Design Technology Manager

• Provide guidance, feedback, and structure for a team of Design Technology Leads, Strategists, and Specialists – supporting skill growth and clarity of ownership while ensuring outcomes.
• Foster a team culture centered on consistency, curiosity, and accountability.
• Mentor Design Technology Leads throughout digital design & delivery – modeling effective project engagement and using live project challenges as coaching opportunities.
• Help team members navigate ambiguity, clarify scope boundaries, and frame solutions constructively.
• Partner with leadership on team resourcing and capability planning to ensure alignment between Design Technology capacity, project engagements, and firm priorities.

• Coordinate with Project Managers and Senior Leadership to ensure Design Technology engagement is intentional, timely, and appropriately scoped.
• Engage with complex or high-risk projects to clarify Design Technology strategy, reinforce role clarity, and model scalable delivery approaches.
• Identify under scope Design Technology asks, delivery risk, or conflicting project expectations – raise strategic flags and drive resolution through early communication and acutely clear expectations.
• Support the evolution of BIM Execution Plans and project delivery strategy by connecting project-level insights to firmwide delivery needs.
• Maintain trust and balance in team dynamics when engaging with projects – clearly communicating intent, supporting team learning, and reinforcing boundaries to protect capacity and role clarity.

• Partner with Project Leaders, Visualization, Interiors, Building Performance, and Project Delivery teams to align tools, processes, and support across departments.
• Liaise with the IT Manager to ensure system-level decisions reflect the realities of digital design and delivery including team capability.
• Participate in firmwide working groups or planning efforts to represent Design Technology priorities and foster interdisciplinary alignment.

• Partner with the Project Delivery team on the development and refinement of firmwide Design Technology workflows, standards, templates, and training,
• Translate recurring project needs into scalable systems that improve clarity, reduce rework, elevate skills, and support consistent delivery.
• Ensure documentation is current, practical, and aligned with how teams work in real projects.
• Advocate for continuous improvement by identifying outdated standards, surfacing friction points, and prioritizing changes that deliver impact.

• Contribute to long-term planning for training, documentation strategy, and technology platform adoption.
• Evaluate and support evolving project workflows through evaluation of AI-related tools and software.
• Lead software evaluation and vendor coordination – develop and execute proof of concept pilots.
• Lead internal retrospectives, surveys, or check-ins to gather feedback and use those insights to shape systemic improvements.

• Minimum 10 years of AEC firm experience, with preference given to those with Architecture or Interior design backgrounds.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience managing project-focused Revit/BIM workflows across all phases of design and construction.
• Exposure to a range of project types and sectors – including residential, commercial, institutional, hospitality, campus-scale, and exhibit work.
• Strong experience working across multiple offices, time zones, or through remote collaboration models.

• Expertise with Autodesk Revit, ACC , and related software add-ins.
• Strong knowledge of the project delivery lifecycle (Programming, SD, DD, CD, CA, etc.) including familiarity with contracts, Scope of Work development, and BIM Execution Plans.
• Experience managing standards, templates, and modeling systems – including implementation, versioning, and team-wide training.
• Understanding of legal and contractual risk as it relates to BIM deliverables, consultant coordination, and digital delivery strategy.

• Strong interpersonal relationship and communication skills to support the wide variety of project types and scales within Olson Kundig’s portfolio
• Effective change management skills.
• Proven experience coaching or managing team members across complex projects, offices, or roles.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional coordination across departments such as Interiors, Visualization, Building Performance and IT.

• Skilled at navigating ambiguity and project complexity – with a track record of clarifying scope, surfacing risks, and aligning resources early.
• Strong capability in cross-functional project delivery and problem-solving across design and construction phases.

• Experience developing strategic documentation, team resources, or internal communication using tools such as InDesign, Miro, Asana, PowerPoint or similar.

• Familiarity with scan-to-BIM workflows, point clout integration, and/or reality capture tools.
• Working knowledge of BIM Level 2 (ISO19650, CIC BIM Protocols, etc.), IFC, COBie, or other international BIM standards
• Experience supporting Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA), prototyping, or fabrication workflows.
• Experience collaborating with Architect of Record (AOR) firms, managing outsourced modeling, or leading large model coordination efforts

• Familiarity with parallel disciplines and workflows, including Architecture, Interior Design, Building Performance, and Visualization.
• Exposure to how parallel disciplines structure deliverables and exchange information.

• Proficiency or awareness of computational design and automation tools, such as Dynamo, Grasshopper, or PyRevit.

• Experience contributing to intranet systems, department-wide knowledge management efforts, or standards documentation.

• A creative work environment and colleagues who are collaborative, creative, and challenging
• Opportunity to grow professionally
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All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship and must already possess long-term work authorization.

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