Senior Design Project Manager

M Moser Associates; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

M Moser Associates in New York seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead complex, large-scale corporate workplace interior and architectural design projects from inception through handover, directing the team, schedule, budget, and client relationships to ensure the design is built as intended.

The role requires extensive leadership experience across design and delivery, with a focus on quality, cost control, and schedule adherence, including pre-planning through post-occupancy support.

Job description

M Moser Associates is hiring a Senior Project Manager based in New York, to lead complex, large scale corporate workplace interior and architectural design projects. At M Moser, your job as our Senior Project Manager is to owns the project from first client conversation to final handover — leading the team, the schedule, the budget, and the client relationship so the design gets built the way it was intended.

Position Overview

The job of a Senior Project Manager with M Moser Associates you will play a key role in elevating our quality of client care, implementing exceptional project execution. It is a leadership position where you will be responsible for managing a team, and at times directly manage large-scale or smaller complex, interior and architectural projects from inception to completion. The role extends through both the design and delivery of our projects. Your involvement on the projects begins as early as preparation of proposals, initial client interview, preplanning, and programming, working closely with design team throughout test fit, schematic and design development to ensure the design integrity and overseeing the team maintaining quality, detail and continuity during construction. The Senior Project Manager owns the project success and leads the people to deliver a completed project, inclusive of scheduling, budgeting and coordination of internal and external resources and vendors.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work closely with office leadership to create and communicate clear and attainable project criteria and objectives
• Lead a team to develop client solutions and solve complex problems
• Collaborate with design team, consultants, and contractors to share project delivery expertise in order to create inventive, well-crafted environments
• Prepare, schedule, coordinate and monitor assigned large scale workplace design and design/build projects
• Ensure all projects are delivered on time, within scope and within budget
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
• Take a lead role in clearly defining and communicating all aspects of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders, and ensuring technical feasibility
• Monitor compliance to applicable codes, practices, QA/QC policies, performance standards and specifications
• Perform overall quality control of the work (budget, schedule, plans, personnel’s performance) and report regularly on project status
• Travel regularly to building sites, proposed locations and client meeting

Job Requirements

To be a successful Senior Project Manager, you possess extensive experience in the type of work we deliver, and the ability to lead and coach others to successful results. You are someone who sees problems differently, you are organized in your thinking and dig into problems with a focus on finding solutions. As our Senior Project Manager, you are proactive in forecasting and mitigating problems before they arise and are able to put yourself in the clients’ shoes. It is very important that you naturally understand and leverage your and the team’s strengths to produce the best outcome possible for your team, our company, our partners and most importantly, our clients.

Qualifications & Key Competencies:

• 10+ years’ experience working in a similar capacity, experience with workplace preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Management, or related field.
• Project Management Certification is an asset
• Experience with delivering technically complex designs as project manager or leader
• Experience using MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Able to generate concepts using SketchUp, Revit, InDesign and Adobe Suite preferred.
• LEED or Well accreditation preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Possess strong people, project leadership and planning skills
• Proven fiscal accountability and responsibly
• Experience with entire project lifecycle, pre-planning through post occupancy
• Thrives on innovation and naturally seeks out ways to enhance the project process to elevate the client experience and strengthen communication at every stage of the project.

If you are a Project Manager who has:

• 10+ years of experience managing projects within the design and/or design-build space
• Successfully led multiple large-scale and complex workplace interior projects simultaneously
• A proven ability to deliver projects on time, within scope, and within budget
• A strong track record of maintaining excellent client relationships and satisfaction
• An open-minded, collaborative, entrepreneurial, and kind approach

we can't wait to meet you!

Note: M Moser Associates is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates participating in all stages of the selection process.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.