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Architectural Team Lead
Job Description
Are YOU a seasoned architectural professional who thrives on steering complex projects, mentoring rising talent, and building rock-solid client relationships?
Our client in the TOSA area is seeking a dynamic Architectural Team Lead to champion project success from concept to completion. In this pivotal leadership role, you will hold ultimate accountability for project delivery, serving as the strategic bridge between our executive leadership, project teams, and clients. If YOU are an assertive advocate for design excellence, operational profitability, and people development, we want to hear from YOU!
What You Will Do
Project Guidance & Big-Picture Oversight
- Advise & Steer: Guide Project Managers and Assistants through overall project development, envelope decisions, and technical detailing.
- Champion the Client: Attend critical budget meetings, contractor interviews, and official code meetings to ensure team goals align with client needs.
- On-Site & Evaluation: Participate in project pin-ups prior to deadlines and conduct monthly site visits for large-scale projects during Construction Administration.
- Consultant Accountability: Ensure external consultants meet strict project deadlines and deliverables.
People Leadership & Professional Development
- Mentor the Team: Set clear expectations, provide continuous coaching, and manage individual growth plans.
- Train Future Leaders: Host regular training sessions—including our Friday PM meetings—and allow PMs to shadow your workflow.
- Conduct Check-Ins: Formally monitor team performance 3–4 times a year through structured development plans.
Operations, Finances & Client Management
- Financial Management: Utilize Ajera to monitor project fees, analyze performance, maximize profitability, and immediately course-correct if budgets stray.
- Resource Staffing: Set overall team schedules, manage project staffing, and collaborate with peer Team Leads to balance firm-wide staff availability.
- Client Relations: Manage high-level client satisfaction and step in directly to navigate significant budget or scope changes.
- Direct Execution: Personally manage select small-to-medium projects, while providing oversight to PMs running larger accounts.
Job Requirements
What We Are Looking For
- Proven Leadership: Strong background managing architectural project scopes, budgets, and complex multi-phase schedules.
- People First Mentality: A dedicated mentor who enjoys teaching, coaching, and managing team dynamics.
- Assertive Communication: Confidence to negotiate, run critical meetings, and hold consultants and contractors accountable.
- Tech & Industry Savvy: Experience with architectural financial tracking software (Ajera experience is a major plus).
- Local Presence: Ability to work from our Wauwatosa, WI office and travel to regional job sites monthly.
Additional Information
Ready to take the next step in YOUR architectural leadership career? Apply directly online or send YOUR resume and portfolio to nicole@alliancestaff.com.
Meet Your Recruiter
Partner, Vice President of Sales
Nicole earned her Bachelor of Arts from UW-Oshkosh and began her staffing career shortly after graduation. Quickly, Nicole found her passion rising to top producer year after year and from there in 2006 she became one of the founding Partners of AllianceStaff. Today as Partner and VP of Sales and Marketing, she remains on the front lines of recruitment and client management, while simultaneously fostering the growth of AllianceStaff by identifying key business development opportunities and training team members to develop their own desks. Nicole partners with companies across a wide range of industries to understand their hiring needs and to help them build the best possible teams. She has been recruiting in Milwaukee for over 15 years and has developed a unique insight into the hiring needs of the local market. She creates strong business relationships, many of which turn into long-term friendships, attesting to the loyalty she has with her clients and candidates. She listens. She asks questions. And she understands that a great talent match never needs to be sold. Nicole intuitively knows when she’s found the right match, and her long track record of successful placements proves her skill.
In her free time you can find Nicole on the soccer field watching her twin boys play in rain, sleet or snow (true soccer mom!!), staying on top of fitness trends, checking out a new restaurant with her girlfriends, traveling with her husband Tom or snuggling with her baby girl Mariah (Australian miniature Labradoodle.)