Senior Strategist
Perkins Eastman, New York, NY, United States
Perkins Eastman is a global architectural design practice with expertise in all aspects of the built environment, working at all scales, and at every level of detail. With studios in 24 locations worldwide, we design for people, to leave a lasting and positive impact on the human experience and the world we inhabit. This is captured in our ethos "human by design".
We believe design is a collaborative art and we are structured as integrated practice of passionate professionals committed to delivering the best design for our clients. Our team of diverse and complementary talents work together in studios, that can draw from relevant expertise and points of view from across the whole practice to analyze and solve the specific design challenges they are working on. Within the firm we have 18 practice areas, cores of expertise, that focus as centers of knowledge and analysis, that are both an essential foundation and fuel for the creative design work. Sustainability is intrinsic to our design approach. It is an essential ingredient for the design teams throughout the process, adding valuable insights, ideas, and research to the process. For us all good design is sustainable.
Our
Strategy team
brings a consulting mindset to the design process. We are a multidisciplinary group of strategists, designers, architects, planners, and researchers who work with clients to uncover insights, engage stakeholders, and shape thoughtful strategies that inform the built environment.
Using human-centered research and design thinking, we help organizations navigate complex challenges and make better decisions about their workplaces, schools, healthcare environments, and communities.
The Opportunity: Perkins Eastman is seeking a
Senior Strategist
to join our growing team. This role is ideal for an experienced professional who enjoys working directly with clients, leading strategic conversations, and translating research and insights into clear recommendations.
You will work across multiple sectors—including but not limited to workplace, healthcare, education, and cities and communities—supporting organizations as they navigate change and make strategic decisions about their environments.
This role requires someone who is comfortable wearing many hats: strategist, facilitator, researcher, and advisor. You should be equally comfortable leading a client workshop, synthesizing research into a compelling narrative, and collaborating with design teams to ensure strategic insights inform project outcomes.
Travel will be required for client engagements and workshops.
Primary Responsibilities:
Client Engagement & Strategic Leadership Build trusted relationships with clients and lead client-facing engagements such as workshops, stakeholder interviews, and visioning sessions.
Stakeholder Engagement Plan and facilitate stakeholder engagement activities—including such things as interviews, focus groups, and participatory workshops—to understand needs and align organizations around shared priorities.
Strategic Thinking & Insight Development Conduct research, analyze qualitative and quantitative data, and translate insights into clear strategic recommendations, frameworks, and guiding principles.
Change Management Develop and implement change management strategies that help organizations successfully transition to new environments, ways of working, or operating models.
Collaboration with Design Teams Work closely with architects, designers, and planners to ensure strategic insights are integrated throughout the design process.
Practice Development Contribute to proposals, thought leadership, and business development efforts that support the continued growth of Perkins Eastman’s Strategy practice.
Required Qualifications:
7–10+ years of relevant experience in consulting, strategy, design research, change management, or a related field
Significant client-facing experience, including leading workshops and engaging senior stakeholders
Demonstrated experience with organizational change management
Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication abilities
Ability to synthesize complex information into clear insights and compelling narratives
Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
Willingness to travel for client engagements
Preferred Qualifications:
Background in Business, Design, Planning, Human Factors, Psychology or a related field.
Experience working in sectors such as workplace, healthcare, education, or hospitality
Familiarity with design thinking and human-centered research methodologies
Proficiency in PowerPoint and Microsoft Office; with experience and strong skills in Adobe InDesign, Canva, and other collaboration or design platforms. We are especially interested in candidates who are deeply curious about people, organizations, and the environments we inhabit—individuals who enjoy asking thoughtful questions, exploring unfamiliar territory, and connecting ideas from different disciplines. If this sounds like you, we encourage you to apply.
This role may be based in one of our office locations: Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, or Washington, D.C.
Applicants must hold relevant work authorization for the selected location.
401k Options
PTO
Company Paid Holidays
Life Insurance
Professional Development
PE has a hybrid policy that allows flexibility for our employees in managing their working days and hours to cater to their diverse needs.
Salary Range: $115k to $140k
Perkins Eastman is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and a participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
Perkins Eastman is monitoring an increased frequency of recruitment frauds. Unscrupulous individuals are contacting job seekers and pretending to represent Perkins Eastman or specific persons at Perkins Eastman.
These fraudsters use emails, texts, letters, faxes, and phone calls to make false offers of employment with Perkins Eastman or to provide services related to employment (assistance in obtaining visa, travel arrangements, job training, proof of identity, etc.).
The offers, which appear to be legitimate and may use Perkins Eastman’s logo, often include specific details about a job description and related information such as salary, benefits, training, and a start date. The offers are often accompanied by requests for payment and/or sensitive personal information such as bank account information, credit card number, passport number, or other information that could be used to commit identity theft.
If you are seeking employment with Perkins Eastman, you should guard against recruitment fraud and pay close attention to these key facts
:
Neither Perkins Eastman nor our authorized third-party recruiting partners will ever ask for payments of any kind. Perkins Eastman does not collect personal banking, passport, visa, or other sensitive personal data as part of the recruitment process. You should never send money or personal details to anyone suggesting they can provide employment with Perkins Eastman.
Legitimate emails from Perkins Eastman end in @perkinseastman.com
Messages from fraudsters often come from webmail addresses such as gmail.com, hotmail.com and yahoo.com, or from addresses that incorporate part of a company’s name, such as PerkinsEastmanCorporation.com or PERKINS EASTMAN-HR.com. Do not trust information provided to you from any domain name other than @perkinseastman.com .
Before making an employment offer, Perkins Eastman will always invite prospective candidates, either by phone or email from a legitimate Perkins Eastman email account to a formal interview, either virtual or in-person.
Messages from fraudsters often contain spelling and grammatical errors.
If you receive unsolicited or suspicious offers of employment from Perkins Eastman, or simply want to verify the authenticity of an offer from Perkins Eastman, you are advised to immediately stop all communication with this individual and forward the unedited email message or details of the offer tohr@perkinseastman.com .
PERKINS EASTMAN treats incidents of fraud seriously so,if your personal information has been compromised, you are encouraged to report any incident to the local authorities. To learn more, click here: https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams
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We believe design is a collaborative art and we are structured as integrated practice of passionate professionals committed to delivering the best design for our clients. Our team of diverse and complementary talents work together in studios, that can draw from relevant expertise and points of view from across the whole practice to analyze and solve the specific design challenges they are working on. Within the firm we have 18 practice areas, cores of expertise, that focus as centers of knowledge and analysis, that are both an essential foundation and fuel for the creative design work. Sustainability is intrinsic to our design approach. It is an essential ingredient for the design teams throughout the process, adding valuable insights, ideas, and research to the process. For us all good design is sustainable.
Our
Strategy team
brings a consulting mindset to the design process. We are a multidisciplinary group of strategists, designers, architects, planners, and researchers who work with clients to uncover insights, engage stakeholders, and shape thoughtful strategies that inform the built environment.
Using human-centered research and design thinking, we help organizations navigate complex challenges and make better decisions about their workplaces, schools, healthcare environments, and communities.
The Opportunity: Perkins Eastman is seeking a
Senior Strategist
to join our growing team. This role is ideal for an experienced professional who enjoys working directly with clients, leading strategic conversations, and translating research and insights into clear recommendations.
You will work across multiple sectors—including but not limited to workplace, healthcare, education, and cities and communities—supporting organizations as they navigate change and make strategic decisions about their environments.
This role requires someone who is comfortable wearing many hats: strategist, facilitator, researcher, and advisor. You should be equally comfortable leading a client workshop, synthesizing research into a compelling narrative, and collaborating with design teams to ensure strategic insights inform project outcomes.
Travel will be required for client engagements and workshops.
Primary Responsibilities:
Client Engagement & Strategic Leadership Build trusted relationships with clients and lead client-facing engagements such as workshops, stakeholder interviews, and visioning sessions.
Stakeholder Engagement Plan and facilitate stakeholder engagement activities—including such things as interviews, focus groups, and participatory workshops—to understand needs and align organizations around shared priorities.
Strategic Thinking & Insight Development Conduct research, analyze qualitative and quantitative data, and translate insights into clear strategic recommendations, frameworks, and guiding principles.
Change Management Develop and implement change management strategies that help organizations successfully transition to new environments, ways of working, or operating models.
Collaboration with Design Teams Work closely with architects, designers, and planners to ensure strategic insights are integrated throughout the design process.
Practice Development Contribute to proposals, thought leadership, and business development efforts that support the continued growth of Perkins Eastman’s Strategy practice.
Required Qualifications:
7–10+ years of relevant experience in consulting, strategy, design research, change management, or a related field
Significant client-facing experience, including leading workshops and engaging senior stakeholders
Demonstrated experience with organizational change management
Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication abilities
Ability to synthesize complex information into clear insights and compelling narratives
Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
Willingness to travel for client engagements
Preferred Qualifications:
Background in Business, Design, Planning, Human Factors, Psychology or a related field.
Experience working in sectors such as workplace, healthcare, education, or hospitality
Familiarity with design thinking and human-centered research methodologies
Proficiency in PowerPoint and Microsoft Office; with experience and strong skills in Adobe InDesign, Canva, and other collaboration or design platforms. We are especially interested in candidates who are deeply curious about people, organizations, and the environments we inhabit—individuals who enjoy asking thoughtful questions, exploring unfamiliar territory, and connecting ideas from different disciplines. If this sounds like you, we encourage you to apply.
This role may be based in one of our office locations: Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, or Washington, D.C.
Applicants must hold relevant work authorization for the selected location.
401k Options
PTO
Company Paid Holidays
Life Insurance
Professional Development
PE has a hybrid policy that allows flexibility for our employees in managing their working days and hours to cater to their diverse needs.
Salary Range: $115k to $140k
Perkins Eastman is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and a participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
Perkins Eastman is monitoring an increased frequency of recruitment frauds. Unscrupulous individuals are contacting job seekers and pretending to represent Perkins Eastman or specific persons at Perkins Eastman.
These fraudsters use emails, texts, letters, faxes, and phone calls to make false offers of employment with Perkins Eastman or to provide services related to employment (assistance in obtaining visa, travel arrangements, job training, proof of identity, etc.).
The offers, which appear to be legitimate and may use Perkins Eastman’s logo, often include specific details about a job description and related information such as salary, benefits, training, and a start date. The offers are often accompanied by requests for payment and/or sensitive personal information such as bank account information, credit card number, passport number, or other information that could be used to commit identity theft.
If you are seeking employment with Perkins Eastman, you should guard against recruitment fraud and pay close attention to these key facts
:
Neither Perkins Eastman nor our authorized third-party recruiting partners will ever ask for payments of any kind. Perkins Eastman does not collect personal banking, passport, visa, or other sensitive personal data as part of the recruitment process. You should never send money or personal details to anyone suggesting they can provide employment with Perkins Eastman.
Legitimate emails from Perkins Eastman end in @perkinseastman.com
Messages from fraudsters often come from webmail addresses such as gmail.com, hotmail.com and yahoo.com, or from addresses that incorporate part of a company’s name, such as PerkinsEastmanCorporation.com or PERKINS EASTMAN-HR.com. Do not trust information provided to you from any domain name other than @perkinseastman.com .
Before making an employment offer, Perkins Eastman will always invite prospective candidates, either by phone or email from a legitimate Perkins Eastman email account to a formal interview, either virtual or in-person.
Messages from fraudsters often contain spelling and grammatical errors.
If you receive unsolicited or suspicious offers of employment from Perkins Eastman, or simply want to verify the authenticity of an offer from Perkins Eastman, you are advised to immediately stop all communication with this individual and forward the unedited email message or details of the offer tohr@perkinseastman.com .
PERKINS EASTMAN treats incidents of fraud seriously so,if your personal information has been compromised, you are encouraged to report any incident to the local authorities. To learn more, click here: https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams
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