Senior Project Manager - New York, United States - IA Interior Architects

Description

** Position Description**

**Senior Project Manager - retail studio** Location **New York, NY-Retail** IA Interior Architects translates client goals, brand and culture into powerful environments built around people, processes, technologies and business drivers. Our clients in diverse markets worldwide require high-performance, visually compelling and sustainable environments to move their enterprise forward, support their culture, engage their clients and staff, integrate technology and drive efficiencies. As architects, designers, workplace strategists and environmental specialists in the largest global architecture firm concentrating exclusively on interiors, we help customers and staff articulate and align their business strategies and core values with the dynamic use of space.

Our team members are collaborative, creative, professional, expert and entrepreneurial. Joining our team requires skill, daring, leadership, teaming, humor and a love of retail. We are presently searching for a Senior Project Manager for the Retail studio working in our Seattle studio. The Senior Project Manager assumes full responsibility for planning, coordinating and administering major projects or numerous small projects.

**Specific responsibilities will include:**

Manages major projects and/or multiple small projects to completion, including work performed by internal and external resources.

Coordinates engineering work to ensure compliance with design concept.

Coordinates project teams to ensure timely completion of documents.

Works with design and technical teams to shape and understand the design concepts.Present and gains approval of concepts to the client.

Establishes and ensures adherence to set budget. Immediately informs Managing Director and/or client of any potential variances to the budget and makes appropriate modifications.

Manages collections for assigned projects.Immediately informs Regional Finance Director if there is an issue with timely collections.Discusses untimely payments with client to secure commitment to pay.

Identifies and pursues new business opportunities with existing and potential clients. Participates in marketing strategy sessions and presentations

Assign tasks, oversee work and provide feedback to staff assigned to project.Develops skills of staff for future projects. May accomplish tasks by directing efforts of other Project Managers.

Manages overall client relationship from initial assessment of client needs, through design concept presentations and final delivery of project.Ensure positive relationships resulting in additional business or referred work.

**Education and Work Experience**

Graduate of architecture, design or business school. Equivalent experience may be substituted.

10+ years experience producing design projects including 5+ years managing projects in retail design projects.

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**

Comprehensive knowledge of materials,furnishings and construction methods related to interior architecture.

Comprehensive knowledge of store planning methodology.

Familiarity with building systems, codes and ADA requirements

Proven ability to write and negotiate contracts for services, consultants and contractors.

Proven ability to solve contract and administration issues within the established design context.

Intermediate MS Office Suite skills.

Intermediate Revit skills.

Intermediate Adobe Creative Suite skills.

Advanced verbal and written communication skills.

Advanced presentation and graphic communication skills.

Ability to communicate effectively internally and externally with all levels of staff.

Demonstrated ability to manage and lead all levels of staff through a combination of direct authority and subject matter expertise.

**Working conditions:**

All levels of Management staff have the same working conditions. For the majority of the time all staff will be working sitting in a studio with limited physical requirements. On occasion individuals will be required to visit a client site to perform site verifications and field surveys. This may require individuals to bend, stretch, twist and reach. The position is not subject to occupational and safety risks.

**Interior Architects, Inc. (IA) provides equal opportunity in all aspects of recruitment and employment** to all persons without regard to their race, color, creed, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital status, nationality, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, uniformed service member and to promote the full realization of equal employment opportunities.

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