If you think your skills, experience and aspirations make you a good match for this position, we encourage you to apply. This position may be filled anywhere in the United States and will require substantial on-site presence at our client site in the San Francisco, CA area. Preference may be given to candidates based in the Western or Central region.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The successful candidate will serve as a leader of authority and have strong subject matter expertise on large, or multiple S&T projects. This role will be considered a company leader and successfully engaging multiple team members, disciplines, leading clients, mentoring our people, and advancing the quality of our work. This role will be joining the design team for a significant 1.25 million square foot laboratory facility for a leading biotechnology company in San Francisco, CA.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Actively seek to further the state of the art within our industry and develop innovative solutions and responses as the needs of researchers evolve.
• Lead internal Subject Matter Expert teams.
• Effectively collaborate with a project team to provide technical expertise in the programming and planning for projects.
• Lead user group meetings to collect and refine program needs and assess space utilization.
• Communicate planning concepts to project teams and owners, verbally and through graphic and written reports and work effectively with architectural designers to optimize plans that further owners’ goals and objectives.
• Translate planning concepts into comprehensible terms for clients, designers, and project team members.
• Lead the development, modification and/or review of planning concepts and solutions.
• Lead the development of architectural drawings and specifications to translate planning concepts into project documentation for construction.
• Develop project scope, plan, and services during the contract process.
• Develop and maintain excellent relationships with existing and potential clients.
• Elevate subject matter expertise identity and business growth.
• Train project planners.
• A minimum of 2 published papers or presentations annually.
• Advances the subject matter expertise knowledge.
• Will be responsible for achieving sustainability and project profitability goals.
• 65% billable on projects and 25% Marketing utilization.
• Other duties as assigned.

Top Line Development

• Actively participates in marketing and business development activities and pursuits. In collaboration with others, you will have a contributing goal totaling $3-4M per year in Net Signed Fees.
• Targets and metrics for this role are subject to change as CannonDesign periodically evaluates our performance and metrics.