Senior Project Manager | Higher Education

BHDP

$90K — $120K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Architecture or Interior Design (accredited programs preferred)
  • 12+ years in the design and/or architecture industry
  • Architectural License or NCIDQ Certification preferred
  • Advanced Revit knowledge
  • High proficiency in production-ready visualization tools (SketchUp, Enscape, Lumion)
  • Experience with project management systems (VantagePoint preferred)
  • Demonstrated leadership and team performance-building abilities
  • Strong attention to detail and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead multiple projects and project teams, ensuring accountability for deliverables.
  • Delegate clear tasks and directions to project team members.
  • Manage projects to maintain consistent direction and deliverables.
  • Create client proposals that outline project scope, fees, and timelines.
  • Manage client expectations concerning project adjustments.
  • Ensure optimal alignment of project team skills and contributions.
  • Update project management systems for effective resource planning.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Disability insurance
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Paid holidays and time off
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan
Full Job Description
Market: Higher Education

Location: Cincinnati, OH

FLSA: Exempt

Work Mode: Monday - Friday; 8:00 - 5:00; In-Office Monday - Thursday; Hybrid (remote or in-office) Friday

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Summary

The Senior Project Manager leads the successful delivery of multiple projects and project teams, accountable for scope, schedule, budget, and overall project health. This role provides clear direction and delegation, manages client expectations, and drives predictable outcomes by proactively planning resources, tracking performance, and managing risk and change throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities
  • Has accountability and owns all aspects of multiple projects and project teams.
  • Leads the project team through delegating clear direction and ownership of tasks.
  • Manages the projects and project team to create a consistent project direction and deliverables.
  • Functions as the gatekeeper for project profitability. Creates and issues proposals that show BHDP's value to the client and merge the scope, fee and timeframe.
  • Manages client's expectations related to scope, fee, and timeframe adjustments throughout the project.
  • Ensures project team members are maximizing project support aligned to their skillset.
  • Update project plans within our project management systems to allow for proactive and accurate resource planning.
  • Partner with internal operational leaders to identify and resolve project staffing needs, aligning project needs to employee skills.
  • Educate the project team of project deliverables including budget and schedule and provide regular updates on results to drive team accountability and knowledge.
  • Provide regular updates to the team related to projected and actual time allocations, project milestones, design process milestones and overall project health.
  • Meets regularly with the project team members to support development of employees.

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Architecture (NAAB accredited program preferred), Interior Design (CIDA accredited program preferred), or other relevant design or construction related program.
  • 12+ years in the design and/or architecture industry
  • Architectural License, or NCIDQ Certification, preferred
  • Advanced Revit knowledge
  • Advanced knowledge of production-ready visualization capabilities (SketchUp, Enscape, Lumion).
  • Advanced knowledge of Project Management systems (VantagePoint preferred)
  • Demonstrated capability to delegate, coach, and raise team performance
  • Demonstrated initiative; sees challenges as opportunities
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Strong communication and collaboration within a team
  • Models professional workplace behaviors: reliable follow-through, constructive feedback, and calm, solutions-oriented communication with co-workers and clients

Physical and Mental Demands
  • Sustained attention to detail
  • Sitting/standing
  • Occasional lifting of 20 pounds or less
  • Ability to work in an open office environment


Life at BHDP

Our comprehensive benefit package includes a competitive salary, medical, dental, vision, disability, flexible spending accounts, paid holidays, paid time off, and a 401(k), which aligns with our commitment to rewarding our high-performing professionals.

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