Senior Project Manager | Workplace
Summary
Senior Project Manager at BHDP Architecture who leads multiple workplace-market design projects and teams, owning scope, schedule, budget, proposals, and client expectations across the full project lifecycle. Core tools include Revit, visualization software (SketchUp, Enscape, Lumion), and PM systems like VantagePoint.
Market: Workplace
Location: Columbus, OH
FLSA: Exempt
Work Mode: Monday – Friday; 8:00 – 5:00; In-Office Monday – Thursday; Hybrid (remote or in-office) Friday
Employment Type: Full-time
At BHDP, we design innovative and inspiring solutions in architecture, interior design, and experiential graphic design to create more informed design solutions for our clients and communities.
Role Summary
The Senior Project Manager leads the successful delivery of multiple projects and project teams, accountable for scope, schedule, budget, and overall project health. This role provides clear direction and delegation, manages client expectations, and drives predictable outcomes by proactively planning resources, tracking performance, and managing risk and change throughout the project lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Has accountability and owns all aspects of multiple projects and project teams.
- Leads the project team through delegating clear direction and ownership of tasks.
- Manages the projects and project team to create a consistent project direction and deliverables.
- Functions as the gatekeeper for project profitability. Creates and issues proposals that show BHDP's value to the client and merge the scope, fee and timeframe.
- Manages client’s expectations related to scope, fee, and timeframe adjustments throughout the project.
- Ensures project team members are maximizing project support aligned to their skillset.
- Update project plans within our project management systems to allow for proactive and accurate resource planning.
- Partner with internal operational leaders to identify and resolve project staffing needs, aligning project needs to employee skills.
- Educate the project team of project deliverables including budget and schedule and provide regular updates on results to drive team accountability and knowledge.
- Provide regular updates to the team related to projected and actual time allocations, project milestones, design process milestones and overall project health.
- Meets regularly with the project team members to support development of employees.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Architecture (NAAB accredited program preferred), Interior Design (CIDA accredited program preferred), or other relevant design or construction related program.
- 12+ years in the design and/or architecture industry
- Architectural License, or NCIDQ Certification, preferred
- Advanced Revit knowledge
- Advanced knowledge of production-ready visualization capabilities (SketchUp, Enscape, Lumion).
- Advanced knowledge of Project Management systems (VantagePoint preferred)
- Demonstrated capability to delegate, coach, and raise team performance
- Demonstrated initiative; sees challenges as opportunities
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong communication and collaboration within a team
- Models professional workplace behaviors: reliable follow-through, constructive feedback, and calm, solutions-oriented communication with co-workers and clients
Physical and Mental Demands
- Sustained attention to detail
- Sitting/standing
- Occasional lifting of 20 pounds or less
- Ability to work in an open office environment
Life at BHDP
Our comprehensive benefit package includes a competitive salary, medical, dental, vision, disability, flexible spending accounts, paid holidays, paid time off, and a 401(k), which aligns with our commitment to rewarding our high-performing professionals.
BHDP Architecture is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply.
The mental and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.
This position description is prepared to provide a general understanding of the responsibilities of the position and does not include a comprehensive list of activities, duties, success factors, or responsibilities that are required for a specific employee. Success Factors, duties, responsibilities, and activities may be modified or augmented at any time with or without notice.
