Architecture Project Manager

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Planning: Develop detailed project plans, including scope, schedule, budget, and resource allocation, ensuring alignment with client objectives and firm standards.
• Team Leadership: Lead and manage multidisciplinary project teams, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment that drives project success.
• Client Management: Serve as a primary point of contact for clients, maintaining strong relationships and ensuring client expectations are met or exceeded throughout the project.
• Budget & Schedule Management: Oversee project budgets and schedules, track progress, manage risks, and implement corrective actions as needed to ensure timely and cost-effective project delivery.
• Resource Management: Assign and monitor project team roles, responsibilities, and workloads. Mentor junior team members and guide them in ID&D practices.
• Financial Oversight: Track project finances, monitor budgets and approve expenditures. Work closely with accounting and finance teams to ensure financial accuracy and profitability
• Quality Control: Ensure that all project deliverables meet the firm’s standards for design excellence, technical accuracy, and sustainability.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate potential risks throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring smooth execution and successful outcomes.
• Communication: Facilitate clear and effective communication between all project stakeholders, including clients, consultants, contractors, and internal team members.
• Contract Administration: Manage contracts, including negotiation, administration, and compliance, ensuring that all contractual obligations are met.
• Reporting: Update firm leadership on project status, including progress, risks, and financial performance.
• Innovation & Improvement: Continuously seek opportunities to improve project delivery processes, integrating new technologies, methodologies, and best practices into the firm’s operations.
• Versatility: Adapting to various roles within a project, whether in leadership or support, while consistently performing at a high level. Proactively handles tasks beyond the primary scope and adjusts to changing priorities to ensure project success, team collaboration, and firm excellence.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in architecture, engineering, construction management, or a related field from an accredited institution.
• Experience: 10+ years of professional experience in project management, with a proven track record of delivering complex, multidisciplinary projects on time and within budget.
• Licensure: Licensed Architect or Professional Engineer (PE) preferred, depending on the role’s focus.
• Project Management Expertise: Proven experience in project planning, scheduling, budgeting, and resource management, with a deep understanding of the entire project lifecycle.
• Leadership Skills: Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate multidisciplinary teams, manage client relationships, and oversee all aspects of project delivery.
• Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of design, construction methods, building codes, and sustainable practices, with the ability to manage technical aspects of projects.
• Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence clients, team members, and stakeholders.
• Problem-solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate challenges and develop practical solutions.
• Innovation: A passion for innovation and the ability to incorporate new technologies and methodologies into the firm’s practice.