Architectural Team Leader

We seek to move the world forward through innovative thinking.

Woolpert is an award-winning, global leader in architecture, engineering, and geospatial services. We blend design excellence with cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional client value. Our team is passionate about their work and committed to building the next generation of industry leaders, and as a certified Great Place to Work®, Woolpert embraces progress and innovation to create limitless opportunities for career growth.

Woolpert is seeking to hire an Architectural Team Leader for our Virginia Beach, VA location.  This role may accommodate full-time in-person/hybrid working arrangements. Seeking local Virginia Beach, VA candidates.

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.  Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located.

Position Overview:

This position is responsible for guidance, instruction, direction and leadership to the group to achieve discipline, individual and team goals. This position is key in establishing and improving levels of technical competence, quality and efficiency of projects. The position monitors the quantitative and qualitative achievements of the team. Experience with multiple Private Market studios/submarkets; Retail, Hospitality, Mixed-use, Multi-Family, Industrial and Corporate is required.

What You Will Do:

• Responsible for supervising, managing and motivating team members daily to function in a goal-oriented manner.


• Through supportive leadership create an inspiring and trusting team environment promoting the growth of team members with an open communication culture.


• Utilize their expertise, their peers, their influence, and/or creativeness to formulate smooth team operations and effective team collaboration.


• Effectively resolves conflict within team by initiating and facilitating communication.


• Responsible for effective planning and scheduling of workload and performance of team members.


• Ensures team is right sized, right skilled and managed.


• Interview and hire team members in collaboration with the Regional Team Leader.


• Listen to team feedback and resolve any issues or conflicts escalating issues if needed.


• Partners with Human Resources for strategic people management duties.


• Recognize high performance and reward accomplishments.

What You Will Bring:

• BA/BS degree in Architecture


• A minimum of 10 years of related work experience is required


• Have an active professional registration (Registered Architect/P.E.)


• Experience managing goals, expectations, motivating and directing employees to promote growth, both firm and individual


• Strong ability to facilitate technical discussions when needed


• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to negotiate, influence and manage risk


• Be able to effectively communicate in both internal and external relationships for all essential job functions


• Be able to make sound decisions/recommendations based on the evaluation and synthesis of project information and data


• Demonstrate an enterprising, innovative, proactive management approach


• May travel for meetings up to 10%

Benefits You Will Love

Certified as a Great Place to Work, Woolpert is one of the fastest-growing architecture, engineering, and geospatial companies in the world. With over 75 offices and countless projects around the globe, you’ll work on meaningful assignments that improve quality of life around the world. In addition to offering competitive pay, we provide employees with a robust set of unique benefits, including:

Freedom to Work program: Set your own schedule and location (as appropriate).

Principal program: Earn the opportunity to become an owner of the firm.

Flexible paid time off/vacation: Take time off when it makes sense for you and your team.

Career development: Explore a wide range of learning and growth opportunities within and across industries.

Health, life, vision, and dental insurance: Cover all your medical bases.

Paid sick time, retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, pet insurance, identity protection, technology stipend, employee assistance program, and more!

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Find out more about what Woolpert has to offer here:  http://woolpert.com/about-us/

Woolpert is an equal-opportunity employer. Woolpert is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.  You may view more about EEO on our website: Equal-Employment-Opportunity-The-Law.pdf and EEO is the Law Poster Supplement.

Applicants who require an accommodation throughout the application and interview process should request this in advance by contacting [email protected] 

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Woolpert or any of our subsidiaries about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Woolpert via email, the internet, or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Woolpert, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Woolpert's Talent Acquisition Team for this requisition and a valid agreement is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of Woolpert's applicant process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.