Senior Consultant (Program & Product Development Design Manager -Mission Critical)

Woolpert is an award-winning global architectural practice, focused on performance-driven, highly complex facilities for some of the world’s largest technology clients. We blend applied research, strategic thinking, and technology-driven design methods, while seeking innovation that will define the future of our profession and drive solutions to the most complex design problems.

We are a Chicago and London-based practice with an expanding team of local and remote team members. We are seeking a Senior Consultant-Program & Product Development Design Manager that is highly motivated and skilled with experience in decarbonization strategy and architectural productization to join our Mission Critical Program & Product Development (PPD) team.

This position would be aligned with our offices located in Chicago, IL/New York City, NY/Pittsburgh, PA and would support full-time in-person/hybrid, and remote working arrangements.

Our Mission Critical PPD team works with global technology clients to develop innovative building products, systems, and assemblies through strategic design and productization. Our Mission Critical business is expertise-based, and our PPD team brings together teams of experts to support our clients in research and development, strategic design, prototyping, and standardization.

The work of this PPD Design Manager will range from strategic decarbonization explorations to leadership in concept development designs, to expert advisory services for mass timber construction. This is a comprehensive, expertise-based role.

In this role, you will work collaboratively on complex projects, providing technical design expertise, and lead cross-disciplinary design efforts. You will be involved in a variety of projects, working with a diverse team of clients, engineers, architects, product designers, contractors, manufacturers, and fabricators to study, develop, document, deploy, and monitor solutions for enabling the next generation of data center technology while driving down environmental impact.

As a PPD Design Manager in the Mission Critical practice at Woolpert, you will:

• Lead strategy development around decarbonizing data center equipment, systems, buildings, and campuses. You will work with our clients to identify their goals and needs, define the necessary project scope, and communicate potential solutions to their most complex design challenges.

• Enhance existing client relationships to identify and initiate additional project opportunities within the Mission Critical client base for decarbonization strategies, including collaboration with and integration in building and product design.

• Demonstrate industry-leading expertise and represent SNHA and Woolpert as an industry leader in decarbonization strategy and mass timber building design, construction, and supply chains with new and existing clients.

• Manage project teams of various scales and expertise in support of the above.

• Experience: 10+ years working on complex projects, with a focus on productization, decarbonization and / or mass timber.

• Strong knowledge of architectural/engineering detailing and systems, including mass timber detailing and prototyping.

• Knowledge of construction methods, processes, and building codes.

• Knowledge of mass timber supply chain and industry standards, as well as willingness and ability to learn new supply chains and cultivate industry connections.

• Strategic design and leadership skills, including leading client workshops.

• Experience with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign is considered an asset, as well as experience with Google Docs/Sheets/Slides; Gemini/Copilot, and any software focused on carbon accounting such as OneClickLCA, Tally, c.scale, EC3.

Our projects are located throughout North America, and some travel is anticipated.