Compensation Overview

CannonDesign has an exciting opportunity for a Director of Quality.  This position may be filled remotely in the United States.  Preference may be given to candidates that can work in one of the CannonDesign locations. Look at the description below. If you think your skills and experience, make you a good match for this position, we’d love to hear from you. We’re looking for creative, curious, empathetic people to join our Living-Centered Design movement.

 

ABOUT OUR FIRM

CannonDesign is an integrated design solutions firm focused on helping people continuously flourish. Whether designing for innovations in health, new scientific discoveries, equity in education or the next big idea in business, we use our Living-Centered Design approach to help organizations realize widespread change. Our ability to design transformational places, plans and strategies is why Fast Company named us a World Changing Company and one of the most innovative design firms in the world.

 

ABOUT THE ROLE

You will perform as the firm’s Director of Quality.  In this role, you will lead and champion the firm’s quality process and objectives coordinating with both the Executive Director of Practice Integration and the Executive Director of Business Strategies and Risk Management Team.   You will be recognized as an influential leader who contributes to long range strategic direction of the firm for all Architecture, Engineering and Interior Design.

 

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Collaborate with individual office leadership to align and address quality issues and process by office.
• Collaborate with firm engineering quality leadership to ensure integrated quality processes.
• Working with firm technical design leaders (all disciplines in A/I/E), ensure that technical goals, standards, procedures, practices, and systems are consistently implemented to achieve a high level of performance.
• Work with project teams, both virtually and via travel, to ensure best practices and advance the design and delivery of our work.
• Continuously evaluate the firm’s QA/QC program and technical standard resources and initiatives, and lead efforts to ensure they meet the highest standards.
• Establish benchmarks for ongoing design and technical initiatives and activities, and measure progress.
• Working with the Executive Director for Practice Integration lead and implement changes in the practice that result in high quality, efficient project delivery, profitability, and client satisfaction.
• Champion the development of technical expertise and the use of design technology in delivering our services to clients.
• Coordinating with firm design, sustainability and specification leadership ensure alignment of priorities and the continuous improvement of every aspect of design excellence and the quality of our executed work.
• Work with Construction Administration to advance the delivery of our professional services during construction. Work to enhance the feedback loop from construction to best practices.
• Develop and drive a process to identify and disseminate best practice technical strategies to the firm.
• Coordinating with risk management/legal team to coordinate best practices and assess risk on projects as well as develop firm quality standards to respond to those risks.
• May have direct project involvement, ensuring technical quality leadership.
• Work with project teams as an internal consultant to support decisions regarding process and the development of technically sound and innovative design solutions.
• As required, work with project teams to identify and implement performance goals, monitor work in progress, and ensure that proper reviews are conducted.
• Speak and write professionally in the industry and represent the firm at the highest level of technical excellence.
• May perform other duties as required.

 

ABOUT YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 20 years of related professional experience. 
• Current Architectural Registration in the US OR 
• Current Professional Engineer License in the US or Canada  required.
• LEED accreditation preferred.
• Demonstrated focus on quality.
• Exceptional technical design skills.
• Must have the ability to be client facing with strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong business acumen.
• Exceptional communication, client leadership and team leadership skills.
• Ability to be creative and innovative.

 

ABOUT WORKING HERE

• We are relentless in our pursuit of client adoration (not simply satisfaction). Consistent delivery of the best service is what we are about.
• We are committed to ensuring our practice is equitable for all employees, representative of the communities around us – and focused on the future of design. We advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts through the leadership of our DEI Council, Employee Resource Groups and other community advocacy initiatives.
• We’re about communication and transparency here. If you want to talk to someone about an idea you have, or a challenge that needs addressing, we’re ready for you.

 

The salary range for this position is $190,000 - $220,500 annually.  This salary range is the range we believe is the anticipated range of possible base compensation at the timing of the posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the anticipated salary range for the position. Employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses. We offer a full benefit package including medical, dental and vision coverage as well as flexible spending account options and voluntary insurances. We have paid time off, flex-time summer hours, remote work options, a 401k plan, and employee perk programs. For a general overview of our benefits, please visit our careers page at www.cannondesign.com/careers/

 

 

As a condition of employment, all employees are expected to complete mandatory training, including compliance training, within required timeframes and adhere to our internal policies and our Code of Conduct.

 

CannonDesign recognizes the value of diversity in our workforce. We are committed to equal opportunity. We consider all qualified employment applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, partnership status, protected veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Individuals who hold legal work authorization applicable to employment at CannonDesign in the United States will be considered without regard to citizenship/alienage.