Manager of Architectural Planning

Best Buy Co Inc

Richfield, MN

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Architectural Engineering, Architectural Services, AutoCAD, Budget Management, Communication Skills, Consulting, Contract Management, Documentation, Establish Priorities, Funding, Leadership, Negotiation Skills, Project Development, Project Execution, Real Estate, Retail, Time Management, Willing to Travel, Work From Home
LOCATION
Richfield, MN
POSTED
2 days ago

As the Manager of Architectural Planning, you'll lead architectural planning efforts that shape Best Buy's store experience. In this role, you'll take ownership of real estate and store design projects. You'll guide consultant teams, manage contracts, and ensure every project delivers on time, on budget, and with exceptional quality.

This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work on site Monday through Thursday at the Best Buy corporate office in Richfield, Minnesota. You can work virtually from home or another non‑Best Buy location on Friday. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.

What you'll do

  • Understand requirements for building project development, including technical details, unique code and lease constraints, and guide the team toward creative, compliant solutions that meet business needs.
  • Ensure all architectural, MEP, and structural documentation aligns with Best Buy's standards and supports accurate, timely project execution.
  • Nurture and maintain strong communication with key business partners, clearly setting expectations and delivering updates on time.
  • Proactively qualify, quantify, and prioritize risks, communicating impacts and recommendations to leadership for informed decision-making.
  • Develop and manage budgets for multiple consultant contracts and trades across each project, ensuring cost efficiency and value delivery.
  • Lead complex projects independently, leveraging influence and collaboration to achieve results across multiple stakeholders.

Basic qualifications

  • 7 or more years of experience in design, planning, architectural or engineering leadership experience
  • 7 or more years of experience demonstrating the ability to build and develop drawings using AutoCAD.
  • 5 or more years of deploying negotiating strategies, terms and funding strategies.
  • 3 or more years of retail experience
  • Ability to travel approximately 30%-50%.

Preferred qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Architecture or Relevant Field or Equivalent relevant professional experience.
  • General Architecture License.
  • Hands-on Field experience.
  • Proficient in Revit, Procore, Blue Yonder, and Bluebeam Revu.

What's in it for you

We're committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it, especially key moments in your life.

Our benefits include:

  • Competitive pay
  • Generous employee discount
  • Physical and mental well-being support

Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility. The length of your LOA depends on your situation, where you live, your full-time or part-time employment status, and federal and state regulations. Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves. Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time employees based on work location, employment status, salary or hourly status (exempt/non-exempt), and years of continued or bridged service.

Certain roles, where market norms demand it, are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans, including eligibility, please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary.

For more information about benefits, LOA and paid time off, please refer to our Benefits Guide.

About us

As part of the Best Buy team, you'll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life - in our stores, online and in customers' homes.

Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We're committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.

Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer

About the Company

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Best Buy Co Inc

Energetic teams. Fun atmosphere. Exciting opportunities.

That’s what you’ll find at Best Buy. Care to join us?

You can feel the energy here. And we’re not talking about the hum of electronics (there’s that, too). We’re talking about people.

Best Buy employees are friendly, enthusiastic and willing to help you succeed. Sure, we’re a big company — the world’s largest consumer electronics retailer — but that doesn’t stop us from having fun while doing what we love: bringing technology into people’s lives in meaningful ways.

When you join our team, we consider you part of our Best Buy family. And what you do here every day will support our goal to make people’s lives better, easier and more enjoyable through the great products we sell.

So if you’d like using your talents to help improve people’s lives, bring it! We’d love to have your energy here.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Retail
FOUNDED
1966
WEBSITE
http://www.bestbuy-jobs.com/