IA Interior Architects translates client goals, brand and culture into powerful environments built around people, processes, technologies and business drivers. Our clients in diverse markets worldwide require high-performance, visually compelling and sustainable environments to move their enterprise forward, support their culture, engage their staff, integrate technology and drive efficiencies. As architects, designers, workplace strategists and environmental specialists in the largest global architecture firm concentrating exclusively on interiors, we help clients articulate and align their business strategies and core values with the dynamic use of space.
Our team members are collaborative, creative, professional, expert and entrepreneurial. Joining our team requires skill, daring, leadership, teaming, humor and a love of interiors. We are presently searching for a full-time Senior Project Manager in our San Francisco Studio.
Senior Project Manager Position
Specific Responsibilities Include:
• Manages small and medium sized projects to completion, including work performed by internal and external resources • Coordinates engineering work to ensure compliance with design concept • Coordinates project teams to ensure timely completion of documents • Works with design and technical teams to shape and understand the design concepts • Presents and gains approval of concepts to the client • Establishes and ensures adherence to set budget • Immediately informs Sr. PM or Project Director and/or client of any potential variances to the budget and makes appropriate modifications • Manages collections for assigned projects • Immediately informs Finance Manager if there is an issue with timely collections • Discusses untimely payments with client to secure commitment to pay • Identifies and pursues new business opportunities with existing and potential clients • Assigns tasks, oversees work and provides feedback to staff assign to project • Develops skills of staff for future projects • Manages overall client relationship from initial assessment of client needs, through design concept presentations and final delivery of project. Ensure positive relationships resulting in additional business or referred work.
Required Education and Work Experience
Graduate of architecture, design or business school: equivalent experience may be substituted 12+ years' experience producing design projects
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Extensive knowledge of materials, furnishings and construction methods related to interior architecture • Extensive knowledge of building systems, codes and ADA requirements • Corporate interiors experience is a plus but not required • Proven ability to write and negotiate contracts for services, consultants and contractors • Proven ability to solve contract and administration issues within the established design context • Intermediate MS Office Suite skills • Intermediate Revit skills • Intermediate Adobe Creative Suite skills • Advanced presentation and graphic communication skills • Ability to communicate effectively internally and externally with all levels of staff • Demonstrated ability to manage and lead all levels of staff through a combination of direct authority
Salary Range
$115,000 - $140,000 annually, based on education, licensing, and relevant industry experience.
IA Interior Architects is the first global architecture firm focused exclusively on interiors. The firm provides strategic planning, interior architecture, and design services for corporations, businesses, and institutions.
Founded in 1984, IA has 17 offices in the United States (Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Orange County, Portland, Raleigh, San Francisco, Seattle, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C) and two international offices (London and Toronto). In addition, IA has more than 60 partner offices outside the United States, representing over 1,000 staff members in the Americas, in Asia/Australia, and in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. This network of offices comprises the IA Global Alliance and integrates years of international experience and proven local expertise to bridge cultural differences, comply with local requirements, and help navigate with ease the unique aspects of building and architecture worldwide.
IA’s approach to design is exclusively focused on how the aesthetics and organization of a space can reflect brand, improve efficiency and productivity, increase employee satisfaction, and support sustainability. The firm’s LEED® accredited professionals offer sustainable strategies for projects of all sizes and complexities in public and private sectors. IA helps clients in diverse markets worldwide articulate and align their business strategies and core values with the dynamic use of space.
Specialties
Interior Architecture and Design, Sustainable Design, Workplace Strategies