Project Manager - Science & Technology Market

Job Description

Job Description

LOVE WHERE YOU WORK!

Voted  Best Architectural Firm To Work For since 2018 , Taylor Design, a 100% employee-owned company, is looking for a  Project Manager  to join our San Diego office. This is your opportunity to work with a team of dedicated, creative, and fun architects and designers on award-winning projects. 

The  Project Manager for the Science & Technology Market is responsible for successful completion of one or more projects, managing scope, schedule, and budget across all phases—from pre-design through construction administration. The Project Manager oversees project team(s) and assigns work, while guiding execution, and ensuring high-quality, timely completion. The Project Manager also serves as the primary point of coordination among clients, subconsultants, and internal team members, clearly defining roles and responsibilities, aligning expectations, and adapting communication as needed.

What you will do:

• Work independently with oversight for team members. This position works in coordination with a Project Director.
• Using firm-wide tools and processes, establish a balanced approach for ensuring project profitability, complete and thorough technical deliverables, and the design goals of the project(s). 
• Provide leadership at the project level, interacting with clients, staff, and consultants.
• Develop project budget and timeline, manage proposals and contracts, monitor financial progress, perform monthly client billing and revenue projections with the accounting and contracts team.
• Understand building systems and code/agency issues that may arise.
• Participate in firm-wide resource allocation planning and forecasting.
• Participate in marketing activities – supporting and writing proposals and interviews/interview preparation.
• Be responsible for project quality control and following firm-wide standards.
• Communicate with consultants, contractors, subconsultants and other disciplines to resolve project issues.
• Participate in business development by deepening relationships with their clients and other potential clients.
• Participate in professional development activities, learning and training programs.

What you will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, interior design, or equivalent education in an AEC related field.
• Minimum of 8-10 years’ experience in a professional office setting.
• Demonstrated history of success in leading a team and managing one or more projects, including the ability to monitor, adjust and maintain scope, schedule, and budgets of projects.
• Familiarity with multiple project delivery methods.
• Strong leadership and relationship-building skills, including the ability to recognize and successfully navigate client and agency challenges and/or issues.
• Good communication skills. 
• Experience or knowledge of Science and Technology and/or Health Care a plus.
• Proficiency in accounting software, such as Deltek, BST, or similar software.

At Taylor Design, we’re humble—it keeps us grounded. We value an entrepreneurial spirit—it feeds our creativity. We put a premium on curiosity—it guides our future. Most of all, we believe in good design for the good of all.

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. As an employee-owned firm, our staff understands what drives success. Every employee is positioned to think like an owner. 

Important Notes:

Pay Comments: If you are hired at Taylor Design, your base salary is based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, experience, project complexity, and licensure and/or certifications. We believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.

Taylor Design is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

Please note that Taylor Design does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed contract, Taylor Design will not agree to pay any recruiter fee. In the situation an agency or recruiter submits a candidate or resume without a previously signed agreement and/or without Taylor Design's request, Taylor Design explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Taylor Design.