Commercial Architecture Director
About The Position
Welcome to PulteGroup, a Fortune 500 company and one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, recognized as a Fortune 100 Best Company to Work For and a certified Great Place to Work. PulteGroup is driven by the purpose of Building Incredible Places for People to Live Their Dreams, with over 70 years of building trust, innovation, and a culture where team members are empowered to thrive. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and operating in over 45 markets nationwide, PulteGroup builds homes through a family of brands including Innovative Construction Group, Centex, Pulte Homes, Del Webb, DiVosta Homes, American West, John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods, Pulte Mortgage, PGP Title, and Pulte Insurance Agency. The Commercial Architecture Director is a licensed architect responsible for shaping strategic vision, standards, and innovation for commercial project design across the organization. This role ensures that all commercial initiatives align with design excellence, cost efficiency, technical specifications, and constructability best practices. The Director oversees a high-performing architectural team and collaborates closely with project leaders and external partners to deliver consistent, scalable support for commercial projects across multiple markets, driving architectural quality, fostering continuous improvement, and championing forward-thinking solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction or equivalent
- Minimum 10 or more years Architecture or Construction related functional experience
- Licensed architect
- Valid Driver’s License because driving is an essential function of this position
- Extensive knowledge and work experience in commercial construction may reduce or replace this requirement
- Personnel management and team leadership expertise
- Project management expertise
- Consultant management expertise
- Budgeting expertise
- Building Systems Analysis and Building Science training
- Understanding of material and labor cost as it applies to design and house cost
- Construction Document development expertise
- Comprehensive knowledge of commercial construction techniques, building materials, building codes as well as technical and procedural knowledge of activities related to building construction.
- Comprehensive knowledge of structural elements, product installation means and methods, value engineering, and costing principles and practices
- Effective communication and organization skills
- General understanding of ACAD is required
Nice To Haves
- drafting experience is preferred
Responsibilities
- Partner with divisions to provide strategic leadership for all commercial projects, ensuring alignment with design intent, cost targets, and constructability goals.
- Lead, develop, and scale a team of architects, support staff, and outsource partners to support the commercial product needs of multiple divisions.
- Partner with land teams and developers to coordinate product designs with site planning and resolve conflicts in order to meet the requirements of the project.
- Work with division operations to develop presentation materials needed for Planning Board presentations and represent architecture in planning meetings as needed.
- Lead and coordinate design initiatives, in conjunction with design team, for new plans, elevations and improvements to existing product.
- Represent commercial architecture when coordinating with division and 3rd party consultants on projects having specialty requirements (density studies, noise analysis, impervious surface limits, energy qualifications, etc).
- Evaluate plan/unit performance across divisions and identify opportunities for optimization, value engineering, and customer experience improvement.
- Direct resolution of architectural, structural, or cross-functional plan issues involving multiple markets.
- Set the vision for standardization, innovation, and platform consistency across multiple markets.
- Ensures appropriate staffing to meet department needs.
- Utilizes recruiting and selection tools/processes to build organizational talent.
- Delegates work according to employee’s abilities and skills.
- Evaluates employee’s performance and plans for compensation actions in accordance with that performance.
- Provides developmental opportunities through identification of internal and external training opportunities.
- Creates opportunities for employee growth.
- Provides continuous coaching with regard to functional and leadership standards (technical skills and behaviors).
- Other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) Plan
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for employees and their families
- Company-paid disability insurance
- Company-paid basic life insurance
- Voluntary insurance coverage options, including critical illness and hospital indemnity
- Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition reimbursement (as applicable)
- Up to 9 paid company holidays per year
- Up to 23 paid days off for employees with less than 10 years of service
- Up to 28 paid days off for employees with 10 or more years of service
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
