Global Practice Group Director, Education (Finance)

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking a Global Practice Group Director (GPGD), Education for the Architecture and Urbanism division of the Global Business Area Places. The GPGD reports to Business Unit Director.

As the GPGD, Education, you will oversee the Education practice globally within A&U, ensuring consistency, growth, and excellence in service delivery across regions while aligning the practice groups goals with the overall organizational strategy .

Role accountabilities:

Implement the GAU Division strategy:

• Acts as the Division global interface resource for the Sales/Growth organization on behalf of A+U. Is the conduit to the Arcadis enterprise and will be a connector, SME and provide information, input and/or feedback as a representative of A+U.
• Acts as the liaison to other Practice Group Directors and Managers across all market focus area to share information and lead coordination/collaboration activities services/solutions enterprise wide.
• Develop and implement the business plan and ensure the team understand it, and the role that they play in its achievement, through the development of the appropriate culture and the provision of context and clarity.
• Lead the identification and targeting of clients and opportunities to achieve profitable practice group growth. By working with teams and through the delivery of service excellence will drive organic revenue in the practice group.

Strategic Leadership and Business Development:

• Develop enduring relationships with clients to understand their business needs and ensure client satisfaction to improve retention and deliver organic revenue growth.
• Drive the growth of the practice group identifying new markets, clients, and opportunities
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, clients, and partners to expand the organization's influence globally.
• Collaborate with marketing and sales teams to promote the practice group's services
• Facilitate the sharing of knowledge, expertise, and resources across different regions to foster collaboration and innovation
• Promote the adoption of new technologies, tools, and methodologies to enhance the practice group's capabilities
• Demonstrate thought leadership and innovation through publications, speaking engagements, visible external leadership

Build strong relationships and create successful teams:

• Provide guidance and mentorship to practice group managers and teams across regions
• Drive talent development initiatives including recruitment, training and succession planning
• Create a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, continuous learning and feedback with the practice group.
• Standardize processes, methodologies, and best practices across all regions to ensure consistency and quality
• Monitor the performance of the practice group globally, ensuring efficient resource allocation and adherence to budgets
• Coordinate with regional leaders to ensure alignment and seamless execution of initiatives

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or post-graduate qualification and/or fellowship in an appropriate professional institution,
• Registered Architect, , or equivalent preferred,
• Deep expertise in a the Educations Sector
• Substantial experience (18 years or more) in a discipline, including 10+ years' experience in Architecture consultancy,
• Experience leading and implementing complex business change solutions,
• Experience managing business relationships at executive level,
• Experience managing teams across geographies,
• Significant experience on large-scale/highly complex projects

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $136,000 - $239,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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