Director of Project Management

Although this position shall have no ‘direct reports’, the Director of Project Management will be expected to effectively advise & support all JLA team members with varying levels of experience, knowledge, and skillsets – but will primarily be interacting with Project Managers.

• Provide support & collaboration on their project Work Plans & Project Schedules;
• Monitor the Project Manager’s usage of JLA standards, processes, and checklists;
• Provide general guidance, coaching, and advice to address project management, client management, and team management issues - proactively collaborating to identify and solve potential challenges while promoting consistency between PMs.
• Lead the Project Manager Influence Group – obtaining input & building consensus among Project Managers on issues related to project management processes, initiatives, and standards.
• Collaborate with the Director of Architectural Operations to evaluate & improve project management processes, initiatives, and standards to meet firm-wide goals.
• Train & coach PMs to improve client management and internal team management.
• Identify key/ unique issues, considerations, and/or deficiencies to address as the projects progress;
• Periodically ‘audit’ Project Team Meetings and Site Observations.
• Understand and assist PMs on creating Projects on JLA’s network and in JLA’s Ajera platform.
• Providing organic collaboration, support, and mentoring to all JLA Team Members in their work.
• Assist in the ‘onboarding’ and training of new Project Managers.
• Participate in JLA’s Team Scheduling Meetings to strategize about overall firm scheduling/workload and give input/insight about information learned in the regular Project Manager ‘Check-Ins’.
• Understand and assist PMs with Project work-planning, scheduling, and Proposals/Agreements.
• Providing regular, structured support to all Project Managers in their work - encouraging a sound & consistent Project Management approach across the firm, evaluating how Projects are ‘tracking’ with workplan & schedule expectations, and proactively identifying project challenges & strategizing about potential solutions.
• Collaborate with the JLA Operational Leadership Team as necessary to assist them in the evaluation & implementation of their various initiatives.
• Periodically assist the JLA Business Development Team and JLA Marketing Team with their respective efforts & initiatives as needed.
• Track the scheduling/timeliness of formal QA/QC Reviews.
• Track the on-going progress of their projects as it relates to Work Plan and Schedule expectations;
• Collaborate with the Director of Architectural Operations to conceive & develop firm-wide goals & objectives as they relate to project management.
• Provide support & collaboration on their project Proposal/Agreements;
• Assist in the process of Project Manager transitions – switching the Project Manager of a Project.
• Lead regular, structured ‘check-ins’ with all Project Managers to:
• Continual collaboration with JLA’s Director of Architectural Operations to conceive, evaluate, improve, implement, and oversee project management goals, objectives, processes, initiatives, and standards.

Periodic travel to all JLA offices may be required. The expected workload would be between 43-45 hours per week. Although JLA offers ‘work-mode’ flexibility, it is expected that the Director of Project Management would regularly perform their responsibilities ‘in person’ with the potential for periodic remote work when appropriate.

• Work proactively & collaboratively identify & solve management challenges;