Architectural Project Manager (Education)

What You'd Be Doing

• Leading small to medium project teams through every phase, keeping everyone focused on each project's goals and success metrics.
• Building high-performing teams with your Project Executive and project leaders, matching work to each person's strengths and growth goals, and keeping the team motivated, collaborative, and accountable.
• Shaping scope, deliverables, schedules, and fees into complete proposals with your Project Executive and project leaders.
• Supporting your design and technical leads as they deliver coordinated packages across multi-discipline, multi-phase projects.
• Keeping work plans, labor plans, schedules, and team tasks current.
• Owning the project budget and financial performance in Vantagepoint, lining up tasks with staff time, and pursuing additional services before costs are incurred.
• Managing day-to-day client relationships with your Project Executive, reviewing budget, schedule, and scope with clients, and running internal and external meetings, including campus stakeholder and user group sessions.
• Identifying and managing risk throughout the project, and raising issues with your Project Executive early.
• Administering Owner and Consultant contracts, and keeping responsible oversight of any technical submissions you sign and seal.
• Supporting Market Leaders with staffing decisions and revenue projections.
• Helping grow our higher education work in Southern California by taking part in or leading pursuits, including proposal and interview content.
• Using MS Office, Bluebeam, AIA Contracts, MS Project (or similar), and Deltek Vantagepoint day to day, and staying familiar with Revit/BIM 360, Miro, and Microsoft Teams.

What We Look For

• Architecture License is a plus but not required
• 10+ years of project management experience in architecture, engineering, or construction, managing projects from proposal through delivery.
• Higher education project experience is strongly preferred (e.g., academic and classroom buildings, student housing, student life, research and lab facilities, campus renovations).
• K -12 and/or healthcare project experience a plus, not required.
• Business development experience preferred: client relationship building, pursuit strategy, proposals, and interviews.
• Bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, construction management, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
• PMP certification also welcome but not required.
• Demonstrated experience managing project budgets, schedules, scope, and contracts across multi-discipline teams.
• Strong client-facing communication skills and comfort leading conversations on scope, schedule, and budget.
• Proficiency with MS Office, Bluebeam, AIA Contracts, and MS Project (or similar); working knowledge of Deltek Vantagepoint.
• Familiarity with Revit/BIM 360 and digital collaboration tools such as Miro and Microsoft Teams.
• A collaborative, team-first mindset and genuine curiosity about doing good work.