Project Manager
Role Overview
SOM is seeking a Project Manager to lead architectural project teams and support design, technical, contractual, schedule, budget, and financial success.
The role emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration, professional integrity, innovation, quality delivery, and sustainable project outcomes.
Key Skills for This Role
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About the Role
SOM is seeking a Project Manager to lead architectural project teams and support design, technical, contractual, schedule, budget, and financial success.
The role emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration, professional integrity, innovation, quality delivery, and sustainable project outcomes.
Position Responsibilities
- Lead the Architectural Project Team with SOM Partners and project leadership.
- Prepare, execute, and manage client, consultant, and additional service agreements.
- Manage compliance plans, project budgets, deliverables, schedules, labor allocation, and project meetings.
- Administer billing, collections, expenses, percent complete, project reports, and profitability.
- Participate in design and technical decisions and manage owner and client relationships.
- Maintain project schedules, work plans, records, meeting minutes, correspondence, and status updates.
- Monitor scope, contract compliance, potential additional services, project risks, and financial performance.
- Support new business and marketing efforts and contribute to sustainable strategies and firm standards.
Leadership Responsibilities
- Supervise staff and support their professional development through mentoring, training, delegation, and clear expectations.
- Support talent strategy through resume review, interviews, and identification of future professionals.
- Develop work plans with team members to achieve project budgets, deliverables, and schedules.
- Contribute to professional development, sustainable practices, policies, procedures, and protection from financial and legal risk.
Minimum Qualifications
- Professional degree in Architecture.
- At least 6 years of experience or equivalent knowledge, skills, and abilities.
- Professional licensure process close to completion; LEED accreditation is preferred.
- Ability to lead project teams and manage project schedules, budgets, and programs.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Understanding of sustainable strategies and LEED or other green building rating systems.
- Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, parametric and rendering software, and other graphic software.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Smartsheet, Adobe Suite, and Google Workspace.
- Familiarity with Deltek Vision and Salesforce.
Benefits
- SOM offers competitive salaries, health insurance, wellness, retirement, and other work and life plans.
Application Notes
- Portfolios are required for design and project management positions and should be submitted as one PDF of 10 to 20 pages, up to 5 MB.
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