Senior Design Project Manager/ VP (Mixed-use & Commercial Development)

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of the design process for Related Ross’s large-scale, mixed-use master plan developments.
• Set design standards, manage multi-disciplinary consultant teams, and ensure design excellence from concept through project completion.
• Lead Related Ross design management standards, processes, and quality controls from concept through construction documentation and project delivery.
• Coordinate design deliverables in alignment with entitlement, permitting, and construction schedules.
• Oversee all aspects of design documentation, construction administration, and design completion.
• Prepare and negotiate consultant RFPs, contracts, and fee proposals in collaboration with legal, construction and development teams.
• Select, negotiate, and manage architecture, engineering, and specialty consultant agreements in conjunction with development and construction.
• Track consultant payment progress, invoices, and deliverables; manage changes in scope or budget as required.
• Review and coordinate on consultant deliverables, ensuring alignment among architectural, structural, MEP, and systems designs.
• Collaborate with construction partners on cost estimating, constructability, and value engineering, as required.
• Partner with the development and construction teams to align design with programmatic, financial, and operational goals.
• Collaborate with operations, marketing, and leasing teams to ensure project designs meet business objectives.
• Manage and maintain design schedules in coordination with the master project schedule.
• Collaborate with internal and external design reviews and secure approvals from key stakeholders to meet the schedule objectives.
• Record, track, and communicate action items from all design and coordination meetings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree required, in Architecture preferably.
• 12-15+ years of experience in mixed-use, office and/or retail design and project management.
• Proven experience managing large-scale placemaking projects.
• Experience working with high-profile architecture firms and overseeing design documentation and construction administration.
• Strong understanding of building codes, zoning, accessibility, and permitting processes.
• Florida market experience preferred but not required.
• Skilled in AutoCAD, Revit, Bluebeam, SketchUp, and other industry-standard tools.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Strategic thinker with hands-on, detail-oriented management style aligned with Related Ross’s collaborative culture.