Project Manager

Description

• Contributes to the development of standards, policies, and procedures.
• Initiates, monitors and maintains project plan and financial performance of project.
• Develops and engages in talent strategy to find specialists, leaders, and future professionals for the firm through resume review and interviews.
• Monitors scope for contract compliance and potential additional services.
• Collaborates with Partners and senior team to prepare, issue, and manage compliance plans to align project goals including budget, deliverables and schedule. Gains agreement with the senior team for labor allocation. Chairs weekly team meetings to address variances from the project plan.
• Communicates actively through chairing weekly meetings, issuing meeting minutes, accurate project record keeping and sharing project information and correspondence.
• In collaboration with team members, develops a clear and consistent work plan to achieve the project budget, deliverables, and schedule.
• Initiates, monitors and maintains project schedule and work plan including schedule of meetings and presentations.
• Protects SOM from financial and legal risk.
• Actively engages in project risk management through close collaboration with SOM Partners and legal group.
• Leads the Architectural Project Team through close collaboration with SOM Partners project leadership to achieve design, technical and financial success.
• Manages time and workload of own work efforts and those of others to meet project task deadlines and commitments, with occasional interaction and direction from team leaders while guiding and teaching less experienced staff.
• Initiates and maintains SOM-Client Services Agreement, SOM Sub-Consultant Agreements and requests for additional services.
• Administers internal control procedures with Project Accountant including billing, collections, percent complete, expense management, and year-end activities. Analyzes project reports and proactively manages the profitability of a project.
• Inspires and leads others by example, participates in staff mentoring and training, clearly defines team member expectations and responsibilities, empowers others, and delegates where appropriate based on team members’ recognized abilities and potential.
• Schedules and leads internal team weekly project meetings; develops the meeting agenda and project status update.
• Prepares, with Leadership input, quality agreements with clients including letters of intent, memoranda of understanding, and professional service agreements. Executes additional service agreements and gains authorization by phase.
• Participates actively in project design and technical discussions and decision making.
• Assists in Managing the owner/client relationship and expectations to allow SOM and team to work effectively, efficiently and collaboratively.
• Participates in new business and marketing efforts including responses to marketing requests and maintenance of firm relationships.
• Actively engages in internal and external professional development opportunities.
• Contributes to the implementation of sustainable strategies in all project assignments and the associated development of staff knowledge.
• Directly supervises staff and is committed to direct reports’ professional development.

Requirements

• Professional degree in Architecture.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with Deltek Vision, Salesforce.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Smartsheets, Adobe Suite and Google Workspace.
• Minimum 6 years of experience or equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Understands and is conversant in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, parametric and rendering software, and other graphic software.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead project teams and manage project schedule, budget and program.
• Professional licensure process is close to completion; LEED accreditation preferred.
• General understanding of sustainable strategies and principles including familiarity with LEED or other green building rating systems.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance