Sr. Project Manager
Cannon DesignDallas, Texas
Full Time
Posted April 27, 2026
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Job Description
This position is a senior project management role focused on leading large-scale design projects, managing client relationships, overseeing project teams, ensuring quality and compliance, and driving business development within an architectural 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 design, documentation, and construction process implementation
- Ensure compliance with statutory requirements and quality assurance/quality control standards
- Develop and manage project work plans, budgets, and schedules using tools like MS Project and Deltek
- Identify and mitigate project risks through risk management planning
- Coordinate workload and provide leadership, mentorship, and performance feedback to team members
- Facilitate effective communication of client objectives and project progress to team and stakeholders
Requirements
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction, or related degree required.
- Minimum of 12 years related experience, including managing projects with construction budgets of 70 million dollars or more.
- Experience working on education projects required.
- 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 rapport with the project team and client.
- Familiarity with Revit, Microsoft Office, MS Project, Deltek Vision, Bluebeam, and other data management software.
- 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 performed, stakeholder involvement, and key decision timing.
- Ability to ensure appropriate client and internal communication including written project documentation.
- Ability to lead, develop, and nurture successful partnering relationships with clients to generate future opportunities.
- Ability to understand contractual obligations to ensure the team delivers on scope of work and required services.
- Proactive in working with the client to identify and obtain approvals for scope of work or services prior to undertaking the work.
- Proactive in communicating with and influencing clients to approve and process payables for services.
- Ability to lead project teams to develop project goals and work plans, and achieve quality, budget, schedule, innovation, and profitability objectives.
- Experience managing design and documentation processes and implementation during construction.
- Ability to maintain project records, including documenting key decisions within the standard file structure.
- Accountability for risk mitigation and compliance, including developing and managing a risk management plan.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with all team members and generate a positive team environment.
- Ability to implement company methods, best practices, standards, tools, templates, and technology to achieve service quality and team productivity.
- Experience managing and coordinating team workload and providing leadership of team activities.
- Ability to communicate client objectives clearly to team members and provide constructive feedback and mentoring.
- Ability to identify and share lessons learned with teams.
- Proactive resource in decision-making processes and in developing technically sound and innovative planning and design solutions.
- Ability to monitor work in progress and ensure adherence to best practice standards and procedures.
- Responsible for ensuring all statutory requirements are achieved for the project.
- Accountability for the QA/QC process and monitoring the technical quality of projects, including enforcing standards and requirements.
- Active participation in the QA/QC process and coordination with the Project Architect and Quality leader.
- Ability to negotiate contracts with other project leadership, Business Practice Leader, and Legal Team.
- Ability to mentor less experienced staff and train other project managers.
- Must be able to perform in a project management role for large or multiple projects and train project managers.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range not specified
Work schedule not specified
Work environment perks not specified
Opportunities for professional development and mentorship
Participation in a collaborative team environment
Access to training and compliance programs
Equal opportunity employment policy
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