Education and Science Principal

We are currently searching for a Principal to join our Boston office, to lead a team focused on planning and designing exciting spaces for colleges, universities, and commercial science. These places inspire students to learn, researchers to discover; they are spaces that promote curiosity and allow communities to thrive. The successful candidate will work together with architects, engineers, and other design professionals as part of a collaborative interdisciplinary team. We are an employee-owned, expertise-driven practice that balances deep technical knowledge with the highest degree of creativity which results in award-wining design.

We design facilities that support life-changing scientific advances and that foster discovery. We believe that at the root of all good design is an understanding of human behavior, and how the physical environment can affect these behaviors.

We are consistently ranked #1 in Science and Technology and have been recognized by the industry's Lab of the Year program 11 times for designing facilities in which world-class scientists can discover cures for insidious diseases, create new sources of clean energy, protect our resources, and improve public health-enriching people's lives around the world. Seamlessly integrating our science and education expertise, we are leading the transformation of learning environments at the world's top academic institutions to better prepare the next generation's leaders.

Primary Responsibilities

In the role of Principal for our Education, Science and Community (EdSciCom) practice, you will help establish and guide the overall direction of this sector in the local market and elsewhere in the region. The successful candidate must possess the drive, experience and charisma needed to secure a robust client base and to solidify an unrivaled reputation for the core team throughout the northeast region.

The role includes a variety of duties ranging from annual planning to closing on pursuits and directing project teams. Critical to this role is a proven history and commitment to developing and nurturing strong relationships with multiple clients in the EdSciCom sector. Beginning with pre-positioning activities and continuing through (and beyond) the life of project execution, these relationships will be essential to creating opportunities and maintaining HDR's position for future work.

Responsibilities include:

• Leadership and visioning for the EdSciCom sector.
• Developing capture plans and initiating relationships with key clients.
• Maintaining an active and visible presence in the EdSciCom sector, allocating time in proportion to annual fee goals for the local region.
• Helping develop qualifications and proposals for EdSciCom pursuits.
• Leading pursuit go/no-go and strategy discussions.
• Directing interview strategies and implementation.
• Preparing and negotiating project contracts.
• Serving as Principal-in-Charge on projects as appropriate.
• Working closely with local leadership to maintain project oversight throughout execution, including conformance to client expectations for technical/quality, financial performance, and schedule adherence.
• Providing mentorship and guidance to staff in support of career development.
• In collaboration with EdSciCom subject matter experts, and independently when appropriate, developing abstracts and presentations for industry conferences, seminars, workshops, and other similar events promoting program messages, research, project outcomes, lessons learned, trends, etc. related to facility design.

Project types include learning / teaching environments and research and development facilities for academic, institutional, and corporate sector clients. Projects can include buildings for the life sciences, physical sciences, biocontainment, animal research, public health, and related support facilities. Project opportunities are largely within the northeast and mid-Atlantic region but may extend to neighboring states and potentially abroad due to personal relationships, particular expertise, project needs, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture
• Registered Architect
• Must have experience on large-scale projects
• Knowledge and experience within the local and regional market
• Strong team leadership, mentoring, motivational/organizational and people skills
• Willing to travel
• Experience and/or interest in sustainable design/LEED
• PMP certification
• Working knowledge of Revit

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• Bachelor's degree in related field
• 15 years related experience
• A minimum of 7 years project management experience
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, estimating and scheduling software, project management software
• Must have the ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must