3 University Admissions jobs in Pasadena

At Jacobs, we don't settle - always looking beyond to raise the bar and deliver with excellence. We apply our expertise and knowledge as we?look into?the future with great optimism and focus. We do not settle until we give our best and know that we're making a difference?Engineering News-Record has ranked Jacobs No. 1 in its list of Top 500 Design Firms. Jacobs has held a top five position in the Top 500 list since ENR's rankings began in 2003, and we're proud to retain the top spot for the seventh consecutive year. ENR also ranked Jacobs No.1 for Program Management for a third consecutive year. We are also ranked No. 2 in the world for Higher Education Building Design and Construction.
As a?Client Account Manager, Vice President for Higher Education for our Cities & Places practice in West Central,?you will have the opportunity to impact strategic business relationships with key clients to assure Jacobs has sustained client relationships to achieve client satisfaction, and fully leverage relationships to benefit the clients and the firm. Working with members of our team, your focus is to boost Jacobs into clients' firm-of-choice for Higher Education clients in Texas and throughout our West Central Region. You will also make certain Jacobs has a thorough understanding of clients' needs and is seen as their best advocate for accomplishing their goals.
In this role, you will lead select Higher Education client accounts, primarily located in Texas, and also throughout Jacobs' West Central region. You will collaborate with and lead our delivery teams to sustain existing workload, grow our pipeline, and lead strategy development for transformational contracts. This position will be based in or near to a major metropolitan location in Texas (Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, or Austin).
During your time with us you will:
* Serve as the point of contact for client service activities and develop strategies to grow the higher education practice for various clients in Texas and the region, including design and PMCM services.
* Work with the Geographic Cities & Places Market Growth Director to align Higher Education strategy within the broader West Central portfolio.
* Identify, charter, and lead client service teams comprised of multi-disciplinary project managers and regional practice leaders around common vision of success.
* Facilitate deep, personal, valuable client relationships between Jacob's personnel and client personnel (management, technical, functional, delivery) to weave a fabric of broad-based relationships between our firm and the clients.
* Advocate on client's behalf by actively engaging the firm to address client needs and recommend strategic actions to optimize our business development investment and market share growth.
* Identify higher levels of client engagement for executive sponsors.
* Secure management commitment and influence/attract key staff for pursuits.
* Work with office/corporate leaders to develop strategies for key hiring on strategic pursuits, identifying key project pursuits, team growth, office growth, profitability, employee development, and employee satisfaction.
* Actively engage with project and Sales teams to influence pursuit teams on sales process discipline, win strategy and proposal development, interviews, and presentations.
* Coordinate and facilitate the Sales process, including Go/No Go decisions, and help develop required sales costs aligned with opportunity potential and return on investment objectives.
* Participate in industry organizations and community engagement, and lead efforts to get local staff out into the community to build relationships and enhance our brand.
* Bachelor's?degree?in architecture, engineering, or planning, or equivalent related work experience in lieu of a degree.
* 15 years of experience in?architecture, engineering and/or related disciplines associated with the higher education market sector.
* Proven record of coordinating teams and winning work on an area or statewide basis within the Higher Ed market? ?
* High level existing contacts and strong relationships with major Higher Education clients, and a successful record of winning work with these clients.
* Sales knowledge on how to identify contracts well in advance, respond to RFPs/solicitations, interview, and win new work.
* Ability to collaborate with diverse internal teams, including sales staff, operations teams, market solutions technologists, legal, and contracting.
* Knowledge of and relationships with potential teaming partners, both large firms and small business partners, to advance our position in the market and develop the most responsive teams for our clients.
* Be a strong team leader, consensus builder, and team player skilled in technical writing, communicating, and presenting to clients.
* Have a demonstrated ability to be a leader in the Higher Education market.
* Have a demonstrated history in community and political engagement and be a known quantity in the Higher Education marketplace.
Ideally,?You Will Also Have:?
* Proven record of developing zippered relationships with key clients at all levels (from executives to key management levels).
* Ability to open doors for initiating relationships at the client organization to serve as a business leader by leading an account team.
* Ability to set a vision and strategy, coach/mentor and motivate teams, and drive accountability to achieve the designated sales goal.
* Ability to lead through influence.
* High level of emotional intelligence.
* Skills as an innovative and solutions-oriented thinker.
* Client political savviness.
* A technical background/experience in delivering or managing Higher Education projects or programs is considered a positive and adds credibility in architecture, consulting, engineering, construction industry service offerings and delivery.
Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.

We are seeking a driven and client-focused Practice Leader to join our team in Texas. As a Practice Leader, you will mentor staff and deliver top-notch service to clients in the world of Higher Education. You will leverage your architectural skills and previous buildings experience to lead a multi-discipline team to deliver innovative buildings solutions for our clients. This role requires direct engagement with our Clients, necessitating technical expertise related to the project scope.
As a Practice Leader you will work in partnership with the Operations Director, Market Growth Director and Client Account Managers for Cities and Places, and subsequently with the Architecture Director for overall strategy and approach. For each project you will directly interface and collaborate with the discipline leads, senior Project Architect and Design Manager. You are accountable for setting and adhering to the project financial goals and team communication. Responsible for the project overall health; financials, team effectiveness, client relationship, safety, and quality.
Together, we will embody our mission: Challenging Today, Reinventing Tomorrow. Our Purpose: To create a more connected, sustainable world, and Our Values: We do things right. We challenge the accepted. We aim higher. We live inclusion.
Primary Responsibilities:
* "Seller-Doer" - Developing and maintaining internal and external client networks and serving as a primary contributor during client meetings and presentations.
* Identify and elevate premier Market Sector design opportunities.
* Engage with critical Go/No Go decisions.
* Representing Jacobs in a positive manner at meetings, presentations and in public.
* Participating in directing growth and strategic planning as part of the Company's management team.
* Initiating, preparing, and reviewing proposals and participating in interviews in response to RFPs and RFQs. This includes working with discipline leads for potential team members, and develop the project workplan and financial/pricing tool.
* Fosters and maintains a collaborative professional working relationship with Project Teams.
* Sets the Client Expectation Surveys (CES), Client Satisfactory Surveys (CSS) at the beginning of the project and follow up throughout the major milestones.
* Facilitate the creation of communication plans, ensuring that appropriate information is exchanged among key stakeholders, and conduct status review meetings among project team members and clients through project execution.
* Determine, monitor, and manage financial project metrics, schedules, and staffing requirements for each project.
* Guide the overall development and quality of the project documents and adherence with Jacobs Quality Program.
* May lead project team meetings to help resolve project issues, coordination with other disciplines, schedule adherence and sharing client feedback.
* Securing, assigning, and maintaining a full-service project team containing all the resources required to successfully deliver projects while maintaining quality.
* Plan, organize and direct management and design staff.
* Identifying and assessing risks and implementing effective risk mitigation strategies
* Ensuring the obligations of the agreement between Client and the Company are fulfilled.
* Provide effective team management to help reduce costs of delivering projects and adding value to the business by applying proven management techniques.
* Bachelor's degree in Architecture from an accredited University
* Professional Registered Architect (RA)
* 15+ years of AEC buildings experience as a client-facing Design Project Manager on Higher Education programs
* Active participation in professional organizations, with exceptional social, networking, organization, communication, people and presentation skills
* Demonstrated ability to lead multiple projects
* Mentoring staff
* 5+ years of management involving direct client contact and full responsibility for projects, with examples of new construction project delivery from design through construction
* 5+ years of experience working as a licensed project architect
* Strong verbal and written communication skills, including presentations
* Ability to work in multi-discipline, multi-office, and Global Integrated Delivery (GID) environments
* Knowledge and implementation of project financial acumen
Ideally, you'll also have:
* Master's degree
* NCARB certificate holder
Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.