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Beyer Blinder Belle · 4 months ago

Senior Project Manager (Campus Planning & Urban Design)

Boston, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$130K/yr - $160K/yr

15+ years exp

Beyer Blinder Belle is seeking a Senior Project Manager with extensive experience in managing complex campus planning and urban design projects. The role involves serving as the primary client liaison, preparing management plans, and overseeing project teams to ensure successful project completion while engaging with various stakeholders.

Consulting

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary client liaison to ensure the project's successful completion, including managing the project schedule, budgets, contracts, and invoicing, and act as the team leader on a day-to-day basis

Prepare management plans and work proactively with the Partner or Principal in Charge for project success

Regularly prepare and deliver project presentations to the client, internal and external stakeholders, campus and community groups, boards, public agencies, and others

Estimate and negotiate fees, determine scope of work, and prepare proposals and contracts

Provide oversight and monitoring of the project team's work, including internal staff and consultants

Manage project staffing: Ensure the team has adequate resources to complete their tasks and effectively delegate assignments to achieve an equitable balance of work, tailored to each team member’s core strengths

Develop building-scale, site-scale, and large-scale master plan concepts, as well as campus and urban framework plans

Coordinate with related disciplines, internal and/or external to BBB, including programming, space utilization, landscape architecture, civil engineering, transportation, real estate economics, historic preservation, and others

Develop a project schedule, coordinate with other team members, create agendas and meeting minutes, and document project process and outcomes

Conduct research and analysis that inform design, planning, and space-use strategies and approaches

Research technical, architectural, zoning, building code, and other requirements that inform urban design and planning concepts

Lead the creation of campus and community and stakeholder engagement materials and facilitate engagement events, such as meetings, town halls, and open houses

Participate and/or guide team members in preparing illustrative and technical drawings, including site plans, sections, 3D visualizations, renderings, hand sketches, conceptual diagrams, and others

Lead the creation of presentations, written narratives, and other materials to support project communication with the client, consultants, and stakeholders. Lead the writing and the creation of final deliverables

Regularly communicate with the Partner or Principal in Charge, urban design team members, and consultants

Apply current and future-forward design best practices for sustainable and equitable design, leveraging current and leading design technology tools

Lead business development efforts, including writing technical proposals, estimating budgets, and developing proposal approach, narrative, and team structure, as well as participating in interview presentations

Qualification

Campus PlanningUrban DesignArchitecture DegreeProject ManagementMixed-Use DevelopmentCommunity EngagementTechnical ProficiencyAdobe SoftwareCollaboration SkillsOrganizational SkillsCommunication SkillsSelf-Motivation

Required

Professional degree in Architecture (BArch or MArch)

15- 25+ years of professional experience: experience in campus planning is a requirement; additional experience in urban design, mixed-use development, architecture, and/or master planning is preferred

At least 5 years of experience in project management

Demonstrated experience presenting projects to stakeholder groups and facilitating campus and community engagement sessions

Experience managing a team, including internal staff and external sub-consultants

Demonstrated proficiency in working at the urban and multi-building scale, including work samples of analytical mapping, conceptual diagrams, 2D and 3D design concept drawings, and rendered perspectival views

Demonstrated understanding of technical and regulatory aspects of planning and urban design, programming, and space planning for campuses, and familiarity with related fields, including economics, sustainability, landscape, mobility, engineering, etc

Advanced proficiency with Adobe InDesign & Illustrator, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and project management software

Proficiency and familiarity with Rhino, ArcGIS, Grasshopper, PowerBI, Adobe Photoshop, and Enscape (or other comparable design software), sufficient to guide other team members and contribute to ongoing work

High-quality visualization skills in 2D and 3D, including hand and/or digital representation, with additional support from team members

Demonstrated ability to work precisely and efficiently, even at the conceptual level

A high degree of self-motivation, flexibility, and resourcefulness

Excellent communication, collaboration, and teamwork skills

Strong organizational and file management skills