All Things Urban

Gehl focuses on the relationship between the built environment and people’s quality of life. Gehl is based in Copenhagen, New York and San Francisco, we create ‘cities for people’. Gehl is a global urban research and design consultancy. We address urban planning with a people-focused approach, and our services include Public Space Public Life Strategies, Public Space and Street Design and Masterplanning Frameworks. We apply strategic planning and human-centered design to empower citizens, decision makers, company leaders, and organizations through Process Facilitation, Pilot Projects and Integrated Mobility Strategies. As thought leaders, we contribute to the field by creating Frameworks for Learning and New Knowledge Creation through ongoing research.

Gehl’s Enterprise Team helps private sector clients contribute to building thriving cities using a people-centered approach. We use our relationships with the public sector and understanding of human behavior to help companies “do well by doing good” and find the win-win through investing in the public realm.

This position leads a team of Gehl staff embedded within the Urban Activation team of a leading global technology company. Known for pushing the boundaries of what exceptional workplaces can be, this program is designed to activate the neighborhoods and public realm where company workspaces are located around the world so that employees and neighbors can thrive together. We are looking for an experienced manager-leader, comfortable working at the intersection of multiple relationships — client, stakeholder, and consultant team. Positive culture building, accountability, problem solving and a deep understanding of people and place are at the core of this role. The client partnership supporting this position is renewed on an annual basis, therefore the position may continue or change nature at the end of 2023.

- 5+ years of experience in a managerial role overseeing multiple staff and concurrent projects - Familiarity with the real estate, property management, and development sector, with a focus on creating great indoor and outdoor public spaces - Comfort working within a high level of organizational complexity and ambiguity - Proven ability to cultivate trusting relationships with clients, stakeholders and across various levels of organizations - Ability to implement and evolve an established program - Experience working within the private sector to achieve business objectives Candidates with a degree in architecture, real estate, planning, business, community development or arts administration would be typical for the experience profile of this position. However, as a specialized consultancy always on the lookout for unicorns, we are open to various life stories for the right candidates.

If you see your skills, experience and values reflected in this position, we’d love to hear more about you. Our application process is simple — you just need to upload your CV, portfolio and answer a few brief questions. We get a lot of applications, so the best way to stand out is to show your best work in your portfolio. We prefer to receive an optimized PDF upload for your portfolio. If you have a portfolio website instead, you must include that URL in the "website" question of the application and upload a document with a link and password, if any, to your online portfolio. Gehl is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all roles without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, veteran or military status, unfavorable military discharge, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

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