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Stantec Buildings is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. We take an innovative, collaborative approach to projects, sharing a common belief that sustainable design for the built environment can make the world a better place for future generations. Join us and design your place with Stantec.

Your Opportunity

Stantec’s Buildings group in Chicago provides Architecture, Interior Design and Engineering across multiple sectors including workplace, education, healthcare, hospitality, multi-family housing, civic, and research and development. Our team is passionate about the design quality of the built environment and creates designs that are timeless, intelligent, and sustainable. This is the place where great ideas and rewarding careers call home. We believe in working with good people, building cool places and making a difference in the lives of the community around us.

Our Architectural and Interiors group creates high-performance, and award-winning buildings and interiors. We are passionate about the built environment, and we strive to design to impress in an intelligent and sustainable way. This is the place where great ideas and rewarding careers are realized. In our multidisciplinary, team-based environment, collaboration is key among a talented group of architects, interior designers, project managers, engineers, and technologists, who work together to create innovative and integrated solutions for a wide range of clients.

The Principal, Senior Interior Designer is a key member of our Discipline Leadership team, responsible for the Interior Design Team within the broader architecture and engineering practice. The role will provide a great career opportunity for an ambitious leader ready to work with a team of energized and talented staff from diverse backgrounds and with an established client network. This opportunity provides career growth is all areas particularly in new client development, staff mentoring and excellence in design execution. While this position is locally focused to start, it can lead to a more regional and national leadership level for the appropriate candidate.

Your Key Responsibilities

General

- Develop strategies for growth of the Chicago Workplace business.

- Lead and manage the Chicago Workplace team.

- Collaborate with Chicago leadership in pursuing Workplace opportunities and avoid potential client relationship conflicts.

- Encourage cooperation, sharing of skills and workload between Workplace staff located in various business centers across the company and in other practice areas, where considered appropriate.

- Influence is typically within the region, business center, major project/client work, and may impact multiple areas of the organization.

- Serve as a champion for innovation and transformation and influence others to demonstrate a growth-mindset.

- Provides diversity in thought, action and awareness.

- Responsible for projects, functions, and operational elements for their scope. Demonstrate broad leadership for professional excellence and project execution that drives client satisfaction. Collaborates across the business to drive innovation, synergies, partnerships, and knowledge sharing.

- Seeks out opportunity to collaborate across the business. Actively engage with the Stantec community and serves as a leader in their local professional community. Strong external reputation as a thought leader who understands client and community needs and can differentiate our world-class expertise.

- Serve as a seller-doer and be an essential part of a project team Enhance Stantec’s ability to win work during all aspects of a project’s lifecycle from planning, programming, design, construction documentation, contract administration through to project close-out.

- Attract and nurture top talent and build and maintain a high-performing team.

- Effectively lead, challenge, and inspire staff to work together cohesively as a team.

- Provide strategic design direction and provide mentorship of the team.

- Collaborate with sector leads to deliver truly integrated project solutions and strengthen/broaden the interiors team experience base.

- Liaise with Stantec Interior Design Groups across region/sector and opportunities.

- Collaborate on the creation of proposal submissions. Solicit and manage input from others to create an integrated solution proposal.

- Participate in strategic business development for the Interior group.

- Work with marketing team to enrich our marketing materials and exposure, inclusive of searching out awards opportunities and crafting submission entries.

- Contribute towards the development of goals, strategies, and client focused culture of the practice.

Design Excellence

- Has an exceptional resume of work and specialized expertise that supports pre-positioning for and winning work. Serve as client or technical advisor. Serve as a regional SME or across multiple technical areas.

- Lead the interiors team with individual responsibilities in projects and business development.

- Inspire creativity, critical thought, and design excellence both internally and externally.

- Lead the team in setting the visionary goals for design.

- Deliver creative, high quality, fiscally responsible project solutions based on best practices and meeting client goals.

- Set the strategic direction and actively manage the performance for all work produced by team members and contributors to ensure successful business outcomes. Provide inspirational and inclusive team leadership, contribute to workplace culture, and take responsibility for attracting, developing, engaging and retaining talent.

Business Development / External

- Leading in the identifying, winning and hands-on involvement by providing senior leadership for Workplace pursuits.

- Act as company representative at client and industry functions, conferences, and seminars.

- Consistently achieve annual sales & revenue targets for your area of practice, through client management, market development, pursuit strategies, and/or technical expertise. Strong industry connections including potential clients, colleagues, consultants, and strategic partners.

- Build relationships with existing and new clients, demonstrating an entrepreneurial spirit in managing their business.

- Supports leading an area of practice that generates a sales and/or net revenue target of $1M-$2M.

- Think strategically about current and emerging trends or issues and lead in implementing actions to proactively address market, business, regulatory and/or economic issues. Align market trends and client/business needs through thought leadership.

- Grow the practice in terms of project backlog, client diversification, revenue generation and staff capability.

- Develop relationships with clients and industry leaders.

- Active member in local or national industry associations.

Strategic Responsibilities:

- Work with Business Center leadership to develop an annual business plan for the Chicago Workplace market that leverages regional and national resources and leadership.

- Identify and following through on new business develop opportunities.

- Identify and develop existing and future leadership candidates and career development opportunities for staff within the Workplace Business Line. Recruit key hires as needed.

- Partner with Business Center leadership and the entire principal team to grow the Business Center through award winning design and the growth of all staff in the Business Center.

Qualifications - Your Capabilities and Credentials

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Interior Design or related field is required.

- Licensed Interior Designer or Architect is required.

- Minimum of 15 years of experience including business development responsibilities is required.

- LEED Green Associate or LEED AP is preferred.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

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.

About Stantec

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.

Pay Range:

• Locations in CO, HI, IL, MD & Various CA, NJ Areas-$112,200.00 - $168,300.00 Annually

**Pay Transparency:** In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

**Benefits Summary:** Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) 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 | IL | Chicago

**Organization:** 2227 Buildings-US Illinois Architecture-Chicago IL

**Employee Status:** Regular

**Travel:** Yes

**Schedule:** Full time

**Job Posting:** 09/12/2025 03:12:32

**Req ID:** 1003343

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, 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 laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.