Office Practice Leader I
Cannon DesignMinneapolis, Minnesota
Full Time
Posted January 16, 2026
$144k - $180k
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Job Description
This senior leadership role involves developing and executing strategic plans to grow and lead a high-performing, diverse office team, while fostering a culture of innovative, Living-Centered Design, client engagement, and brand enhancement within the firm.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and lead a high-performance, diverse, and inclusive leadership team for the Minneapolis office.
- Create and implement a strategic business plan to drive office growth and align with firm-wide objectives.
- Lead strategy development and execution to enhance market presence and differentiate the firm through innovative solutions.
- Act as a brand ambassador, promoting the office and firm within the community and elevating the firm's reputation.
- Foster a design-focused culture emphasizing diversity, equity, inclusion, and innovation.
- Partner with leaders to grow the office's top line revenue, aiming for a minimum of $2 million annually.
- Identify, assess, and develop client leadership to strengthen client relationships and engagement processes.
- Build and evaluate the senior talent team to support impact and growth initiatives.
- Oversee office operations, including project management, risk management, and profitability practices.
- Engage in high-level client partnership activities, including billable project work and client satisfaction efforts.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Master's degree preferred).
- 15 years minimum experience with a proven track record of business development success and top-line growth.
- Proven ability to develop and lead a high-performance, diverse, and inclusive leadership team.
- Experience in developing and implementing a strategic business plan for an office or organization.
- Experience in growing office or organizational top-line revenue with a target of achieving a minimum of 2.0 million dollars per year.
- Ability to identify, assess, and evaluate client leaders and implement client engagement processes, including providing mentorship and training.
- Experience in evaluating and addressing senior talent needs to build a strong leadership team capable of expanding impact and growth.
- Ability to establish actions to implement a business plan to grow top line, optimize collaboration and integration, and expand markets and services.
- Experience in championing and implementing best practices in project management, risk management, process improvement, and office profitability.
- Effective communication skills to represent office leadership and staff in firm-wide meetings, conferences, and internal communications.
- Ability to develop and execute internal communication processes to keep staff informed and foster collaboration.
- Willingness to devote approximately 45% of time to activities that advance the firm's brand and develop new business opportunities.
- Willingness to devote approximately 30% of time to engaging and partnering with clients on billable project work, including providing high-level leadership and fostering strong client relationships.
- Willingness to devote approximately 15% of time to office leadership activities such as strategy development, practice and market building, business practice support, recruiting, and staff development.
- Effective communication skills to energize, inspire, motivate, and develop high-performing, accountable teams.
- Demonstrated ability to champion Living-Centered Design and promote an ethical culture.
- Demonstrated ownership and accountability in professional responsibilities.
- Ability to demonstrate sound judgment, approach risk management and mitigation effectively.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to execute strategy.
- Willingness to travel as required.
- Ability to champion collaboration, fairness, and entrepreneurial behavior, and demonstrate sound judgment and risk management.
- Ability to work effectively with all staff levels and external partners to promote firm growth and impact.
Benefits & Perks
Salary range of $143,800 to $179,800 annually
Discretionary bonuses
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Flexible spending account options
Voluntary insurances
Paid time off
Flex-time schedules
Remote work options
401k plan
Employee perk programs
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