Data + Automation Leader

Your Role

Placed at the heart of Gensler’s People + Process + Technology the Global Design Technology Studio drives the firm’s digital transformation of our creative and project delivery practices throughout the globe. Our ultimate outcome is to co-create a design technology ecosystem that enables our practitioners to leverage the most advanced methodologies and technological solutions reaching a new level of creativity and delivering the most impactful designs to our clients. So, if you are a disruptive technologist that’s ready to change the world with big and impactful ideas, we want you to join our growing and innovative award-winning team!

The Data + Automation Leader is a multifaceted role that provides vision, leadership, strategic value and deep tactical expertise in the design technology and digital project delivery space to our offices and projects teams globally. You will use your soft skills, relationship building and technical expertise to drive with confidence process innovation, optimization, and digital platforms implementation in partnership with your fellow studio members and the regional design technology community. Ultimately, we believe that this role is a key contributor to delivering the highest value and best outcomes to our clients. With strong emphasis on data-driven design approaches & initiatives, you will have a key global leadership role to bring the most advanced concepts, workflows, and technology to practitioners around the globe.

What You Will Do

• Define and implement innovative technology solutions with strong focus on Data-Driven approaches, Automation and Computational BIM workflows
• Lead strategic initiatives with strong focus on advancing data-driven approaches and establishing highly sophisticated, scalable, and integrated digital workflows
• Create bespoke computational solutions / code to address challenges for specific projects and / or to prototype new technology opportunities.
• Support and drive the development and adoption of current and future design technology Gensler IP platforms
• Collaborate and partner with DT-colleagues to research emerging technologies, define use-cases, and develop highly-refined prototypes in alignment with business priorities and goals
• Evaluate Practice + Client + Project use-cases / needs and synthesize into opportunities that improve data quality and availability from our design models
• Engage with practitioners and other design technology leaders to understand project and practice area needs and synthesize into build vs. buy strategies
• Assist in the design and development of interactive PowerBI Dashboards and tools supporting next-gen data-driven design and client engagement workflows
• Champion digital transformation and cultural change throughout the firm

Your Qualifications

Life at Gensler

As a people-first organization, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From internal design competitions to research grants to “Well-being Week,” our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests.

We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability and wellness programs. We also offer profit sharing and twice annual bonus opportunities.

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. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.

#LI-MR1