, and project delivery practices
• Manage resources, business operations, efficiency, project management, technical delivery, and financial performance
• Exemplify our Living-Centered Design ethos in our culture, processes, and client interactions
• Supervise and lead business practices and project delivery to attain design excellence, technical proficiency, and profitability
• Ensure the region contributes to the firm’s annual financial success by achieving an after-TCC profit in the range of 15% to 25%
• Oversee the business practices, risk mitigation and quality execution of the work using a firm first, region second methodology
• Develop and implement a regional business plan that aligns with the firm's strategic framework, targeting a minimum of 10% year-over-year growth
• Focus on a specific region while also collaborating with other Regional Practice Directors and firm leaders to develop complementary and distinct capabilities across the firm to further advance SFMO
• Implement regional growth in accordance with a firm-wide blueprint aimed at developing a network of highly integrated offices that enhance our SFMO (Single-Firm, Multi-Office) culture and contribute to the firm's overall growth
• Ensure project management and process leadership best practices, including work planning, contracting, risk management, fee development, and resource management, are understood and consistently implemented across all offices in the region
• Collaborate with the Executive Director of the region, Business Office, Legal Team, and Quality to address commercial and risk issues
• Assess, evaluate, mentor, and take appropriate actions to help staff achieve success and improve outcomes in these areas
• Define initiatives and actions to achieve high-quality service and performance, along with solid financial results and targeted profitability
• Collaborate with Office, Market, and Service Leaders to develop fee and staffing strategies, including process approach, to achieve successful project and financial outcomes
• Monitor project performance and conduct audits, directing changes to ensure satisfactory results
• Work with the Business Office and Regional Controllers to implement and monitor financial strategies and processes that meet both office and region profitability goals
• Lead the regional revenue forecasting and recognition process, taking appropriate action to ensure satisfactory results
• Implement project delivery methods, including Design Technology, Quality, Sustainability processes, and engineering and interior design integration
• Embrace innovative ideas and workflows to enhance delivery efficiency, exploring new tools such as software or AI
• Foster a design-centric culture using Living Center Design to achieve outstanding results for clients
• Develop regional staffing and recruitment strategies
• Collaborate with various leaders to identify resource needs and strategic investments, providing oversight and guidance
• Facilitate our firm's SFMO (Single-Firm, Multi-Office) model to support client requirements
• Plan resources firmwide to align with profitability, staff development, quality goals, client expectations, and strategic office growth
• Provide oversight and guidance to regional leaders to assess, align, recruit, and develop regional resources
• Foster the development of a diverse team of professionals that support a design culture, and the strategic objectives of the region as outlined in the business plan
• Implement a mentoring program for future leaders of the firm
• Encourage team members to understand Living-Centered Design and demonstrate its role in their work and business operations
• Focus on achieving results, lead with a clear direction, and motivate others to meet the business and practice objectives of the Firm
• Participate actively in firm-wide meetings and events
• Provide leadership by communicating goals, outcomes, directions, initiatives, policies, etc. to the staff for implementation or information purposes
• Develop and implement internal communication processes to keep staff informed and encourage collaboration

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degrees

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Flexible spending account options
• Voluntary insurances
• Paid time off
• Flex-time schedules
• Remote work options
• 401k plan
• Employee perk programs
• Discretionary bonuses