Architecture Practice Director of Operations

AEB Strategic Talent; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

AEB Strategic Talent represents a highly regarded architecture firm recruiting a Director of Operations Leader for its Dallas–Fort Worth practice. The role focuses on driving day-to-day performance, structure, and growth while ensuring staff alignment with project goals.

The successful candidate will bring senior operations or practice leadership experience, or a track record as architect/studio leader with strategic mindset and strong client relationships.

Qualifications

• Significant professional experience within architecture, interiors, or a closely related AEC environment.
• Proven experience leading teams, studios, projects, or business operations.
• Strong understanding of the business side of architecture, including staffing, fees, scopes, schedules, budgets, and resource planning.
• Demonstrated ability to establish accountability and improve organizational effectiveness.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with both internal teams and clients.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and developing other professionals.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level leadership and operational oversight for the architecture and design practice.
• Establish clear accountability, expectations, and performance standards across teams.
• Partner with senior leadership on business strategy, organizational priorities, and growth initiatives.
• Oversee staffing, resource allocation, recruiting, retention, and talent development.
• Monitor workload, utilization, schedules, budgets, and other key business and operational metrics.
• Help ensure projects are appropriately staffed, organized, and positioned for successful delivery.
• Support project teams in maintaining quality, schedule, scope, and client expectations.
• Collaborate with leadership on proposals, scopes of work, fees, contracts, and business development initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, communication, efficiency, and consistency across the practice.
• Develop and mentor emerging leaders while fostering a collaborative, accountable culture.
• Serve as a trusted partner to senior leadership and provide insight into operational opportunities, challenges, and priorities.
• Help create an environment where teams can perform at a high level while maintaining strong client relationships and design quality.

Skills

Architecture/AEC experience

Team leadership

Business of architecture

Accountability & org improvement

Communication & relationships

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in architecture/design/business or related

Job description

AEB Strategic Talent represents a highly regarded architecture firm recruiting a Director of Operations Leader for its Dallas–Fort Worth practice. The role focuses on driving day-to-day performance, structure, and growth while ensuring staff alignment with project goals.

The successful candidate will bring senior operations or practice leadership experience, or a track record as architect/studio leader with strategic mindset and strong client relationships.