Sr. Project Manager

Sr. Project Manager CannonDesign Join to apply for the Sr. Project Manager role at CannonDesign. If you think your skills, experience and aspirations make you a good match for this position, we encourage you to apply. About The Role This role will serve as leader of authority with expert level knowledge, focused on providing project management within an office or market and team leadership, mentoring our people, advancing the quality of our work, integrating our range of design services, managing our processes, and delivering solid financial performance. Here's What You'll Do Lead, develop and nurture a successful partnering relationship with our clients which will lead to future opportunities for CannonDesign. Develop and maintain positive client relations throughout the life of the project. Communicate design, construction, and other issues to clients in a clear and compelling way. Develop a Partnering relationship with the client early in an engagement to establish shared expectations and provide clarity on how we will work together, the involvement of key stakeholders, and the timing of key decisions. Ensure appropriate client and internal communication including written project documentation. Play a lead role in key meetings and presentations. Participate in Business Development activity and partner with Marketing and Office Leadership as needed to help grow top line. Understand our contractual obligations to the client and the project to ensure that the team delivers on expectations for our scope of work and required services. Work proactively with the client to identify and obtain approvals for additions to scope of work or services prior to undertaking the work. Proactively communicate with and influence clients to approve and process payables for our services. Lead project teams, in conjunction with the client leadership, to develop project goals and work plans, and achieve quality, budget, schedule, innovation and profitability objectives. Facilitate the development, evolution and management of the work plan, budget, and schedule. Preferred tools include MS Project and Deltek Project Planning. Manage design and documentation process and implementation of the design during the construction process. Accountable to maintain the project record, including capture and documenting key decisions and records within the CannonDesign standard file structure. Accountable for Risk mitigation and Compliance. Accountable for developing a risk management plan and managing project risks. Collaborate effectively with all team members. Generate and support a positive team environment: participation, empowerment, and accomplishment. Implement CannonDesign Method using process expectations, best practices, reference standards, tools, templates, and technology to achieve competitive advantage, superior service delivery and quality, and enhanced team productivity and profitability. Manage and coordinate workload of team and provide leadership of team activities. Communicate client objectives to team members in a clear and compelling way. Provide constructive feedback and mentoring to team members. Identify and share lessons learned with teams. Be a proactive resource to project teams in their decision-making processes and in the development of technically sound and innovative planning and design solutions. Meet with project team members on a regular basis to monitor work in progress and to assure that the firms best practice standards and procedures are being implemented. Responsible for ensuring that all statutory requirements for the project are achieved. Accountable for the QA/QC process. Monitor the technical quality of the projects. Enforce the application of QA/QC process standards and requirements. Additionally, be an active participant in the QA/QC process. Coordinate with the Project Architect and the Quality leader in planning the work. Participate in negotiating the contract with other project leadership, the Business Practice Leader and Legal Team. Act as a mentor to less experienced staff and train other project managers. Perform other duties as assigned. Here's What You'll Need Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction or related degree required. Minimum of 12 years related experience, that includes managing projects with construction budgets of $70M required. Experience working on Sports projects preferred. Current Licensure preferred. LEED certification preferred. Capability of performing in a project management role for large or multiple projects and training project managers. Strong client leadership and project team management capability for large or multiple projects. Must possess strong business acumen. Ability to perform as a leader of authority, with expert level knowledge. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Strong technical knowledge, coordination skills and the ability to build a rapport with the project team and client is essential. Familiarity with Revit, Microsoft Office, MS Project, Deltek Vision, Bluebeam as well as other data management software is required. For a general overview of our benefits, please visit our careers page at https://www.cannondesign.com/careers/benefits. About Our Firm CannonDesign is a design practice where strategy, experience, architecture, engineering, and social impact converge. We dont just dream up solutions we create and bring them to life in ways to solve some of the biggest challenges facing our clients and the society. Living-Centered Design is a bold commitment to using our talents to improve the world and reshape it for the better. About Working Here We are relentless in our pursuit of client adoration. Consistent delivery of the best service is what we are about. We are committed to equal opportunities for all employees and to DEI efforts that benefit all employees. We value clear communication and transparency; we invite you to discuss ideas or challenges with us. Please note that candidates can only apply to our positions on our company Careers site. Do not apply on other platforms. Please provide your resume and portfolio when applying. As a condition of employment, all employees are expected to complete mandatory training, including compliance training, within required timeframes and adhere to our internal policies and our Code of Conduct. CannonDesign is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CannonDesign prohibits discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Retaliation against individuals who complain or participate in investigations is prohibited. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Project Management and Information Technology Industries: Architecture and Planning #J-18808-Ljbffr