DLR Group
Studio Leader, K-12 Education
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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About the role
- As a Studio Leader/Client Leader, you will play a key role in business development, client relationship management, and contract negotiations.
Responsibilities
- Manage project execution, ensuring alignment with budget, schedule, and scope while maintaining client expectations.
- Collaborate with the Project Manager and Design Leader on staffing, responsibilities, and performance feedback for project team members.
- Facilitate and document meetings with staff and clients, coordinating project personnel, vendors, and consultants.
- Participate in client contract negotiations, manage change requests, and approve project plan modifications.
- Support business development initiatives by strengthening relationships with school districts in Nashville and across Tennessee, contributing to RFP responses, and participating in client interviews.
- Oversee project invoicing, ensuring accuracy and alignment with work deliverables, and manage accounts receivable.
- DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design.
- You will educate clients about our design process while collaborating with the Project Manager and Design Leader to ensure each project's financial success and design excellence.
- Throughout the project lifecycle, you will maintain consistent client contact, foster a collaborative and innovative work environment, and ensure that both the client's and DLR Group's goals are met.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Interior Design, or a related construction field.
- Strong understanding of business management principles, including strategic planning, resource allocation, and leadership.
- Knowledge of customer service principles, including needs assessment, quality standards, and customer satisfaction.
- Ability to actively listen, understand others' perspectives, and respond thoughtfully in conversations.
- As a leader in our Nashville studio, you will bring this expertise to local school communities while helping shape the growth of our practice across Tennessee.
Nice to have
- Professional licensure in Architecture.
- TO BE CONSIDERED, PLEASE SUBMIT CURRENT PORTFOLIO/WORK SAMPLES IN PDF FORMAT.
- At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles.
Benefits
- Our Nashville, TN office has an opening for a Studio Leader, K-12 Education to support and lead the growth of our K-12 Education practice locally.
Company info
- This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet.
- We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients' success.
- We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.
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