Principal Landscape Architect
Through innovative design, we empower communities to help them realize their potential. Our landscape architects create inspired spaces that reflect context, respond to user needs, and embody our commitment to resilience and sustainability. We take a collaborative approach to design and believe that the best solutions are the product of diverse perspectives.
Our team members have opportunities to provide services across the United States in visioning; master planning; community design; park and recreation design; commercial and corporate design; State and Federal projects; healthcare design; urban design and revitalization; environmental resiliency and green infrastructure; transportation planning and design; and landscape restoration and rehabilitation. These diverse project opportunities are regularly delivered in teams of experts from across the North America – we are better together.
We are seeking a Principal Landscape Architect to serve as a business developer and co-team leader for our Boston-based Landscape Architecture Team. The Principal Landscape Architect will lead design vision and strategy for large, complex, multi-disciplinary projects while driving business development and client engagement. This role emphasizes design leadership, guiding concept development, ensuring design integrity through all phases, and mentoring team members, alongside responsibilities for project management, construction documentation, and administration. The successful candidate will work within Stantec’s Community Development practice, and collaborate with internal Architectural, Environmental, and Engineering disciplines.
As a Principal Landscape Architect, you will work in a team environment on a wide range of projects and scales such as planning and design of parks and recreation facilities; bicycle, pedestrian, and multiuse trails; sports and athletic facilities; healthcare, urban infill, corporate, and educational campuses; and master planned communities including multi-family residential, senior housing, mixed-use and transit-oriented developments. You will lead and assist with assignments across disciplines, manage budgets, provide urban and landscape architecture design experience, and interact with existing and prospective clients with exemplary communication skills and a strategic and design-oriented perspective.
Business development responsibilities will include: market research and strategy, client relationship management, proposal development, branding and marketing, identifying and cultivating strategic partnerships, monitoring business development performance indicators including win rates and revenue growth, and fostering a culture of internal collaboration.
You will work within a local and virtual team setting, with weekly presence at our Boston office expected. Local travel will be required for attending client or public meetings, scoping new assignments, and participating in internal meetings.
Stantec is the place where opportunity, great ideas and rewarding careers happen.
Your Key Responsibilities
Business Development – fostering existing client relationships and developing new to support the team’s backlog and presence in the market
Proposal preparation, coordination, and review
Client-facing responsibilities on key assignments
Supporting projects and pursuits led by other disciplines within Stantec
Management of large, multi-disciplinary projects
Oversight of projects from scoping, to conceptual design, through construction document phase and construction administration
Promoting design excellence, development of creative solutions
Maintaining project budgets
Quality control review of deliverables
Oversight and management of staff
Mentorship of team
Inter-office and inter-disciplinary collaboration
Fostering positive collaborative environment within Stantec’s Boston Community Development Team
Your Capabilities and Credentials
Licensed Landscape Architect
Experience with public and private sectors in the Northeast
Demonstrated responsibility, maturity, and commitment to a team-driven environment, including an ability to communicate effectively, lead teams, develop strong internal relationships, and foster a culture of collaboration
Expertise in resilient and sustainable designs
Desire and ability to lead and contribute on multiple levels within the design process
Excellent creative and critical thinking skills
Ability to integrate sustainability in all aspects of planning and design
Well-versed in local, regional, and national trends in planning, landscape architecture and urban design.
Ability to successfully scope and deliver multi-disciplinary projects
Strong communication skills with the ability to present ideas clearly and confidently
Proficiency in AutoCAD, Adobe Suite and Microsoft Office; Civil3D and LandFX experience preferred
High-level understanding and working knowledge of GIS, Sketch-Up, Rhino or similar platforms at a supervisory level of effectiveness
Excellent time management skills
Thorough understanding of task assignments and schedules, budgeting, and efficient use of time and resources
Detailed knowledge of codes, legal and design requirements in relevant jurisdictions, and how they apply to design projects
Demonstrated effectiveness in building and maintaining client relationships; -Proven ability to translate those relationships into winning new work opportunities
Experience conducting presentations and project interviews
Good driving record and valid driver’s license required
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from an accredited Landscape Architecture program. Minimum 15 years of experience preferred.
Salary Range: $120,400 - $180,500
To Apply:
Please use this link to complete the application: https://stantec.jobs/boston-ma/principal-landscape-architect/56FFFDD555AC47FC9A7A19649933518E/job/
We ask you to include your resume, a cover letter along with a portfolio.