Senior Manager, Design

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead the design process with tenants, serving as the primary design contact to guide space planning test fits, all design phases, and furniture selections if applicable
• Deliver outstanding service by listening to tenant needs, providing design solutions that reflect their brand and business goals, and ensuring responsiveness throughout the project
• Manage the design of projects across all phases, including Testfit, SD, DD, Construction Documentation, Construction Administration, and furniture procurement
• Oversee consultant teams and FFE vendors to deliver projects within budget and schedule
• Conduct and manage tenant feasibility studies and testfits to assess space options and drive decision-making processes
• Markup drawings from consultants to provide design direction
• Develop test fits as needed with Bluebeam or Autocad; Lead furniture/ art/ accessories selection, finishes, and develop FF&E presentations, ensuring alignment with the project vision and tenant feedback; Source finish samples to present curated options to tenants
• Take a hands-on approach in finding and sourcing finish samples, light fixtures, etc., from our materials library to provide directions to the design architect
• Manage multiple projects in different phases concurrently with different consultant teams consisting of architects, engineers, etc.
• Collaborate with internal cross-functional partners, including Construction, workplace operations, and technology teams, among others
• Support the development of team and cross-functional initiatives to reinforce business objectives
• Identify design ideas, trends, and new product specifications to evolve our design standards and innovate our physical workplace products
• Develop and maintain project schedules, as well as reporting and mitigating deviations
• Budget reporting for purposes of project approval, tenant (or other) allocations, requisition approvals, as well as any project-specific reporting needs

Your Qualifications

• Previous experience in a client-facing role or customer success
• Minimum 8-10 years of commercial real estate architecture and interiors experience
• Experience with Class-A office a must; exposure to other property types (i.e., mixed use, retail, and multifamily) highly preferred
• Experience and knowledge of the construction process as it relates to design, both in terms of relative cost and constructability
• Experience and knowledge of MEP/FP, acoustics, structural engineering, FF&E, AV/IT/Security, lighting design, and NYC building code and permitting processes
• Experience leading teams of consultants/vendors to deliver a project from start to closeout
• Working knowledge of material and furniture specifications
• Strong communication skills to present design ideas to stakeholders
• Proficient in Bluebeam
• Knowledge in Procore and AutoCAD