Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic partner to Regional Managing Principals, Office Managing Directors, Practice Area Leaders, and Shared Service Leaders to drive regional growth, market positioning, and business expansion.
• Develop an annual regional strategic plan alongside regional leadership.
• Create integrated marketing, communications, and business development plans that align firmwide priorities with regional opportunities and measurable performance goals.
• Leverage client insights, market intelligence, and competitive analysis to identify opportunities, allocate resources, and inform strategic decision-making.
• Build alignment and drive execution across a complex, matrixed organization through collaboration, influence, and stakeholder engagement.
• Foster a high-performing, collaborative, and inclusive team focused on professional development, succession planning, and long-term career growth.
• Regularly assess team capabilities to identify strengths, development opportunities, resource gaps, and future talent needs.
• Build organizational capability by recruiting, retaining, and developing top marketing and communications talent.
• Serve as a coach-and-player, providing strategic leadership while directly contributing to high-priority initiatives when needed.
• Partner with regional and local leadership, Client Relationship Leaders, Practice Area leaders, and sector-specific marketers to support growth in existing markets and expansion into new ones.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive experience in marketing, communications, business development, or related disciplines, preferably within architecture, design, real estate, or professional services.
• Demonstrated success leading multi-office, geographically dispersed, and cross-functional teams within complex, matrixed organizations.
• Proven ability to build trusted partnerships with executive leadership and influence decision-making without direct authority.
• Strong strategic planning skills with the ability to translate vision into actionable plans, measurable goals, and successful outcomes.
• Experience creating and managing regional marketing plans, business development strategies, and performance targets.
• Track record of leading through consensus while building alignment, trust, and commitment across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrated success identifying organizational strengths, talent gaps, and development opportunities to build high-performing teams.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation communication skills, with strong design literacy and the ability to elevate creative output.
• Proficiency with CRM platforms (Salesforce preferred), Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, social media platforms, marketing automation tools, and emerging visualization technologies.

Benefits

• Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off.
• We also offer a 401k, profit sharing, employee stock ownership, and twice annual bonus opportunities.
• Our annual base salary range has been established based on local markets.
• As part of the firm’s commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees.
• In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes.