Americas , Planning, and Design Leader

Position: Americas Cities, Planning, and Design Leader
ReqID: UNI
0000QR

** Joining Arup*
* Arup's purpose, shared values, and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

Arup is seeking a dynamic Principal to lead our Cities, Planning & Design (CPD) service across our Americas region. You will champion and integrate Architecture, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, and Transportation Planning to address clients' most complex city‑scale challenges. We partner with public and private sector clients on initiatives that improve residents' lives, transform and regenerate places through major infrastructure investment, advance decarbonization, promote equity and inclusion, and bolster climate resilience-shaping a sustainable future for all.

** The Opportunity*
* + Grow strategic client relationships across key national accounts and priority agencies; expand CPD's share of city and transport programs.

+ Lead pursuits and win work-from positioning and capture through proposal, interviews, and negotiation.

+ Deliver excellence as Project Manager/Project Director on complex, multi‑disciplinary planning and design engagements.

+ Drive technical rigor, creativity, and innovation across the five CPD disciplines to differentiate Arup's integrated offer.

+ Build, mentor, and scale high‑performance teams spanning Architecture, Urban/landscape design, urban planning, and transportation planning/advisory.

+ Represent Arup at conferences, technical forums, and regional events; contribute thought leadership that advances practice and policy.

+ Collaborate across Arup-partnering with portfolio and market leaders in the Americas and globally to deliver on the firm's mission.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective - in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.

You will have the opportunity to do socially useful work that has meaning - to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve. 

** Is this role right for you?*
* + Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, or a related field.

+ 20+ years' experience leading large‑scale transportation planning and/or city‑scale planning/design programs as PM/PD.

+ Professional license (PE, RA, AICP, ASLA or equivalent) or the ability to obtain licensure within 6 months of joining.

+ Proven track record with major public clients (city, regional, state/provincial, federal), including procurement and delivery.

+ Business development acumen-relationship building, pipeline creation, and consistent win rates.

+ Multi-disciplinary leadership-mentoring and directing integrated teams across Architecture, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, and Transportation Planning.

** Locations and working model*
* Open to major Arup offices across the United States, Canada, and Latin America (hybrid working encouraged). Regional travel will be required to engage with clients and teams.

Please note that all applicants must apply directly via the job portal. If this role is not quite what you are looking for, but you are interested in other opportunities for a future with purpose, please sign up to our Talent Community where you will be kept up to date with roles suitable for you to shape a better world.

** What we offer you*
* At Arup, we care about each member's success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognizes the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive - through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup's legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for…