Regional Business Leader

Description

We are city builders. Our Community Development team facilitates the growth of the local economy by creating places for people to live, work, study, and play. We create great places that are resilient and thoughtful about climate positive design. We create the connections that get people and goods moving—whether by car, bus, transit or their own two feet. Working within the context of the communities we serve, we provide planning, engineering, landscape architecture, geospatial services and infrastructure management services that fit the needs of our clients and improve the overall community experience. Join our team of experts tackling today’s city-building challenges across multiple sectors, including Residential Land Development, Urban Places, Industrial/Commercial, Municipal Government, Smart(ER) Mobility, Federal, and Program Management and Construction Management (PMCM).

Your Opportunity

Does playing the critical role of winning, delivering, and managing projects while ensuring we provide results that are above and beyond our client’s expectations, appeal to you? Stantec’s Community Development Group is seeking a highly driven and dynamic leader to become our next Regional Business Leader (RBL) for the US West region with responsibility for the leadership of the Community Development business, including health and safety performance, financial performance, client satisfaction, staff engagement and delivery of key elements of our strategy in US West, you will report directly to the Business Leader for Community Development.

Your Key Responsibilities

Business and Financial Management:

• Responsible to understand and uphold the vision, focus, and priorities set for the Business Line (BL) and develop a plan for implementation within the region with specific goals for business performance that align and advance the BL objectives.
• Alongside Business Center (BC) leaders, sets ambitious business goals for BCs– guides leaders and holds leaders accountable for meeting growth and revenue targets.
• Partners with Community Development Financial Services and the BOU-OL to monitor progress toward annual goals ensuring operational excellence is reflected through financial performance.
• Works in partnership with Community Development RBL colleagues to drive collaboration and work sharing across the practice.

People Leadership:

• Act as a highly regarded leader, thought partner and a source of counsel and advice for the region.
• Uphold the culture, vision, and values of Stantec and the Community Development business line.
• Act as a champion for the company, our brand, and our people.
• Responsible for developing best in class high performing teams across the region.
• Actively participate in and lead recruitment, career development, employee engagement, succession planning, coaching and mentoring, diversity and inclusion, and leadership development.
• Foster a success-oriented, accountable environment within the region.

Client Focus:

• Focuses on client relationship strategy, working with Principals and BC leaders to drive strong results in the client satisfaction survey within the respective region—leading business development strategy and assisting BC leaders and Principals to expand our reach and client base utilizing strong Marketing and Business Development plans,
• Account Management plans, and key pursuit strategies in partnership with Sector Leaders (SLs).
• Builds strong partnerships with regional business leaders in other Business Operating Units (BOUs) within the region to foster cross-BOU collaboration client opportunities to diversify the client base, grow new expertise, and drive organic revenue growth.
• Increases visibility of Stantec by sharing our knowledge and innovation stories through key client engagements and thought leadership content to enhance our reputation and drive revenue.
• Actively contributes to win strategies and successful project execution and has hands-on involvement in key Community Development pursuits as needed and on projects should issues impacting client satisfaction or project management best practices escalate.

Broad Leadership Influence:

• Proactively identify opportunities to reinforce and further develop Stantec’s high performance culture with a focus on quality, innovation, speed, and productivity.
• Represents the practice through public speaking engagements and attendance at industry and community events, meetings, and conferences.
• Serves as a strong liaison to new acquisitions in their region, creating connections, and integrating any new team members into our practice.
• Supports and drives firm-wide initiatives in collaboration with sector and discipline leader colleagues.
• Responsible for the region’s health and safety culture and performance.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Business management skills with ability to identify and develop top performers, set and meet business targets, and focus teams toward successfully meeting common goals.
• Leadership ability to engage, connect and motivate others as well as empower, mentor, teach, and promote others.
• Strong business acumen with ability to identify, develop and map strategy, prepare, interpret and manage financial data, and analyze business results based on a deep understanding of the AEC industry.
• Outstanding client service skills with ability to lead others in delivering “a gold standard of service” to our Community Development clients.
• Excellent leadership skills with proven ability to see, build, and sustain the long-term future of the practice by continuously sharing vision and working to unify the practice.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including polished presentation and public speaking skills.
• Ability to respond timely and effectively to sensitive inquiries or issues of concern, exercising good judgment.
• Must have a good driving record, and valid state driver’s license.

Education and Experience

• Professional Degree and registration preferred in your field of practice, as applicable.
• 15 years of relevant work experience in a multi-disciplinary architecture, planning, Geospatial and engineering practice.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

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Salary Range(s):

• CA Other Areas $236,900 – CA Other Areas $406,600 Min/Max Pay Range for postings located in CA (SF Area includes SF, SJS & WLC)

The final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

• Primary Location : United States-California-Sacramento
• Other Locations : United States-California-Irvine, United States-Arizona-Chandler
• Organization : BC-2042 CommDev-US West
• Employee Status : Regular
• Job Level : Executive
• Travel : Yes, 10 % of the Time
• Schedule : Full-time
• Job Posting : May 15, 2024, 11:18:32 AM
• Req ID: 2400024I

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans