Vice President, Twin Cities

Vice President | Twin Cities

Our firm is seeking a Vice President | Twin Cities to join our growing team in serving Minnesota. This role will be a part of the Bray Leadership Team and oversee operations of the Saint Paul office, the Saint Paul-based team members, and a delivery team. The Vice President | Twin Cities will be responsible for developing a team focused on planning and delivering successful projects and will support regional business development primarily focusing on the Iowa and Illinois markets. The Vice President | Twin Cities will be an excellent communicator, collaborative leader, proven business developer, and strategic thinker to represent the interests of the firm through building and maintaining client relationships and fostering the growth of our internal team.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Reports to Executive Vice Presidents while interfacing with all levels of leadership to ensure adherence to Bray's standards and project expectations.
• Work closely with firm leadership, business development, and marketing team members to build long-term strategic relationships with clientele, generate new leads, and identify new business opportunities.
• Work with firm leadership and business development to build, foster, and maintain relationships with consultants and other industry partners.
• Work with leadership, business development, and marketing teams in developing strategy for and preparation of client proposals and interviews.
• Lead client interviews when required to engage new clients.
• Define regional performance objectives, development plans, goals, and ensure alignment with firm's strategic objectives.
• Oversee and manage team(s) through multiple projects, in partnership with Delivery Team Leader(s) and Project Leader(s), to successfully implement a client's vision.
• Lead client communication and maintain client relationships for multiple projects.
• Prepare for and lead client meetings, presentations, and engagement with stakeholders including facilitating decision making in a public setting and engaging in public speaking.
• Create and manage project schedules, budgets, and staffing plans in partnership with Delivery Team Leader(s).
• Engage in the pre-referendum planning process with clients and stakeholders.
• May perform as a lead on strategic projects or in resolution of technical and/or performance related challenges.
• Identify key hires in the Minnesota marketplace and coordinate hiring efforts with Executive Vice Presidents and human resources team.
• Motivate, coach and guide direct reports and provide technical direction and guidance.
• Ability to review AIA contracts, align scope of services, monitor project progress, and organize project financial information to support invoicing in collaboration with the Director of Contract Management.
• Assist with preparing and administering requests for proposals for consultants and other specialty services.
• Conduct performance evaluations and provide feedback to team members.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate shall have attained:

• A bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited architecture program
• Licensed Architect (ideally including Minnesota)
• A minimum of 5 years in a managerial or leadership role.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience leading public sector design projects (ideally educational and/or municipal)
• Management/supervisory experience
• Strong organizational skills and comfort level with a fast-paced environment
• Proven ability to lead new client engagement including development of proposal and interview strategy and the leadership of successful interview presentations.
• Strong blend of management skills and technical expertise demonstrated by superior planning, decision-making, negotiation, communication, leadership, and desire and ability to dive into the details as required.
• Experience managing multiple clients, projects, and teams including delegating work, establishing and adhering to project schedules, and managing budgets
• Communication/presentation skills to lead external and internal meetings
• Experience developing and maintaining client relationships
• Experience in all phases of architectural projects, obtaining municipal and state approvals, and working with construction managers and general contractors
• Ability to tactfully confront, creatively manage, and quickly resolve conflict
• Experience with standard AIA contracts and documents
• Willingness to mentor team members and serve as a resource
• Experience using Autodesk Revit and delivering projects utilizing Building Information Modeling (BIM)
• Willingness to travel (generally within Minnesota and Western Wisconsin with minimal overnight stays)

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH | UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITY

We are a full-service planning, architecture, interior design, and community engagement firm whose success derives from the quality of our design and the loyalty and trust of our growing client base. If you are an organized and self-motivated individual with a desire to grow personally and professionally within a highly collaborative environment, we hope to hear from you. It has been an incredible several years at Bray with steady growth in work, employees, and markets. We have every reason to be excited about the future. Come join us.

CULTURE

We value most our dedicated staff who thrive within a culture of high work ethic, professional growth, commitment to each other and our clients, and supportive and transparent leadership. We have set a high bar of expectation, which is supported with mutual respect, support, and camaraderie.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a U.S. veteran except where it relates to a bona fide occupational qualification.