Director of Project Management

Overview

Leads project management standards, mentors PMs, and collaborates on firm-wide processes.

Key Responsibilities

• work plans
• project schedules
• ajera platform
• qa/qc reviews
• client management
• team coaching

Tasks

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.

Requirements

• proactive
• collaborative
• problem solving
• travel
• full-time
• in-person

What You Bring

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;

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