Program Manager, Architecture & Design

Waremalcomb; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ware Malcomb is seeking a seasoned Program Manager in Seattle to lead multi-project initiatives across high tech manufacturing, logistics, retail, and sustainable design. You will develop program objectives, align with business strategy, and oversee project portfolios to deliver on time and on budget.

You will manage staffing, budgets, and stakeholder communications, applying analytical thinking and strong leadership to drive performance and profitability across complex programs.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in architecture, interior design, construction or real estate
• 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 resolution and implementing company vision
• Highly analytical and organized, excellent teambuilding and negotiation skills

Responsibilities

• Oversee program activities to accomplish strategic objectives
• Plan and monitor overall program execution
• Coordinate projects and manage project teams
• Create and maintain program budgets
• Allocate resources across multiple projects
• Stakeholder communications, negotiations, and problem-solving
• Contribute information and recommendations to strategic plans and action plans
• Implement standards for production, productivity, quality, and customer service by resolving problems and auditing
• Meet financial objectives by budgeting, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Strategic planning

Communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Architecture or related field

Job description

Are you ready to join a growth-oriented team where creativity meets innovation? At Ware Malcomb, we are a dynamic and forward-thinking design firm committed to pushing the boundaries. Our team-oriented, collaborative approach ensures that every project is a blend of visionary design, seamless project delivery, and we are actively engaged with both the community and the industry. Discover our vibrant culture to get an inside look into life at Ware Malcomb and the programs we offer.

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.

• 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
• 10+ years of experience within the field of architecture, interior design, 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.

Established in 1972, Ware Malcomb is a dynamic, forward-thinking commercial real estate design firm providing professional architecture, interior design, civil engineering, branding, building measurement, structural engineering and MEP engineering services to clients throughout the world. With office locations throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil, the firm specializes in the design of office, industrial, science & technology, healthcare, multifamily, retail, hospitality and public/institutional projects.

The firm is also ranked among the top 10 Architecture/Engineering firms in Engineering News-Record’s Top 500 Design Firms and the Top 30 Interior Design Firms in Interior Design magazine’s Top 100 Giants. For more information, visit waremalcomb.com.