Head of Project Management

The Director of Project Management develops and directs project management operations and strategic planning to meet Downtown FabWorks organizational goals. They provide overall strategic governance for projects by establishing standards, processes, and tools used for effective project delivery. They establish methods to set productivity and quality targets within the Project Management department, and to assess results for all projects. The position reports to the President of Downtown FabWorks. This is a full-time, salaried exempt in-person position based out of our New Orleans office. Travel may be required.

Manager of the Project Management department personnel:

Is the direct supervisor for our team of project managers, junior project managers, and assistant project managers

Develops and maintains a strategic plan for the project management department and its staff

Ensures that all project managers utilize our toolset consistently and intentionally

Distributes new projects to the PM team and manages their workflow

Coaches and mentors the team to develop their skills and performance

Oversees our company SOP’s in relation to project management

Manager Of The Project Management Department Budget:

Oversees Project Financials:

Ensures that all projects are managed consistently to achieve financial success to Downtown FabWorks

Monitors budgets, timelines and resources across concurrent projects

Identifies and mitigates high-level risks across project portfolios

Ensures that each project manager maintains a financial forecast for their projects and that projects are scheduled to the best financial impact for Downtown FabWorks

This position is responsible for managing several team members, each with their own projects, as well as assistants to delegate workload to. The person who fills this position needs to make sure that goals are achieved in a timely manner and manages their workflow accordingly.

Organized and Able to Scale: Understands the importance of administrative organization, including file and document management, time management, and software to achieve administrative scale.

Emotional intelligence: Has the ability to read people, adapt your approach, and work effectively with a diverse team of skilled craftspeople and creative professionals.

A minimum of 7 years experience in project management in themed environments, experiential fabrication, or commercial architectural millwork.

Ability to adapt to new technologies and project management methodologies.

Ability to develop and maintain KPI’s and metric tracking in the project management department

Experience with project financial planning and project cash flow management.

Bachelor's degree or higher

Well-versed in the following software:

Project management software, Asana preferred.

Excel

Google Drive

Time management software, including Google Calendar and all of its functionality

401(k) Retirement plan

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Accrued PTO (up to 20 days per year), 10 Paid Holidays

Downtown FabWorks firmly believes that Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) is not only a legal requirement under our nation’s laws, but also an imperative. It is the policy of Downtown FabWorks that all employees and applicants for employment be afforded equal opportunities without regard to race, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity including transgender status), national origin, religion, age (40 or over), genetic information, disability, or retaliation for engaging in an EEO-protected activity. As part of its program of equal opportunity, Downtown FabWorks prohibits discrimination or harassment based on any of these categories. In addition, it is also our policy to prohibit discrimination or harassment based on marital status, status as a parent, and past, present, and future military service, or lack thereof.

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