What are the responsibilities and job description for the Land Planning Practice Builder position at Kimley-Horn?
Overview
Kimley-Horn has a challenging and rewarding opportunity for a motivated Land Planning Practice Builder to join our team in Baltimore, MD. The successful candidate will be a leader in a practice specializing in urban master planning, and land planning. This individual will have an entrepreneurial spirit and create a vision for growth for a Land Planning Services practice while growing their own projects, clients and team around them.
Responsibilities
This position leads business development efforts, manages relationships with key clients, and oversees all project tasks while mentoring the growth of younger staff. The successful candidate will have a great deal of autonomy to lead, direct, and grow their business.
Leadership responsibilities include:
- Lead a team while building and managing relationships with key clients.
- Operate with integrity and sound business principles.
- Provide practice vision, business planning and strategy, establishing goals, building and maintaining positive client relationships.
- Open communication with partners and team, along with growing and directing a Land Planning Development Services practice.
- Manage projects profitably, transition work to qualified staff, grow and mentor staff, help recruit, and be a positive role model.
Management responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Meeting or exceeding client expectations.
- Identifying and tracking leads.
- Making presentations, writing proposals and scopes of work.
- Establish budgets, ensuring quality and timeliness of deliverables, and supervising the execution of work.
Qualifications
Position Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in city and regional planning or related discipline.
- Extensive client contacts and relationships with local or national public and private sector clients.
- A.I.C.P with at least 12 years progressive experience leading a Land Planning practice with public and private sector clients in and around Maryland.
- Business development and marketing experience including; writing proposals, scopes of work, and budgeting for projected work.
- Ability to effectively communicate positively at all levels of the organization.
- Ability to manage & mentor staff, and direct resources effectively in a positive manner.
- Demonstrated ability to manage land development projects profitably.
At Kimley-Horn, one of the nation's premier planning and design consultants, our professionals are experts in many disciplines yet share one passion: making our clients successful.
Ranked as one of Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” Kimley-Horn prides itself on hiring high-achieving, dedicated, and reliable professionals.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work for Kimley-Horn in the U.S. without employer sponsorship. We do not typically sponsor H1-B or any other work visa petitions at this time.
