Job Description

Why DesignForce?

We are a workforce solutions and strategic planning firm focusing solely on the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industries. DesignForce takes a curated approach to helping our clients and career professionals to develop long-lasting strategic initiatives that reflect alignment between an organization’s design and its mission.

As for us, we love team bonding activities, volunteering in the community, and applying our dedication towards helping others to our daily work. We are looking for another team member to join our growing collaborative who shares the same passion and perspective regarding what it takes to build people-first solutions and environments.

We are seeking a strategic, client-facing Senior Organizational Strategy Consultant with deep expertise in advising AEC firm leaders. This role will lead complex engagements focused on organizational health, people strategy, and change management. You’ll work directly with C-suite leaders across architecture, engineering, and related firms, facilitating high-impact conversations, designing tailored solutions, and guiding them through implementation. You’ll also mentor junior consultants, shape deliverables, and play a key role in firm growth.

Core Responsibilities Include:

• Serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite clients in the AEC industry on people and organizational strategy
• Lead organizational design efforts including role definition, reporting structures, and workflows
• Conduct and interpret employee engagement surveys, compensation and benefits analyses, and performance review audits.
• Guide strategic planning processes, including facilitating executive retreats and stakeholder alignment sessions.
• Design tools and assessments for performance metrics, job analysis, employee engagement, cultural analysis and compensation analysis.
• Research and inform executive coaching and psychological assessments to improve leadership effectiveness at all levels.
• Develop strategic and succession plans that ensure the long-term success of organizations and the betterment of its employees.
• Support business development through proposal writing, client relationship cultivation, and insights sharing.

Preferred Qualifications Include:

• Master’s degree or equivalent professional experience in field relevant to AEC strategy, e.g. I-O Psychology, Organizational Development & Change, Business Administration, or professional degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Interiors, MEP, etc.
• 4 + years of professional experience and/or equivalent academic research in relevant strategy topics.
• Prior consultancy or corporate experience in relevant strategy topics.
• Display exemplary communication capabilities, effectively communicating verbally and through writing.
• Self-motivated and display a commitment to task completion.
• Be able to pivot quickly and adapt to change in a fast-paced, high-energy environment.
• Love food. Seriously. We like to eat. (Specific knowledge about the DC food scene is a plus but not a requirement)

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People by Providing the Following Benefits:

• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays & Floating Holiday
• Paid Parental Leave
• On-Site Gym Access
• Paid Voting
• Comprehensive Medical and Dental Coverage
• Competitive 401(K) with Match
• Professional Development Support
• Bi-Weekly Catered Team Lunch

Equal Opportunity Employer

At DesignForce, we don't just accept difference - we celebrate, support, and thrive because of it. DesignForce is a proud equal-opportunity employer. Employment at DesignForce is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. DesignForce does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law.

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