Senior Project Manager-Architecture

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership for large-scale and complex civic projects from programming through construction administration.
• Oversee multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring alignment with firm standards for quality, schedule, and profitability.
• Establish and manage project execution plans, staffing strategies, budgets, schedules, and risk mitigation approaches.
• Lead QA/QC processes and ensure consistency across project documentation and delivery.
• Serve as primary point of contact for public-sector clients including cities, counties, state agencies, and institutional partners.
• Build and maintain long-term client relationships founded on trust, transparency, and design excellence.
• Lead public meetings, agency presentations, and stakeholder engagement processes.
• Navigate entitlement, regulatory, and approval processes including DSA, OSFM, and other California authorities as applicable.
• Champion design quality that reflects civic identity, functionality, sustainability, and long-term stewardship.
• Provide high-level oversight of technical solutions, code compliance, constructability, and systems coordination.
• Guide consultant teams and ensure integrated delivery across disciplines.
• Support innovation in delivery methods, digital tools, and sustainable design strategies.
• Lead, mentor, and develop project managers and project architects.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and accountable team culture aligned with firm values.
• Support performance reviews, career development planning, and staffing decisions.
• Serve as a role model for professional practice, leadership, and client service.
• Contribute to the strategic growth of the civic practice in California.
• Participate in pursuit strategy, proposals, interviews, and client relationship development.
• Support fee negotiations, contract development, and resource planning.
• Leverage market knowledge and client insight to identify new opportunities and partnerships.

Qualifications

• Required: Licensed Architect in California.
• Required: 15+ years of professional experience with at least 5 years in a project management leadership role.
• Required: Demonstrated experience leading complex civic and public-sector projects.
• Required: Deep knowledge of California Building Code, ADA, and public agency approval processes (DSA experience strongly preferred).
• Required: Proven ability to manage teams, budgets, schedules, and consultant coordination at a senior level.
• Required: Excellent leadership, communication, and client-management skills.