Architectural Senior Project Manager / Program Manager

About the role

As a Program Manager at Ware Malcomb, you will develop a program's objectives and strategy to assess its impact on the department, business, and organization. You will define and oversee projects to reach targeted goals and implement strategic tasks that align new programs with the organization’s business strategy. This position focuses on high-level coordination for programs and clients, including 1 in 3 Fortune 500 companies. Projects include high-tech manufacturing and logistics facilities, automated distribution, retail, robotics, electric vehicles, aviation, sustainable and green technologies.

Responsibilities

• Accomplish strategic objectives by overseeing multiple project activities
• Plan and monitor overall program execution
• Coordinate projects and manage project teams
• Create and maintain program budgets
• Manage resources across multiple projects
• Handle stakeholder communications, negotiations, and problem-solving
• Communicate job expectations by planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions
• Achieve operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews, and preparing action plans
• Implement production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards by resolving problems, completing audits, identifying trends, determining system improvements, and implementing change
• Meet financial objectives by preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in architecture, interior design, construction, or real estate, with a minimum of 5 years of management experience
• Program Management experience, including staffing, planning, people management, managing performance and profitability, financial planning, promoting process improvement, and strategic planning
• Adept at dealing with complexity, analyzing information, conflict resolution, and implementing company vision
• Highly analytical and organized
• Excellent team-building skills
• Strong negotiation and influencing abilities
• Exceptional leadership and communication skills
• Preferred equivalent of a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture or a related field

About the company

Established in 1972, Ware Malcomb is a dynamic, forward-thinking commercial real estate design firm providing professional architecture, interior design, civil engineering, branding, building measurement, structural engineering, and MEP engineering services to clients worldwide. With offices throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil, the firm specializes in designing office, industrial, science & technology, healthcare, multifamily, retail, hospitality, and public/institutional projects. Ware Malcomb is ranked among the top 10 Architecture/Engineering firms in Engineering News-Record’s Top 500 Design Firms and the Top 30 Interior Design Firms in Interior Design magazine’s Top 100 Giants. For more information, visit waremalcomb.com.

This is a full-time, long-term position.