Senior Architectural Lighting Project Manager (Procurement)

Reveal Design Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days PTO

Summer Fridays

401(k) with 3% employer contribution

Subsidized medical, dental, and vision

Job summary

Reveal Design Group in Chelsea, NYC, seeks a Senior Project Manager for our Procurement Department to bid, purchase, and deliver lighting equipment from proposal to completion. You will read drawings, take-offs, build proposals, manage submittals, ship schedules, and coordinate with contractors and manufacturers to ensure timely, accurate installations.

You’ll help shape how the department runs, setting team assignments and refining workflows, with a voice in bidding, tracking, and delivery.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Bluebeam, Adobe InDesign, and advanced Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to read and interpret architectural and electrical drawings.
• Database familiarity (Oasis sales software is a plus).

Responsibilities

• Read architectural drawings and perform quantity take-offs.
• Build competitive proposals and manage submittals and ship schedules.
• Place orders, coordinate with contractors and manufacturers, track budgets.
• Visit job sites and ensure deliveries meet design intent.
• Help shape procurement systems, processes, and standards.
• Coordinate with design studios and construction teams from proposal through final fixture aiming.

Skills

Bluebeam

Adobe InDesign

Microsoft Excel

Education

Degree in architectural lighting or related field

Tools

Oasis

Job description

Reveal Design Group is an award-winning architectural lighting design firm based in Chelsea, NYC, specializing in boutique hospitality, restaurants, retail, cultural institutions, and high-end residential projects across the U.S. and internationally.

We're hiring a full-time Senior Project Manager in our Procurement Department, the in-house team that ensures our lighting designs are built exactly as intended. Our Project Managers bid, purchase, coordinate, and deliver lighting equipment for the projects we design, working closely with our design studios and construction teams from proposal through final fixture aiming.

What This Role Looks Like

You’ll read architectural drawings, perform quantity take-offs, build competitive proposals, manage submittals and ship schedules, place orders, coordinate with contractors and manufacturers, track budgets, and visit job sites. You are a person who makes sure hundreds of specified lighting fixtures arrive on time, get installed correctly, and look the way our designers envisioned.

As a senior member of the team, you’ll also help shape how the department runs. Working alongside the principal who leads procurement, you’ll help set team assignments and improve the systems, processes, and standards we all work by. You’ll have a real voice in how we bid, track, and deliver our projects, and the chance to make the whole team better at what we do.

This is a building and construction coordination role with a deep technical product component. We're open to people who arrive with different strengths. If you've managed complex builds, coordinated trades, called cues in a theater, estimated millwork packages, or run logistics for installations with many moving parts, you likely have the project skills. If you've led teams, built workflows that others rely on, or brought order to a busy operation, you likely have the leadership skills. The right person brings a solid foundation in one and the drive to grow in the other.

Ideal Previous Experience

• Theatrical production/stage management, technical direction, or assistant lighting design
• Construction management, millwork estimation, or trade coordination
• Lighting showroom, distribution, or manufacturer representative work
• Supervising a team of coordinators, project managers, or production staff
• Building or improving the systems, workflows, and standards a team relies on
• Any role combining technical product knowledge with complex logistics under deadline pressure

A degree in architectural lighting, theatrical design, construction management, or a related field is a strong foundation, but we've seen people from a wide range of backgrounds succeed in this role.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in Bluebeam, Adobe InDesign, and advanced Microsoft Excel
• Ability to read and interpret architectural and electrical drawings
• Database familiarity (Oasis sales software is a plus)
• Familiarity with architectural lighting fixtures, electrical installation, or lighting controls is preferred but not required if you learn quickly

Leadership Qualities

• You communicate clearly and directly with teammates, designers, contractors, and manufacturers, and you adjust your approach to the audience
• You give honest, constructive feedback and take it well
• You stay calm and organized when priorities shift, and you help others do the same
• You balance workload fairly, knowing when to step in, when to delegate, and when to let someone learn by doing
• You notice when a process isn't working and bring a practical fix, not just the problem
• You set a high standard for accuracy and follow-through, and you hold yourself to it first
• You enjoy teaching and want to see the people around you grow
• You build trust across the office, including with our design team, because procurement works best when both sides are aligned
• Salary: $85,000-$100,000, commensurate with experience
• 20 days PTO per year (vacation and sick combined)
• Summer Fridays (Memorial Day through Labor Day)
• 401(k) with 3% employer contribution
• Subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 12 weeks paid parental leave

Location: Chelsea, Manhattan. In-office with occasional travel to project sites.