Regional Sector Leader, Mixed-use

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.

Our Texas region has an opening for an entrepreneurial Mixed-Use Regional Sector Leader. This role could be based in the following studios:

• Austin

• Dallas

• Fort Worth

• Houston

About Mixed-Use at DLR Group

DLR Group’s Mixed-Use practice bridges enterprise and community through transformative design that enlivens social hubs, curates distinctive stories, and creates cultural identity. Our goal is to create a love affair between communities and the built environments in which people can thrive. From the first step inside to the last step out, our studio is focused on designing a people-first journey that feeds the soul of the end-user. This can start with carefully workshopped design focused on diversification of uses, access to a network of public spaces, mobility, and adaptability to create crucial measures of resiliency. 

Position Summary 

As the Regional Mixed-Use Sector Leader at DLR Group, you will champion the growth of our mixed-use practice across Texas. In this role, you’ll lead strategic initiatives to strengthen client relationships, elevate design excellence, and expand our market presence through a combination of business acumen, creativity, and collaboration. You’ll partner with national and regional leaders to advance the firm’s mission of creating exceptional, integrated environments that bring together living, working, and leisure spaces in innovative ways. This is an opportunity for a design-minded business leader to shape the future of the mixed-use market in one of the most dynamic regions in the country.

What You Will Do

• Lead business development and client engagement strategies to grow the mixed-use sector across Texas

• Partner with sector and regional leadership to define and execute a strategic business plan that supports firmwide goals

• Cultivate and strengthen long-term client relationships built on trust, collaboration, and design excellence

• Champion design quality and integrated project delivery, ensuring exceptional outcomes for clients and communities

• Serve as a thought leader and public advocate for design excellence through speaking engagements, publications, and professional networks

• Collaborate across disciplines and regions to pursue new opportunities, share insights, and deliver successful projects

• Recruit, mentor, and develop top talent to support the continued growth of the sector

• Promote a culture of creativity, accountability, and innovation within project teams

• Represent DLR Group at industry and community events, contributing to the firm’s visibility and reputation as a leader in mixed-use design

• Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture

• 15 years of professional experience, inclusive of at least 10 years leading mixed-use projects

• Established presence and network within the Texas real estate and development community

• Proven leadership experience in developing and executing strategic growth plans within a professional design firm

• Demonstrated success in building and maintaining strong client relationships and securing new project opportunities

• Deep understanding of design excellence, market trends, and the development process for large-scale mixed-use projects

• Strong business and management skills, including planning, team leadership, and project delivery

• Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building abilities

• Ability to travel within Texas and collaborate across multiple offices

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional licensure in Architecture

• Experience leading integrated teams on complex, high-profile mixed-use projects

• Active engagement in professional or community organizations related to design, development, or urban planning

• Recognized participation in industry events, publications, or design awards demonstrating leadership in the profession

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#LI-MIS

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.

DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.