Senior Project Manager and Office Leader

Responsibilities

• Lead the full lifecycle management of a portfolio of complex, large-scale advanced technology and high-tech industrial projects, from initial conception through successful closeout within an integrated design-build framework.
• Lead day-to-day coordination with international and domestic client and delivery teams, ensuring alignment on scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk across all phases.
• Proactively define, communicate, and manage project scope, ensuring alignment with client needs and business objectives; develop detailed scopes of work, manage changes effectively through formal change control processes, and anticipate potential scope creep.
• Develop and maintain integrated, resource-loaded project schedules utilizing tools such as Deltek Vantagepoint; track progress against milestones, identify critical path activities, and proactively implement mitigation strategies for schedule variances.
• Foster strong, collaborative relationships with Discipline Leads, Department Managers, and project team members across all engineering and architectural disciplines; facilitate effective communication, resolve interdisciplinary conflicts, and ensure seamless integration of design packages to meet project objectives.
• Partner with our multidisciplinary teams of architects, engineers, and designers, orchestrating cross-cultural collaboration, aligning stakeholders across time zones, and incorporating regional requirements to deliver consistent, exceptional results.
• Identify potential project risks, develop comprehensive risk mitigation plans, and proactively implement strategies to minimize impact on project cost, schedule, and quality.
• Ensure that all project activities adhere to SSOE's quality standards, client specifications, and relevant industry codes and regulations.
• Provide proactive support during the construction phase, including reviewing contractor submittals, responding to RFIs, participating in construction progress meetings, performing field verifications and site walks, and ensuring design intent is met.
• Actively mentor and guide junior Project Managers, sharing your expertise, best practices, and lessons learned.
• Contribute to the development of internal project management processes and standards.
• Champion a strong safety culture on all projects, ensuring compliance with SSOE's safety policies and client requirements; actively participate in safety meetings and promote safe work practices.

Office Leadership & Culture

• Serve as a visible and approachable leader within the office, cultivating a positive, inclusive, and collaborative work environment where all employees feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work.
• As a key representative and advocate for the office's project management function, align local PM goals with firm-wide strategy, values, and vision.
• Drive staff development and career pathing for Project Managers at all levels, identify high-potential talent, and champion professional development, PMP certification, and advanced project management training.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing, organizing project management forums, lessons-learned workshops, and office-wide innovation challenges that leverage SSOE’s AI and digital tool ecosystem.
• Serve as a bridge between senior firm leadership and local PM staff, communicating business updates, strategic priorities, and celebrating project and office wins to maintain transparency and alignment.
• Cover cross-discipline collaboration within the office, ensuring that Project Managers effectively break down silos between the multidisciplinary teams to enhance integrated project delivery.
• Oversee office facilities, space planning, and infrastructure for the project management team, ensuring a safe, functional, and inspiring workspace that supports hybrid and in-person collaboration.
• Partnership with firm leadership, develop and manage office-level budgets for PM training, professional development, and team-building activities.

Client, Stakeholder & Business Leadership

• Cultivate and expand trusted advisor relationships with key semiconductor, high-tech, and advanced manufacturing clients, understanding their long-term capital plans, project delivery preferences, and operational challenges to position SSOE as a partner of choice for design-build delivery.
• Represent SSOE at industry conferences, trade shows, and networking events, building the firm’s brand as a thought leader in complex project delivery within the high-tech facility sector.
• Support the office-level business development efforts, working with business development managers and discipline leaders to identify new opportunities, build a healthy pipeline of projects, and convert leads into backlog, with a focus on expanding SSOE's footprint in advanced technology markets.
• Support public and community relations efforts, presenting SSOE’s project delivery capabilities and successful project outcomes at planning commission meetings, community open houses, and client events, demonstrating corporate citizenship and a commitment to delivering value beyond the design.