Through innovative design, we empower communities to help them realize their potential. Our landscape architects create inspired spaces that reflect context, respond to user needs, and embody our commitment to resilience and sustainability. We take a collaborative approach to design and believe that the best solutions are the product of diverse perspectives. Our team members have opportunities to provide services across the United States in visioning; master planning; community design; park and recreation design; commercial and corporate design; State and Federal projects; healthcare design; urban design and revitalization; environmental resiliency and green infrastructure; transportation planning and design; and landscape restoration and rehabilitation. These diverse project opportunities are regularly delivered in teams of experts from across the North America – we are better together. Our US East Landscape Architecture and Planning team brings together over 30 talented professionals across multiple states, with Boston as our hub. No matter where we’re located, we collaborate as one unified team to deliver exceptional design solutions. Your Opportunity We are seeking a Principal Landscape Architect to serve as a business developer and co-team leader for our Boston-based Landscape Architecture Team. The Principal Landscape Architect will lead design vision and strategy for large, complex, multi-disciplinary projects while driving business development and client engagement. This role emphasizes design leadership, guiding concept development, ensuring design integrity through all phases, and mentoring team members, alongside responsibilities for project management, construction documentation, and administration. The successful candidate will work within Stantec’s Community Development practice, and collaborate with internal Architectural, Environmental, and Engineering disciplines. As a Principal Landscape Architect, you will work in a team environment on a wide range of projects and scales such as planning and design of parks and recreation facilities; bicycle, pedestrian, and multiuse trails; sports and athletic facilities; healthcare, urban infill, corporate, and educational campuses; and master planned communities including multi-family residential, senior housing, mixed-use and transit-oriented developments. You will lead and assist with assignments across disciplines, manage budgets, provide urban and landscape architecture design experience, and interact with existing and prospective clients with exemplary communication skills and a strategic and design-oriented perspective. Business development responsibilities will include: market research and strategy, client relationship management, proposal development, branding and marketing, identifying and cultivating strategic partnerships, monitoring business development performance indicators including win rates and revenue growth, and fostering a culture of internal collaboration. You will work within a local and virtual team setting, with weekly presence at our Boston office expected. Local travel will be required for attending client or public meetings, scoping new assignments, and participating in internal meetings. Stantec is the place where opportunity, great ideas and rewarding careers happen.