Director of Design​/Planning​/Outreach and San Antonio Operations

Director of Design/Planning/Outreach and San Antonio Operations

We are excited to be growing our San Antonio, Texas office and are seeking a senior-level professional to assume a leadership role as a Director of Operations as well as a Director of a technical practice area in either urban design/planning, landscape architecture, and/or community. MIG supports a hybrid work-from-home/remote and in-office schedule but encourages in-person work for learning and team-building opportunities.

Leaders at MIG must work in-person at least three times per week for office operations, supervision, mentoring, and attending meetings.

• Full Time
• San Antonio

Responsibilities:

• Collaborative Teammate:
  You will work as part of a multidisciplinary community of designers and other Principals and Directors who lead complex teams in the design and planning of a range of project types. We work with public and private-sector clients, architects, and engineers in the South Texas region, as well as with other MIG offices and on projects across the country.
• Managing Projects:
  You will provide visionary leadership, strategy, and overarching project and design direction to MIG staff and oversight of work products; work with staff to ensure the high-quality, on-time/on-budget delivery of projects which includes oversight of hours spent in relation to billings, lead internal and external subconsultant and client teams; and develop and manage projects including scopes of work, budgets, and schedules.
  
  In addition, Principals, Directors, and Project Managers at MIG maintain client relationships; identify the correct course of action to the client; represent clients at public hearings and meetings; and set the standards for excellence, responsiveness, and accountability.
• Project Work:
  You will actively work on projects by designing, producing deliverables, and leading teams and creating bold, innovative, and equitable design solutions. You will work closely with a team of designers and planners to produce project deliverables that are in your field of expertise (landscape design, planning, and/or community outreach), develop forward-thinking designs, strategies, reports, analyses, graphic materials, facilitate project and public meetings, and will work closely with junior- and mid-level staff to support their ability to work on projects.
• Project Types:
  Projects you will typically work on will include streetscape design; park planning and design; site and landscape design for public and private buildings; healthcare facilities; city or town comprehensive plans, campus master plans, community outreach, public utilities; children’s play environments; and community engagement (including online meetings and tools).
• Financial Oversight:
  In partnership with MIG of San Antonio and California principal leadership, you will be responsible for the overall financial results and performance of the San Antonio office and provide executive leadership of the group and represent it to the Management Team including profitability, utilization, staff development, sales, and alignment with and participation in all MIG systems and processes.
• Office Operational Functions:
  As the Director for the San Antonio office and in partnership with the San Antonio principal leadership, you will assist MIG and lead the office in its daily operations, including setting an example by maintaining good communications, professionalism, and moral throughout the group, providing facilities oversight, address staff workload leveling and needs for the office overall and per project, and ensure consistency and compliance with systems and processes.
  
  You will oversee the accounting functions of the office, including working with the Project Accountant to regularly review office financials, ensure invoices are accurate and timely, assist with answering financial health reporting questions, and review project budget statuses and overage mitigation strategies.
• Client Development:
  You will work with the San Antonio Leadership Team to help build and maintain strong and responsive client relationships by developing leads, preparing proposals, and helping to define market gaps and new…