Project Manager (Interior Architecture + Base Building)

Your Role

As a Project Manager in our Raleigh office, you will lead and coordinate a team of architects and interior designers to deliver exceptional projects, ensuring design excellence from concept through construction. Your industry expertise, creativity, leadership skills, and technical acumen will drive project success while maintaining a keen eye for detail, brand identity, and client experience.

You will be deeply involved in all phases of the design process, balancing innovative thinking with practical, real-world solutions. You thrive while leading teams, managing client relationships, and ensuring seamless project execution, all while fostering a collaborative and communicative team environment.

What You Will Do

• Lead and manage all phases of projects, including concept design, schematic development, construction documentation, and project execution.
• Oversee and coordinate project schedules, budgets, and milestones, ensuring alignment with client expectations.
• Collaborate with developers, operators, consultants, and contractors to deliver exceptional experiences.
• Drive and lead implementation of the design vision, ensuring all aspects of a project align with brand standards and guest experience goals.
• Manage and review proposals, contracts, and project fees; lead negotiations.
• Provide technical leadership, ensuring compliance with building codes, best practices, accessibility requirements, and brand standards.
• Facilitate cross-disciplinary coordination, including architecture, interior design, MEP consultants, and FF&E specialists.
• Monitor and maintain project financials, ensuring budget adherence and profitability.
• Oversee quality control, ensuring that documentation meets regulatory, contractual, and hospitality brand requirements.
• Mentor and manage project teams, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Support sustainability goals, integrating eco-conscious strategies into projects.
• Serve as the primary client liaison, ensuring effective communication and a strong relationship throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead coordination efforts for materials selection, FF&E procurement, and interior design elements to enhance guest experience.
• Work with marketing department support to lead new project proposals.

Your Qualifications

You are...

• Passionate about the built environment and its impact on individuals and organizations.
• Highly motivated and entrepreneurial in spirit, you're driven by leading people to grow individually for the collective success of the team.
• Effective at leading and grow internal teams.
• Excellent at growing meaningful long term client relationships
• Able to lead multiple projects of various scale and stages.

Your background and experience

• Workplace interiors experience is required; ideally this experience will be supplemented by other diverse project types and scales (Mixed Use, Sciences, Sports, Retail, Developer etc.).
• Bachelor's degree in architecture, interior design, or equivalent. Master's degree preferred.
• Licensed or registered architect or interior designer (preferred).
• 12+ years of experience as an Architect or Interior Designer, inclusive of 3+ years of experience as a Project Manager
• Proven experience managing full project lifecycles, from concept to post-occupancy.
• Experience leading, mentoring, and managing multidisciplinary project teams.
• Skilled in negotiating project scope, fees, and contracts with clients and consultants.
• Strong technical knowledge of building codes, industry regulations, and construction methods.
• Ability to navigate complex client relationships and maintain strong professional partnerships.
• Experience with construction documentation, detailing, and FF&E specifications.
• Proven fiscal responsibility and ability to track and manage project budgets effectively.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency with Revit and the Adobe Creative Suite.

Please submit a resume and a portfolio with relevant projects.

*Notice: At Gensler a Project Manager will have the job title ofDesign Managerand operate in this capacity for alignment with internal programs, doing business with clients and compliance with industry and government regulations. If you have questions regarding this notice please ask our Talent Acquisition team during the application process.

This role is not remote; we look forward to working with our new team member in our dynamic Raleigh office.

Life at Gensler

At Gensler, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions to "Well-being Week," our offices reflect our people's diverse interests.

We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include subsidized health and life insurance, annual bonus, LinkedIn learning, holiday observance, and employee assistance programs.

As part of the firm's commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.

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