Program Manager, Architecture & Design

Ware Malcomb; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ware Malcomb in Atlanta, Georgia seeks a Program Manager responsible for defining a program's objectives and strategy to align with the organization's business goals, and for overseeing projects to reach targeted outcomes.

This role emphasizes high-level coordination for programs and clients, including Fortune 500 partners, with projects spanning high-tech manufacturing, logistics, retail, robotics, and sustainable technologies.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in architecture, construction, or real estate with at least 5 years of management experience.
• Experience in program management including staffing, planning, and people management.
• Ability to handle complexity, analyze information, resolve conflicts, and support company vision.
• Highly analytical and organized with strong teambuilding and leadership.
• Excellent negotiator and influencer with strong communication skills.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee multiple project activities to accomplish strategic objectives.
• Plan and monitor overall program execution.
• Coordinate projects and manage project teams.
• Create and maintain program budgets.
• Manage resources across multiple projects.
• Engage stakeholders through communications, negotiations, and problem-solving.
• Provide input to strategic plans and reviews and help develop action plans.
• Implement standards for production, productivity, quality, and customer service; identify trends and implement changes.
• Meet financial objectives by preparing annual budgets, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and taking corrective actions.

Skills

Program management

Strategic planning

Leadership

Communication

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or related field

Job description

As a Program Manager at Ware Malcomb, you will be responsible for developing a program’s objectives and strategy to assess how it will impact the department, business, and organization. You will define and oversee the projects to reach their targeted goals and implement strategic tasks that align new programs with the organization’s business strategy and goals.

This position will focus on high levels of coordination for programs and clients which include 1 in 3 Fortune 500 companies. Types of projects include high tech manufacturing and logistics facilities, automated distribution, retail, robotics, electric vehicles, aviation, sustainable and green technologies.

Your Role

• Accomplish strategic objectives by overseeing multiple project activities
• Plan and monitor overall program execution
• Project coordination and project team management
• Create and maintain program budgets
• Manager resources across multiple projects
• Stakeholder communications, negotiations, and problem-solving
• Communicates job expectations by planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contribution
• Achieves operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews and prepare action plans
• Implement production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards by resolving problems, completing audits, and identifying trends determining system improvements, and implementing change
• Meet financial objectives by preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience within the field of architecture, construction or real estate and a minimum of 5 years of management experience
• Program Management experience including staffing, planning, and people management, managing performance and profitability, financial planning, promoting process improvement and strategic planning
• Adept at dealing with complexity, analyzing information, conflict resolutionand implementing company vision
• Highly analytical and organized
• Excellent teambuilders
• Great negotiator and influencer
• Must have exceptional leadership and communication skills.
• Preferred equivalent of a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture or related field

This is a full-time, long-term position.