Your role
will be to cultivate strong connections with Architects in your region, showcasing how our roof window solutions enhance living spaces and seamlessly integrate into their designs.
As the Architect Development Manager, you will build and develop partnerships, driving relevance and awareness of our solutions.
This position is home-based with regular travel across London (50%) and the South of England (50%). Ideally, you should live within this area, or if you can consistently commute 3-4 days a week throughout the area then we encourage you to apply.
In this role, you will:
1. Develop and deliver a comprehensive plan within your region to establish and nurture partnerships, fostering relevance and raising awareness of our roof window solutions.
2. Proactively manage architect practices in your region through engaging meetings and presentations (CPDs) aimed at inspiring and educating on the principles of Healthy Indoor Environments and Sustainable Building Practices, showcasing how VELUX products integrate daylight and fresh air into project designs.
3. Understand our partners design needs and the key drivers behind their projects and recommend optimal design solutions, including creating basic drawings and requesting visualization packages from colleagues.
4. Represent VELUX at local, regional, and national conferences, organising events and seminars for architects.
5. Promote and expand our service portfolio for architects and planners, developing additional offerings as needed.
6. Collaborate closely with VELUX internal stakeholders, including Project Development Managers and Area Sales Managers, ensuring seamless project management and handover through the pipeline.
7. Spearhead the creation of a sustainable architectural network in your region, serving as the interface to our project responsible team.
8. Establish a network with influential architecture universities and course leaders in the region, presenting and providing VELUX content to inspire the next generations of architects with our principles of designing Healthy Indoors and Sustainable Building Practices.
9. Cultivate positive relationships with relevant regional and local architectural societies, such as RIBA/RIAS and planning authorities, as well as broader influencers.
About you
While previous experience as an architect or architect technician is advantageous, we also welcome candidates with relevant experience within the building industry who can excel in this role.
As a person, you:
10. Have an autonomous and structured approach, and a meticulous focus on details
11. Prioritise deadlines and delivering what has been agreed with your stakeholders
12. Have high personal standards and you deliver high-quality results.
13. Use your effective communication skills, curiosity, and ability to connect with others make you a standout partner.
14. Use your ability to build relationships, listen to and influence others to effortlessly uncover the needs of others and use your technical expertise to offer inspiring design recommendations.
15. Have a deep appreciation for people and architecture
Furthermore, you:
16. Understand the world and everyday life of an architect and can engage on the architects’ terms.
17. Understand architect drawings, create simple drawings of the roof with roof window solutions and instruct others to use these drawings for render designs.
18. Have solid IT-skills and experience in among others the Microsoft office package.
Your opportunities
By joining VELUX, you will become a part of a market leading company who influences millions of people through our products and solutions. VELUX is committed to an ambitious growth strategy, which aims to further expand the impact that we have across the world. You will have the opportunity to make real impact, drive change and make a difference through influencing, consulting, and supporting our partners on our joint quest in transforming spaces, into their favourite places.
We offer a multitude of further development opportunities and the ability to grow and learn from experienced colleagues.
Finally, for the right individual we have an attractive compensation and benefits packages:
• Attractive salary
• Performance related bonus
• Company car
• 35 days annual leave
• Additional annual leave for life’s big milestones
• Market leading pension
• Private Healthcare with AXA PPP
• Medical Cashback Scheme through Simply Health
• Company laptop, iPad, and iPhone