Director of Architecture (m/f/d)
AECOM Deutschland (Job via XING.com)
📍 Berlin
📑 Permanent contract
⏱️ Full time
📐 Engineering
💼 Professional
💼 Lead
Industry
Construction Industry
Tasks
- Define the strategic direction of the architecture practice in Germany and translate business priorities into measurable outcomes.
- Build, mentor, and develop high-performing teams across multiple offices.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and design excellence.
- Lead and actively contribute to architectural design delivery across HOAI LPh 1–6, from concept through technical design, permitting, tender, and construction support.
- Provide hands-on design leadership with technical credibility to challenge, direct, and approve design decisions.
- Establish design standards, technical governance, and quality across the practice.
- Lead multidisciplinary collaboration to deliver design excellence, technical integrity, and commercial value.
- Build trusted relationships with clients, developers, investors, public authorities, and strategic partners.
- Lead domestic and international clients, translating global ambitions into locally compliant and commercially deliverable solutions in Germany.
- Identify new market opportunities, lead strategic pursuits, and strengthen AECOM’s market presence.
- Own business performance, team utilization, delivery excellence, and operational efficiency.
- Drive profitable growth, innovation, sustainability, and continuous improvement.
Hard skills
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Architecture with professional registration or equivalent licensure (Bauvorlageberechtigung).
- 15+ years of professional architectural experience, including at least 8 years in senior design leadership, project leadership, or practice leadership roles.
- Proven experience delivering architectural projects across HOAI LPh 1–6 in Germany with direct accountability for key design decisions, technical delivery, permitting, technical standards, and local delivery frameworks.
- 10+ years of senior client-facing experience, building strategic relationships and leading major business opportunities with domestic and international clients.
- Proven experience leading/coordinating multidisciplinary teams and complex project portfolios across multiple offices or international delivery environments; readiness and flexibility to travel domestically and internationally.
- Demonstrated agility and professional judgement in managing evolving client expectations, shifting priorities, and complex stakeholder dynamics.
- Strong market knowledge for business development and resource planning.
- Track record of developing talent, mentoring leaders, and building high-performing teams.
- Fluent in German and English.
Benefits
- Part of a global team with opportunities for growth and career development.
- Work on groundbreaking local and global projects with cutting-edge technology and expert networks.
- Award-winning training and development programs to expand technical expertise and leadership skills.
- Welcoming workplace built on respect, collaboration and community with freedom to grow.