Career opportunities director

SmithGroup is an award-winning, integrated design firm that blends research, data and technology with innovation and a creative spirit to deliver resilient, inclusive spaces that solve our clients' greatest challenges. Our teams create exceptional design solutions for healthcare, science and technology, workplace, mixed use, higher education, cultural, waterfront, parks and open spaces, and urban environments. We are looking for passionate problem solvers who want to elevate design, push boundaries and move us closer to a carbon-free future. Care to join us?

SmithGroup is looking for a Director of Performance Analytics to join our team. This position may reside in any SmithGroup office.

Working with us, you will:

• Lead the performance analytics team in robust data collection processes to capture performance metrics during various project phases (design, construction, and operation) to feed into a larger integrated data platform.
• Coordinate with members of the Technology in Practice (TIP) team on data management and related firmwide automation initiatives, directly managing TIP team members embedded within IMPACT.
• Oversee continued projects and develop new opportunities to monitor real-time building performance using sensors, meters, and other monitoring tools.
• Supervise inward facing analysis to track historical data to identify patterns and deviations in performance.
• Coordinate with the Director of Sustainability Integration and TIP team the tracking of the AIA 2030, MEP 2040, SE 2050, and affiliated climate commitments.
• Define key performance indicators (KPIs) related to project whole-life carbon, energy efficiency, sustainability, occupant comfort, and health and wellness.
• Support the development of intuitive dashboards and reports to communicate performance metrics effectively to project teams, clients, and stakeholders.
• Work closely with project teams to integrate energy performance considerations seamlessly into architectural designs.
• Equip the performance analytics team to communicate findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with sustainability consultants, energy modelers, and other experts.
• Provide national thought leadership on project climate performance tools and methods.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and project managers to evaluate energy performance of our projects.
• Utilize data from performance modeling tools to assess energy consumption, whole-life carbon, daylighting, thermal comfort, and other relevant factors.
• Oversee staffing/hiring needs and coach/mentor the performance analytics team on performance, career development, and progression.
• Remain at the forefront of industry trends, emerging technologies, software tools, and best practices related to energy performance.
• Propose innovative approaches to enhance building performance, reduce energy use intensity, reduce whole-life carbon footprints, and support our sustainability integration team in their pursuit of regenerative design.
• Evaluate emerging conceptual performance modeling tools to be used by our design teams and manage vendor relationships with One Click LCA and Cove Tool.

An ideal candidate has:

• A bachelor’s degree in relevant field, required.
• Minimum 15 years relevant experience in energy modeling, building performance analytics and/or whole-life carbon modeling.
• Professional license in field of discipline (if applicable) or certification within professional discipline, preferred.
• Relevant sustainability credentials, required.
• Experience in SmithGroup’s core markets or related industries and corporate-level sustainability.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the proven ability to influence others.
• Strong critical thinking skills and the ability to find solutions to challenges.
• Previous experience leading teams; a record of success collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams, external stakeholders, and vendors.

SmithGroup's competitive compensation and benefit package is designed to meet the needs of a diverse staff. It includes flexible scheduling, a hybrid work environment, 401(k), parental leave, wellbeing resources, PTO immediately available to new hires, plus 15 extra Fridays off - on top of holidays. Join us and see first-hand how these and other programs - like one-on-one career coaching and professional development opportunities - build culture, enhance collaboration and yield richer, more inclusive solutions.

If you are not sure that you meet all of the suggested qualifications described above, please don't leave this page. Your talents and attributes could be just what we're looking for - and we strongly encourage you to apply. If you need additional accommodations to complete the application process, please contact