Project Manager

Archinect; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous paid time off and holidays

Retirement savings plan & fiduciary/ad

Education and licensure support

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Flad Architects is seeking a senior project manager to lead complex architectural projects in science, healthcare, and higher education. The role emphasizes client leadership, design excellence, and profitability across multidisciplinary teams.

You will guide project planning, budgeting, and client communications, while developing opportunistic strategies for client growth and maintaining strong relationships with repeat clients. A hybrid work environment is offered with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of architectural experience with at least 5 years of project management in science/tech, higher education, or healthcare.
• Excellent client management and leadership skills.
• Superior technical and presentation skills with a commitment to design excellence.

Responsibilities

• Directly responsible to the client and firm for successful execution and leadership of projects, meeting goals, budget, and profitability.
• Lead and motivate the project team, fostering collaboration and accountability.
• Articulate the client vision through the project work plan during planning and establish schedules and contracts during start-up.
• Develop project fees and contracts during planning and establish budgets and profitability.
• Deliver projects on schedule and within budget, meeting design intent and client goals.
• Develop client relationships and pursue business development opportunities by presenting services to potential clients.
• Maintain relationships with key repeat clients to promote future opportunities.

Skills

Client management

Leadership

Communication

Design excellence

Education

Bachelor's in Architecture

Professional registration

Sustainability accreditation

Job description

Overview

If you enjoy solving complex challenges in a collaborative environment that celebrates each person's ideas, experience, and creativity, this might be the opportunity for you. Flad is a national architectural firm with ten offices across the country, specializing in science, healthcare, academic, and workplace spaces. Flad is a team of creative, intelligent, energetic people who help our clients tackle the issues that change people’s lives.

Flad Architects Employer

Boston, MA, USLocation:

Full-time

Tue, Aug 25 '26Posted on:

Overview

If you enjoy solving complex challenges in a collaborative environment that celebrates each person's ideas, experience, and creativity, this might be the opportunity for you. Flad is a national architectural firm with ten offices across the country, specializing in science, healthcare, academic, and workplace spaces. Flad is a team of creative, intelligent, energetic people who help our clients tackle the issues that change people’s lives.

How Will Your Days Be Spent

• Directly responsible to the client and the firm for the successful execution and leadership of projects including the meeting of project goals, client service, quality of work performed, utilization of staff, marketing reputation of the firm, and profitability.
• Overall responsibility for leading, motivating, and providing a team environment for the project team members by inspiring a shared vision, enabling others to act, taking risks, and assuming ultimate responsibility for the team's actions, exercising good judgment, and continually increasing people skills.
• Responsible for articulating and communicating the client's vision, goals, and objectives through development of the project work plan during the planning phase.
• Responsible for developing the project fees and contracts during the planning phase and establishing the project schedule, budget, and profitability during the start-up phase.
• Deliver projects on schedule, within budget, meeting design intent and client vision/goals, and at the required level of quality.
• Develop strategies for approaching clients and cultivate business development opportunities by presenting Flad's services to potential clients and participate in client interviews.
• Responsible for continuous management and development of key, repeat clients. Maintain good working relationships with the client to promote future opportunities.

What you bring to this role

• Minimum of 15 years of architectural experience and at least five years of recent project management experience with science and technology, higher education, and/or healthcare project types required.
• Excellent client management and leadership skills required.
• Superior technical and presentation skills and a commitment to design excellence essential.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in architecture or related field required.
• Professional registration preferred.
• Sustainability accreditation preferred.

Flad Offers a Wide Range Of Benefits Including

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Generous paid time off and paid holidays
• Financial health and wellness benefits - retirement savings plan; fiduciary advisor; identity theft plan; Section 125 flexible benefits, including mass transit and parking; income protection – life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability; Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Continuing education and career development – internal programs; funds set aside for external programs, licensure and sustainability support, annual professional registration and organization reimbursement
• Hybrid work environment

Flad Architects is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Flad will provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position, please contact Human Resources at 608-238-2661 or email us at [e-mail].

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