National Practice Lead - Contract Solutions (Finance)

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking a National Practice Lead to join our Contract Solutions Team in North America. The core responsibilities will largely relate to leading a team of professionals in the delivery of claims consulting and contract solution services for public and private sector projects across the United States. The workload will be varied and include technical advisory with flexibility to accommodate the specific skill sets and aspirations of the applicant.

The successful candidate will be responsible for business development activities and driving the growth of the business unit, while also demonstrating strong leadership capabilities. The candidate should have extensive experience in navigating complex claims issues on large-scale capital construction projects. This role includes leading a team of colleagues across North America and ensuring the development and implementation of strategies to expand the business. Key responsibilities will include client development, account leadership, oversight of team leaders, and establishing and maintaining a standard of practice that aligns with the evolving needs of both local and global clients.

Role accountabilities:

The position includes a high level of responsibility and accountability for the development and execution of business strategy, client development, service delivery, and team leadership within a well-established specialist team.

• Exercise technical leadership in areas which may include expert witness, forensic schedule analysis, financial damages analysis, claims and dispute resolution, risk management, value engineering, and/or contracting excellence.
• Leadership of business development activities leading to consistent growth of the business unit.
• Ongoing implementation of high technical standards across the organization for excellence in service delivery. Standards are to align with global practices and industry best practices.
• Establish, maintain, and oversee reporting standards to meet the needs of local and global clients. Embrace technology-enabled digital reporting solutions to streamline reporting and enhance deliverables.
• Responsible for financial performance of the Contract Solutions services within a specified region of North America.
• Manage and undertake professional technical consultancy commissions related to Contract Solutions services. Promote additional value-added solutions to new and existing customer base.
• Coordinate with Arcadis Account Leaders, Project Managers, and Team Leaders to manage risk in service delivery and ensure efficient financial control resulting in a cost-effective and profitable service.
• Communicate with client and team members to ensure all information is available for the successful implementation and completion of projects.
• Collaboration with the Director of Client Relations to accelerate organic revenue growth and implementation of the business strategy in terms of the Contract Solutions offering.
• Report quantified information on the progress of each contract to the Operations Director on a regular basis.

Qualifications & Experience:

• A Bachelor or Masters' degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture or related field is required.
• Extensive experience in project controls, CPM scheduling, delay analysis, productivity analysis, claims, contracts, and dispute resolution.
• Demonstrated experience in growing, developing, and leading successful teams of consulting professionals
• Experience with direct responsibility for financial performance including net order intake, revenue, and profitability.
• A clear thinking person demonstrating attention to detail who is well organized and can operate independently under a broad direction.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $200,000 - $250,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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