Sr. Project Manager
Cannon DesignLos Angeles, California
Full Time
Posted November 6, 2025
$143k - $179k
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Job Description
This position is a senior project management role leading large-scale design projects, overseeing client relationships, team leadership, project delivery, and ensuring quality, budget, and schedule adherence within an architecture or engineering firm.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop client relationships to secure future opportunities.
- Manage project teams to achieve quality, budget, schedule, and profitability goals.
- Oversee project planning, including work plan, budget, and schedule development and management.
- Manage design and documentation processes during construction.
- Ensure project compliance, risk mitigation, and proper documentation.
- Coordinate workload and provide leadership and mentorship to project team members.
- Implement quality assurance and quality control standards throughout projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction or related degree
- Minimum of 12 years related experience, including managing projects with construction budgets of 70 million dollars or more
- Current Licensure (preferred)
- LEED certification (preferred)
- Capability of performing in a project management role for large or multiple projects and training project managers
- Strong client leadership and project team management capability for large or multiple projects
- Must possess strong business acumen
- Ability to perform as a leader of authority, with expert level knowledge
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong technical knowledge, coordination skills and the ability to build a rapport with the project team and client
- Familiarity with Revit, Microsoft Office, MS Project, Deltek Vision, Bluebeam as well as other data management software
- Experience managing projects with construction budgets of 70 million dollars or more
- Ability to develop and maintain positive client relations throughout the project lifecycle
- Ability to communicate design, construction, and other issues to clients in a clear and compelling way
- Ability to develop a Partnering relationship with the client early in an engagement to establish shared expectations and provide clarity on how work will be conducted
- Ability to ensure appropriate client and internal communication including written project documentation
- Ability to lead, develop, and nurture successful partnering relationships with clients to lead to future opportunities
- Ability to understand contractual obligations to ensure team delivers on scope of work and services
- Ability to work proactively with the client to identify and obtain approvals for scope or service additions prior to work
- Ability to proactively communicate with and influence clients to approve and process payables for services
- Ability to lead project teams to develop project goals and work plans, achieving quality, budget, schedule, innovation, and profitability objectives
- Experience facilitating the development, evolution, and management of work plans, budgets, and schedules, preferably using MS Project and Deltek Project Planning
- Experience managing design and documentation processes and implementation during construction
- Ability to maintain project records, including documenting key decisions within standard file structures
- Accountability for risk mitigation and compliance, including developing and managing project risk management plans
- Ability to collaborate effectively with all team members and generate a positive team environment
- Ability to implement company methods using process expectations, best practices, reference standards, tools, templates, and technology
- Experience managing and coordinating team workload and providing leadership of team activities
- Ability to communicate client objectives clearly to team members
- Ability to provide constructive feedback and mentoring to team members
- Ability to identify and share lessons learned with teams
- Ability to be a proactive resource in decision-making and development of planning and design solutions
- Ability to monitor work in progress and ensure standards and procedures are being implemented
- Responsibility for ensuring all statutory project requirements are achieved
- Accountability for QA/QC process and monitoring technical quality of projects, enforcing standards, and participating actively in QA/QC
- Experience coordinating with project architect and quality leader in planning work
- Ability to negotiate contracts with other project leadership, Business Practice Leader, and Legal Team
- Experience mentoring less experienced staff and training other project managers
Benefits & Perks
Salary range of $143,400 to $179,200 annually
Paid time off
Flex-time schedules
Remote work options
Full benefit package including medical, dental, and vision coverage
Flexible spending account options
Voluntary insurances
401k plan
Employee perk programs
Discretionary bonuses
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