Overview In this role you will lead the northern California architectural delivery team within GHD's Design & Delivery Organization, guiding complex projects from pursuit through construction. You will blend technical leadership with people development to uphold delivery standards and quality. You'll manage scope, schedule, and budget while coordinating with cross-functional teams and subconsultants. This is a hands-on leadership position in a hybrid, collaborative culture that values safety, inclusion, and delivery excellence.
Compensation / Benefits- hybrid work model
- salary range: $136,000-$230,000
Responsibilities- Provide direct people leadership for northern California architectural delivery employees, including coaching, mentoring, and technical development
- Build, grow, and retain a high-performing delivery team aligned with GHD's values and delivery expectations
- Support workload planning, resource coordination, and team utilization in collaboration with DDO and regional leadership goals
- Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and safety-focused team culture
- Serve as Senior Technical Lead for complex medium to large design projects (local, national, private/federal, design-build)
- Lead and oversee project delivery from pursuit through construction, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives are met
- Apply architectural judgment and commercial acumen to identify risks, resolve issues, and deliver projects to brief and budget
- Support and implement GHD delivery standards, processes, and best practices across Architectural projects
- Lead and implement GHD's Quality Assurance and Quality Control protocols and procedures
- Manage and coordinate subconsultants and multi-discipline teams
Key requirements- 12+ years of experience in commercial architecture with strong planning, design, and project delivery background
- Registered Professional Architect in the State of California is preferred
- LEED, DBIA, AICP, PMP certifications are preferred
- Proven success mentoring and leading midsize internal teams (6-12 people)
- Experience leading complex architectural projects in the US (municipal, state, or federal)
- Strong knowledge of IBC, California Building Code and applicable industry codes
- Proficiency with Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD; experience producing construction documents, BIM modeling, consultant coordination, and detailing
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite, Bluebeam, CAD; ability to produce, review, and modify technical drawings and project docs independently
- A passion for developing people and strengthening technical capabilities within a delivery-focused organization
- Demonstrated excellence across the full project life cycle (feasibility to delivery)
- Strong professional judgment and commercial awareness
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- leadership
- mentorship
- collaboration
- Autodesk Revit
- AutoCAD
- BIM modeling
