Senior Architectural Project Manager

Why This Role Matters: You are the trusted advisor and primary point of contact for K-12 education clients, guiding complex projects from concept through completion. You combine deep educational facilities expertise with exceptional relationship-building skills to deliver environments that support students, educators, and communities. In this highly visible leadership role, you will drive project success, strengthen client partnerships, support business growth, and mentor the next generation of design professionals while shaping the future of K-12 learning spaces. What You’ll Do: Lead multiple K-12 architectural projects, serving as the primary client contact and ensuring exceptional project delivery, team coordination, and stakeholder engagement. Develop and grow client relationships, support business development pursuits, and contribute to proposals, fee development, and strategic growth initiatives. Mentor and develop team members while overseeing project performance, budgets, schedules, and quality outcomes. What You Bring: 12+ years of architectural experience, including leadership of K-12 education projects, with a proven ability to manage clients, teams, and complex project portfolios. Professional licensure (RA) preferred; LEED and/or WELL accreditation a plus. Strong knowledge of educational facility planning, building codes, project delivery, and industry-leading tools including Revit, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office. What We Offer: Benefits for Regular Full-Time & Part-Time Employees Working 30+ Hours/Week Healthcare for you and your family: Medical, Dental & Vision insurance Single HDHP Medical plan with 100% paid premium Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer match Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts FREE Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance Voluntary Life Insurance for you and your family FREE Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance PTO + Sick Time + 8 Holidays per year Retirement Savings Plan with contribution from CPL to grow your retirement funds Internal Mobility & Career Advancement Licensure Assistance Additional benefits available to FT Employees Working 40+ Hours/Week Tuition Assistance: You may be eligible for continuing education assistance Student Loan Assistance Program: CPL will contribute up to $100/month for 5 years ($6,000 total) toward student loan debt What Does It Look Like Working Here? Collaboration– working with others towards the best solution, placing great emphasis on the collective wisdom of our internal teams. Family–celebrating others’ successes, genuinely caring about the happiness and well-being of our team members and recognizing their own families as extensions of the CPL family. Fun– not taking oneself too seriously, fully understanding that fun at work is conducive to productivity. Inspiration– contributing to an uplifting workplace that facilitates growth and success by maintaining a positive, upbeatattitude. Integrity– doing what is ethically right and providing reliable follow-through oncommitments. Ingenuity– seeking new opportunities and consistently identifying unexpected and practical ways to solveproblems. The rate for this position generally ranges between $120,000 to $ 160,000 annually. This range is a good faith estimate provided pursuant to the New York Pay Transparency Law. It is based on what a successful New York applicant might be paid and assumes that the successful candidate will be in New York or perform the position from New York. Similar positions located outside of New York will not necessarily receive the same compensation. Actual pay rates may vary from the range, as permitted by New York Equal Pay Transparency Law. Compensation offers will be based on various factors, including operational needs, individual education, qualifications and experience, work location and comparison to employees already in the role, as well as other considerations permitted by law. A potential new employee's pay history will not be used in compensation decisions. CPL is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such affirms the right of every person to participate in all aspects of employment without regard to gender, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, disability, citizenship, military or veteran status, gender expression and/or identity, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. #J-18808-Ljbffr CPL