Senior Project Manager

Progressive Companies; Detroit (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Profit-sharing

Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)

Wellness program

Paid service-learning hours

Community sponsorship

Job summary

Progressive Companies seeks a Senior Project Manager to independently lead multiple small to medium-sized projects while supporting larger programs. You will act as the primary client liaison, ensuring scope, budget, and schedule alignment and coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality results.

You will strengthen project performance by managing risk, guiding team collaboration, and supporting long-term client growth, with a focus on stakeholder satisfaction and continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, interiors, landscape architecture, engineering, or related field; master’s degree is a plus.
• Typically 15 years of experience managing AE projects.
• Professional registration in your field is strongly preferred.
• Proficiency with technology, standard software tools, and search engines.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, SharePoint, and Teams is preferred.
• Experience with Deltek Vision and project planning tools is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to balance stakeholder needs, make sound decisions, develop talent, and optimize work processes through continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple small to medium-sized projects and support larger, more complex programs while maintaining alignment to scope, budget, schedule, and quality goals.
• Build strong client relationships by serving as the primary point of contact and proactively addressing questions, concerns, and project needs.
• Coordinate internal and consultant resources with Team Leads to ensure the right support is in place across each phase of work.
• Develop project proposals, work plans, budgets, and schedules that align client expectations with company objectives.
• Facilitate project start-up and close-out activities, including kickoff meetings, documentation, financial records, and project history.
• Oversee cross-functional design integration, QA/QC milestones, and team coordination to keep deliverables on track and compliant with project goals.
• Monitor project financial performance, identify risks early, and mentor junior team members in project management and communication best practices.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Decision making

Talent development

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in architecture/engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Project

SharePoint

Teams

Deltek Vision

Project planning tools

Job description

As a Senior Project Manager, you will independently lead multiple small to medium-sized projects while supporting larger, more complex programs. You will serve as a primary client liaison, align scope, budget, and schedule, and coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality results. You will also help strengthen project performance by managing risk, guiding team collaboration, and supporting long-term client growth.

Deliver Results

• Lead multiple small to medium-sized projects and support larger, more complex programs while maintaining alignment to scope, budget, schedule, and quality goals.
• Build strong client relationships by serving as the primary point of contact and proactively addressing questions, concerns, and project needs.
• Coordinate internal and consultant resources with Team Leads to ensure the right support is in place across each phase of work.
• Develop project proposals, work plans, budgets, and schedules that align client expectations with company objectives.
• Facilitate project start-up and close-out activities, including kickoff meetings, documentation, financial records, and project history.
• Oversee cross-functional design integration, QA/QC milestones, and team coordination to keep deliverables on track and compliant with project goals.
• Monitor project financial performance, identify risks early, and mentor junior team members in project management and communication best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, interiors, landscape architecture, engineering, or a related area of expertise; master’s degree is a plus.
• Typically 15 years of experience managing projects in an AE environment.
• Professional registration in your field is strongly preferred.
• Proficiency with technology, standard software tools, and search engines.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, SharePoint, and Teams is preferred.
• Experience with Deltek Vision and project planning tools is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to balance stakeholder needs, make sound decisions, develop talent, and optimize work processes through continuous improvement.

People Matter

Each individual’s background, knowledge, ability, and experience contributes to strengthening our organization and projects. Our dedication to diversity includes company provided training and education, equitable recruitment, a grassroots employee DEI committee, and robust community partnerships.

Progressive Companies is comprised of people with a variety of abilities, races, colors, religions, genders, sexual orientations, national origins, ages, veteran statuses, and more. As an equal opportunity employer, we believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential elements of innovative design. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Transforming Spaces. Empowering People.

The talented professionals of Progressive Companies are designers of a bold new future, creating high-performance structures and pathways, delivering on today’s needs and preparing for what’s to come. We live by the idea that design isn’t simply about beauty, it’s about improving strategic outcomes—what we call Performance Based Design. Our work spans across the nation, allowing team members to work on a variety of exciting projects and maximize impact as trusted partners to our clients and communities.

Sustainable and Inclusive

We are dedicated to human-centered, sustainable, and inclusive design practices. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential to building trust, respect, and truly innovative design making spaces welcoming and accessible to all. Our sustainability approach embraces the AIA 2030 Commitment, together with a range of high performance, restorative, and regenerative strategies with a focus on climate responsive results to maximize positive impact in our industry.

Employee Owned

We act like owners—because we are. From modest beginnings of four original engineering partners in 1962, to almost 300 architects, engineers, designers, and consultants across multiple regional offices today, the energy, resourcefulness, and entrepreneurial mindset you expect from a CEO come standard with every team member.

Culture of Excellence

The firm is continually ranked as one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation, with comprehensive benefits including an award-winning wellness program, hybrid work schedule, summer hours, profit-sharing, and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). We take our work seriously, but have fun along the way, which fuels the creative spirit and supports a focus on work and life integration.

Progressive Companies is committed to development and growth of team members through continuing education, mentorship, growth opportunities, and more. We are dedicated to giving back to our communities, with paid service-learning hours available to every employee and corporate sponsorship for a wide range of community organizations and activities.