Project Architect / Design / Project Manager - EV Construction Management

About the role

This role sits at the center of a Design Standards Studio focused on transforming program requirements into scalable spatial standards, layouts, and templates.

Responsibilities

• Translate program requirements into clear, buildable spatial standards, layouts, and details
• Develop and refine system-level design concepts, diagrams, and playbooks (typologies, adjacencies, infrastructure logic)
• Oversee project architects to ensure designs align with standards while adapting to real-world constraints
• Partner closely with operations, product, SMEs, and documentation teams to align design decisions with operational workflows
• Respond quickly to incoming issues (e.g., design gaps, prototype failures, design blockers) and drive resolution across cross-functional teams
• Review layouts and drawings (Revit, AutoCAD, Bluebeam) and provide direct, actionable design feedback
• Work with team leads to identify gaps in existing standards and propose improvements based on project learnings and field feedback
• Attend project milestones (including punch walks) to observe how designs perform in reality
• Provide infrastructure and layout solutions to unblock client or site-specific challenges
• Provide expertise in cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance where required
• Provide technical support to owners, architects, general contractors, and regional stakeholders
• Support retrofit and implementation efforts where standards need to be adapted to existing conditions
• Contribute to building and evolving design systems, not just individual projects
• Process improvement – Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes

Qualifications

• Licensed and/or NCARB certified
• Master’s degree in Architecture
• 5–8+ years of experience in architectural design and production
• Strong architectural background with hands-on production experience (ability to develop details and written specifications, not purely conceptual design)
• Experience developing or working with design standards, prototypes, or repeatable systems
• Ability to read, review, and actively redline drawings
• Experience collaborating across disciplines (architecture, operations, engineering, product teams, both internal and external)
• Ability to translate ambiguous inputs into clear, actionable design direction
• Proven ability to take concepts or early-stage designs and make them executable in real-world environments
• Strong organizational and management skills – collaborating across multiple disciplines (engineering, operations, vendors, facilities, etc.)
• Strong requirements gathering and problem-solving skills
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills
• Familiarity with permitting, codes, and compliance considerations
• Experience reviewing and providing QA/QC of design drawings, technical documents, and/or product specifications
• Experience developing and publishing Revit master files/templates/standards
• Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, Bluebeam Revu, and Microsoft 365 and/or Google Workspace products, as well as digital whiteboard collaboration tools (i.e., Miro, Mural, etc.)