Principal Landscape Architect / Business Developer

Strong and vibrant communities don’t just happen—they’re creatively imagined, collaboratively planned, and designed. At Stantec, we bring together landscape architects, planners, engineers, architects, and designers to shape resilient, inclusive, and inspiring public spaces.

Our New York City Landscape Architecture studio is seeking a Principal Landscape Architect with a strong focus on Business Development to help grow our presence, opportunities, and project impact across the Northeast Region. Our New York City studio leads transformational design projects throughout the city, region, and United States greatly enhancing urban livability, social infrastructure, recreation, neighborhood connectivity, biodiversity, and resiliency in our communities.

Your Opportunity

As a Principal Landscape Architect / Business Development Lead, you will play a critical role in expanding Stantec’s landscape architecture practice while also leading and delivering high-quality, multidisciplinary projects. This position is ideal for a senior professional who thrives at the intersection of client relationships, strategy, project ideation, and design excellence.

You will work within Stantec’s Community Development practice and collaborate closely with Architecture, Engineering, Environmental, and Transportation teams in delivering complex infrastructure and public realm assignments. The role combines active business development leadership, industry networking, lead development, with project oversight, client-facing responsibilities, and team mentorship.

This position is based in New York City, with weekly in-office presence expected and local travel required for client and regional team meetings, pursuits, and public engagements.

Your Key Responsibilities

Business Development Leadership

Lead and grow client relationships across public and private sectors in the Northeast, translating relationships into new opportunities and awarded work

Drive business development strategy for private sector and select public sector clients, including lead identification, pursuit planning, and capture management

Partner with local and regional leadership to develop and execute Account Management Plans for priority and emerging clients

Collaborate with Stantec’s Transportation, Community Development, Environmental, and Buildings (Architecture) practices to identify cross-sector opportunities and joint pursuits

Build and maintain strategic internal and external partnerships and networks to support long-term growth in project opportunities, new project work, and staff recruitment

Track and support business development performance metrics, including win rates, backlog, and revenue growth with our internal marketing support team

Contribute to branding, marketing, and thought leadership through speaking engagements, professional organization participation, publications, social media, and awards

Lead efforts to obtain and leverage high-quality project photography to support marketing, pursuits, and awards

Critical thinking and advanced proposal writing, project approach development, and design communication skills

Project & Design Leadership

Serve in a client-facing leadership role on key projects

Manage and oversee large, complex, multi-disciplinary projects from scoping and concept design through construction documentation and construction administration

Ensure design excellence, innovation, and quality across all phases of work

Champion and integrate technology, digital tools, nature-based solutions, and climate-based solutions into our work

Maintain project budgets, schedules, and scope, with accountability for financial performance

Provide quality control review of deliverables and ensure consistency with client and regulatory requirements

People & Studio Leadership

Mentor and support staff development, fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing studio culture

Lead interdisciplinary collaboration across offices and disciplines

Promote a positive, team-driven environment within Stantec’s Community Development practice