Senior Manager of Architectural Planning

Best Buy Co Inc

Richfield, MN

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Architectural Engineering, Architectural Services, AutoCAD, Bidding, Budget Management, Budgeting, Construction, Construction Document Set, Construction Engineering, Construction Management, Construction Planning, Consulting, Continuous Improvement, Contract Management, Cross-Functional, Customer Experience, Customer Retention/Renewal, Documentation Plan, Documentation Standards, Funding, Industry Standards, Interior Design, Leadership, Maintain Compliance, Merchandising, Negotiation Skills, Process Improvement, Purchasing/Procurement, Real Estate, Remodeling, Retail, Team Lead/Manager, Time Management, Vendor/Supplier Relations, Work From Home, Zoning
LOCATION
Richfield, MN
POSTED
3 days ago

As the Senior Manager of Architectural Planning, you'll help shape the future of Best Buy's store experience. In this role, you'll take ownership of big-picture strategy and day-to-day execution for store design projects across our portfolio. You'll guide a talented team, manage budgets, 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

  • Lead and develop a team of architects, engineers and planners to perform store remodels, relocations and major facility projects
  • Translate design standards into site-specific plans and construction documents that bring our vision to life
  • Partner with cross-functional teams, including construction, real estate and merchandising, to align scope, timelines and budgets
  • Drive cost efficiency and quality improvements across projects while maintaining compliance with codes and standards
  • Manage consultant contracts and vendor relationships, ensuring competitive bids and strong performance
  • Demonstrate innovation and continuous improvement in store planning processes and design standards

Basic qualifications

  • 8 or more years of design, planning, architectural or engineering leadership experience
  • 8 or more years of experience purchasing using negotiating strategies and funding strategies
  • 8 or more years of retail experience, including working with store leadership and delivering solutions to improve overall customer experience, retention and growth
  • 5 or more years of experience building functional teams and demonstrating strong people leadership

Preferred qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or Master's Degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Interior Design, or related field - or equivalent industry experience.
  • Deep understanding of zoning, permitting, and entitlement requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Experience managing planning, production, or A/E consultant teams across large retail portfolios.
  • Proficiency with AutoCAD, Revit, or other industry-standard planning/ documentation software.

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/