Digital Practice Manager

Perkins&Will; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Perkins&Will North Carolina is seeking a Digital Practice Manager to drive digital practices that enhance productivity and client engagement. The candidate will partner with leadership to leverage technology in architectural design.

Responsibilities include collaborating with clients, managing successful project strategies, and ensuring high-quality design outputs. Applicants should have a Bachelor's Degree, 7+ years of experience, and proficiency in Rhino and Revit. The role supports innovative practices within a dynamic studio environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in architectural practices.
• Preferred licensure in professional accreditation related to Living Design.
• Active involvement in AXP or starting the ARE process preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with studio leadership and design teams.
• Ensure adherence to quality assurance and modeling standards.
• Conduct continuing education workshops and develop curriculum.
• Mentor and lead design technology community.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Experience in architectural design process

Application customization programming

Technical support training

Design Visualization knowledge

Proficiency in Rhino and Revit

Education

Bachelor's Degree in related field

LEED GA within 6 months of hire

Tools

Revit

Rhino

Grasshopper

Job description

Perkins&Will North Carolina is looking for a Digital Practice Manager to shape the future of digital practice inside one of architecture's most forward‑thinking environments. The right candidate will partner with studio leadership and designers to advance projects and build workflows that accelerate and elevate work at the frontier of how technology is shaping design and the built environment. You will also play an important role in client engagement by spanning business development, presenting digital capabilities, and contributing to digital advisory services that extend our value beyond the project.

This role is for someone who sees digital practices as both a creative force and a catalyst for studio‑wide productivity. If you are driven by the evolving demands and opportunities at the intersection of design and technology, and by the opportunity to expand what a studio can imagine, create, and deliver, Perkins&Will is where that work is happening.

Years of Experience

7+ years

Professional Licensure

Preferred

Responsibilities

• Collaborate and report to the studios managing, operational, and design (MOD) leadership.
• Collaborate with Design Teams to develop project‑specific implementation strategies.
• Act as ongoing project consultant to ensure success.
• Ensure quality assurance with project teams to maintain modeling quality and fidelity, adherence to firm wide modeling and information workflows, and continuity of information across applications.
• Collaborate with Client Engagement Leaders to create new business and/or further existing engagements.
• Represent and coordinate with the firm wide Digital Practice group to promote local adoption of new technologies, workflows, and practices.
• Provide Digital Design support to designers.
• Document and communicate exemplar processes, procedures, practices, and workflows.
• Structure and conduct continuing education workshops and assists with curriculum development.
• Mentor and lead the studio design technology leader’s (DTL) community.
• Participate in firm wide planning, relative to design technology innovation and implementation.
• Participate in AEC Forums, User Groups, and Conferences demonstrating Perkins&Will’s leadership in AEC technology.
• Proactively maintain and communicate current knowledge relative to technology through journals, vendor resources, marketing collateral and design community.

Proficiencies

• Experience in all phases of the architectural design process as well as commitment and passion for learning new design application technologies and strategies.
• Strong communication skills; written, oral, and graphic representation.
• Experience in application customization through programming and scripting.
• General aptitude and comfort level with training and technical support, both one‑on‑one and in‑group settings.
• Working knowledge of Design Visualization, Virtual Reality, Computational Design and Environmental Analysis applications.
• High‑level of proficiency leveraging Rhino, Revit and Grasshopper in the architectural design process, including the ability to administer, configure, and maintain the application.

Software

• Advanced proficiency using Revit, Rhino and other design technology suite applications.

Licensure / Certifications / Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field required.
• LEED GA within 6 months of hire.
• Professional Accreditation in one area of Living Design that interests you: LEED AP with Specialty, BREEAM AP, WELL AP, SITES AP, Passive House Institute Certified Passive House Consultant/Designer CPHC/CPHD, or ILFI Living Future Accreditation, preferred.
• Active involvement in AXP, or starting the ARE process, preferred.