Associate Director - WSP Architecture

WSP Global Inc.; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Professional development support

Job summary

WSP Global Inc. is seeking an Associate Director Architect in Birmingham to lead multi-sector design and technical delivery. You will work with the Birmingham Studio Architectural Management team to nurture architectural capability, guide problem-solving, and uphold WSP values.

You will also lead bidding for opportunities in workplace, data centre, and defence sectors. The role emphasizes growing the team, strengthening client relationships, and advancing design quality across diverse projects

Qualifications

• Qualified Architect with multi-sector design experience and strong technical delivery.
• Proven ability to lead design teams and deliver projects on time and within budgets.
• Experience in business development and client engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural design delivery across multiple sectors in UK, including workplace, industrial and masterplanning.
• Develop and secure opportunities through cross-disciplinary collaboration within WSP.
• Mentor and grow the architectural team in the Birmingham studio and drive design quality.

Skills

Multi-sector design

Technical delivery

Team leadership

Client communication

REVIT

Education

ARB Registered

RIBA Chartered

Tools

REVIT

Job description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

We are looking for an Associate Director Architect with multi-sector design and technical experience, with specifically demonstrable background in architectural technical design delivery.

A little more about your role…

You will be required to work closely with the Birmingham Studio Architectural Management team to help nurture and develop the Architectural capability within the team. In addition, you'll play a key role in fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment, ensuring that values and best practices are consistently upheld. Alongside this, there will be a need to support the team broadly around day-to-day challenges, motivation, and keeping everyone moving in the same direction. This includes offering guidance on problem-solving, encouraging open communication, and helping individuals to reach their full potential.

Key Tasks

• Becoming integral to the WSP multi-sector design offer, working closely with other WSP disciplines to develop and secure key opportunities.
• Encompassing work at different scales and typologies, including commercial, workplace, industrial and manufacturing environments, as well as masterplanning and wider campus-led design.
• To lead bidding opportunities in workplace, data centre and defence sector in the UK and overseas
• To develop the WSP Architecture brand in the region, principally through quality of delivery and design.
• Building and maintaining strong internal relationships across WSP, particularly with teams responsible for generating and delivering work, to ensure that Architecture is well positioned to support opportunities as they arise.
• To support the development of design quality within the business.
• To support the development of the volume of work won and successfully delivered.
• To engage in developing design talent and performance within the business.
• To support the Architectural Management team in growing the business and meeting financial targets.
• Undertake the role of Project Architect across a varied portfolio of Design Projects.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• You will be a professionally qualified Architect with recognised experience of Multi-sector Design and technical delivery.
• You will also bring a background of process and delivery for projects working within successful developed systems based on key principles of evidence-based design.
• Experience with business development
• You must have the ability to direct teams and to grow them.
• Able to represent WSP to our clients and have ability to communicate technical detail graphically and effectively.
• Capable of working without direct supervision.
• ARB Registered and RIBA Chartered or ability to work towards chartership.
• Experienced in the use of REVIT.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 83,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.