Architectural Project Manager
DLR Group
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Description
DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.
DLR Group has an opening for a Project Manager.
Position Summary
As a Project Manager at DLR Group, you will oversee all aspects of one or more projects, including managing project teams, coordinating with external consultants, and ensuring adherence to project schedules, budgets, and fees. You will be responsible for maintaining high standards of quality and design excellence throughout the project lifecycle. Additionally, you will be accountable for the financial success of the project, ensuring it remains on track and within budget.
If you are a collaborative thought leader with a strategic mindset, this might be the position for you. DLR Group is 100% employee-owned, and as such you’ll enjoy the opportunity to have ownership in the Firm. We rely on all our employee-owners to apply their financial acumen to grow the Firm profitably.
What you will do:
- Support business development by participating in RFQ, RFP, and interview processes
- Assist in negotiating scope of services, fees, and preparing agreements with both clients and consultants
- Ensure accurate input and updates of client and project information into project management systems
- Develop comprehensive project plans, including schedules, milestones, and staffing, and adjust as needed
- Lead and coordinate project teams, vendors, and consultants to meet client expectations for scope, quality, budget, and schedule
- Monitor and track project milestones, deliverables, and ensure submittals meet quality standards
- Communicate project status reports, identify necessary adjustments, and propose solutions for client-directed changes
- Provide leadership, performance feedback, and contribute to recruitment of project team members
- Establish clear communication with clients to ensure project progress and timely decisions are made
- Collaborate with design leaders to ensure compliance with quality standards and integrate design expertise into all project phases
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Engineering, or Interior Design
- Minimum of 8 years of professional experience, including 3 years as a project manager
- Professional licensure preferred, but not required
- High proficiency in standard A/E/I/P software
- Strong working knowledge of design techniques, tools, and sustainable design principles for producing technical plans, drawings, and models
- Excellent written, verbal, and graphic communication skills with the ability to multitask while maintaining high-quality standards
- Working knowledge of local building and zoning codes
*TO BE CONSIDERED, PLEASE SUBMIT CURRENT PORTFOLIO/WORK SAMPLES IN PDF FORMAT*
DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.
We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.
Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.
DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.
About this role
DLR Group, a 100% employee-owned integrated design firm, is seeking an Architectural Project Manager for its Charlotte office to oversee multiple projects from conception through delivery. In this role, you will manage all phases of project execution—developing schedules and budgets, leading interdisciplinary teams, coordinating with external consultants, and ensuring quality standards align with the firm's commitment to design excellence. You'll also support business development through proposal processes and maintain direct client communication to keep projects on track and within scope.
This position requires a bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, or interior design and a minimum of eight years of professional experience, including at least three years in project management. You should be proficient in standard A/E/I/P software, have strong knowledge of building codes and sustainable design principles, and possess excellent communication skills across written, verbal, and graphic formats. Professional licensure is preferred but not required. You will need to submit a current portfolio or work samples in PDF format to be considered.
The role suits someone with strategic thinking and collaborative leadership who can balance financial acumen with design expertise. As an employee-owner, you'll have a direct stake in the firm's profitability and growth. DLR Group operates on a four-day in-office model with Friday flexibility, allowing you to work remotely one day per week.
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