Executive Director, Science and Education
Cannondesign · United States - Remote · Posted Jul 1, 2026
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If you think your skills, experience and aspirations make you a good match for this position, we encourage you to apply. This position may be filled anywhere in the United States.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The firmwide market convergence director (“convergence director”) is responsible for elevating the CannonDesign (CD) brand (including all brands under the CD umbrella across all regions) in meaningful and measurable ways that contribute to growing impact, strengthening reputation, and scaling your assigned market foci within the company to achieve doubling of revenue every 8 years.
Three Convergence Director positions were filled earlier this year. Each is responsible for assigned markets and for working collaboratively toward collective success with all convergence directors, regional directors, regional design directors, and consulting leaders. The four specific assignments and Business Titles for the firmwide market convergence leaders are:
Executive Director, Market Strategies Growth, HEALTH for ALL
Executive Director, Market Strategies Growth, SCIENCE EDUCATION
Executive Director, Market Strategies Growth, LIVE, WORK, PLAY
Executive Director, Market Strategies Growth, INCUBATE LAUNCH
Executive Director, Market Strategies Growth, CONSULTING
The HEALTH for ALL markets include healthcare, hospitals clinics, public and population health, academic medicine, health wellness, healthy communities. Education also intersects this collaboration, as K12 schools are important anchors in communities and universities train and develop the healthcare workforce of the future. including clinical and behavioral health programs in collegiate settings, reflecting the belief that thriving students contribute to thriving communities—and that education and health are inseparable pillars of civic resilience.
The SCIENCE EDUCATION markets include research, science (includes higher education labs, industry, pharmaceutical), K12 education, higher education, community colleges, allied health and vocational/technical schools. Health for All also intersects this collaboration through research, discovery, and preparation of the next generation clinical workforce. Commercial market intersects this collaboration in its work with multiple industry sectors, private commercial research and biomanufacturing.
LIVE, WORK, PLAY includes housing, civic/community, retail, work/office, sports, recreation, assembly, entertainment, transit, parks. Higher education also intersects this collaboration through campus life, sports, recreation, campus housing, city-campus relationships, and K-12 are woven into communities nationwide. Commercial market intersects this collaboration in its work with multiple industry sectors, innovation districts, mixed use developments, and more.
INCUBATE LAUNCH focuses on in-house start-up ventures or services, incubating ideas, building key partnerships, developing talent and business plans to finance, develop, and launch new products and services under the CannonDesign family of companies. CD Research and CD Innovation are organized under the Incubate Launch leader as well.
CONSULTING includes the services under our Blue Cottage of CannonDesign, The Clarient Group, Cityfi, and Yellow Brick brands and works with ALL markets within the company.
Key Criteria of Role
A growth mindset
The key responsibility of the role is to first develop and execute regional, national, or international growth plans which align with the ambitions of the firm through our strategic framework with a target of a minimum of 10% year over year growth in the assigned core markets and submarkets.
Growth is defined in 4 ways.
Organic growth of existing locations and markets in one or more regions.
Growth in building our CannonDesign brand (and all sub-brands) through selectively sourcing the work we pursue and the strategic partnerships we develop – with other firms, with industry or academic partners, and more. Build a culture of clients and partners for life over commodity work.
Growth achieved through launching new office locations, services, or business lines.
Growth achieved in building out new capabilities, market lines and services through a close relationship and support by the Regional Directors. This can be convergence or regional director initiated but ultimate success is supported by both and must be aligned with the strategic framework.
It is important to note that success requires achieving the metrics of success of your assigned markets and the ultimate success of the entire team of Convergence Directors, Regional Directors, and Regional Design Directors. This group will be accountable to the CEO, CSO and to both the executive and enterprise teams. Directors are evaluated individually and collectively (e.g. we will look at how all the regions and markets are doing as a group – individual success without collective success will not meet overall criteria for success in this role).
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