Project Director
Company: CannonDesign
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: May 19, 2024
Job Description:
CannonDesign has an exciting opportunity for a Project Director
based in our San Francisco, CA office. Look at the description
below. If you think your skills and experience, make you a good
match for this position, we'd love to hear from you. We're looking
for creative, curious, empathetic people to join our
Living-Centered Design movement. ABOUT OUR FIRM CannonDesign is an
integrated design solutions firm focused on helping people
continuously flourish. Whether designing for innovations in health,
new scientific discoveries, equity in education or the next big
idea in business, we use our Living-Centered Design approach to
help organizations realize widespread change. Our ability to design
transformational places, plans and strategies is why Fast Company
named us a World Changing Company and one of the most innovative
design firms in the world. ABOUT THE ROLE You will be responsible
for creating the strategy for the project delivery, and leading the
project management on very large, complex design projects. This
includes leading clients and teams, mentoring our people, advancing
the quality of our work, integrating our range of design services,
managing our processes, and delivering solid financial performance.
WHAT YOU WILL DO As a Project Director
- Develop and lead the overall strategy for project delivery on
large, complex design projects.
- Lead large project teams, in conjunction with the client and
other project and firm leadership, to develop project goals and
work plans, to achieve design excellence, quality, budget,
schedule, innovation and profitability objectives.
- In conjunction with the client and other project and firm
leadership, lead the development of project goals and work plans,
to achieve design excellence, quality, budget, schedule, innovation
and profitability objectives.
- Responsible for the day-to-day leadership, management and
overall delivery success of large scale, multi-year projects -
including defining project controls, managing project scope,
schedule, and budget, managing risks.
- Develop a partnering relationship with the client early in an
engagement to establish shared expectations and provide clarity on
how we will work together, the involvement of key stakeholders,
identify decision making authority and the timing of key
decisions.
- Participate in negotiating the contract with other project
leadership, the Business Practice Leader, Legal Team, and firm
leadership. Facilitate the development, evolution and management of
the work plan, budget, and schedule.
- Understand contractual obligations to the client to ensure that
the team delivers on expectations for approved scope of work and
required services. Work proactively with the client to identify and
obtain approvals for additions to scope of work or services prior
to undertaking the work. Proactively communicate with and influence
clients to approve and process payables for our services.
- Accountable for developing a risk management plan, risk
mitigation and compliance plan.
- Coordinate work effort and resources across multiple teams,
workstreams and interdependencies to meet milestones and ensure
successful project delivery.
- Implement CannonDesign process expectations, best practices,
reference standards, tools, templates, and technology to achieve
competitive advantage, quality service delivery, enhanced team
productivity and profitability. Responsible for ensuring that the
team meets statutory requirements for the project.
- Leverage experience and judgement to anticipate potential
issues and ensure appropriate client and internal communication
including written project documentation regarding design,
construction, and other issues to clients in a clear and compelling
way. Accountable for maintaining the project record, including but
not limited to capturing and documenting key decisions and records
within the CannonDesign standard file structure.
- Accountable for implementation of the QA/QC process. Monitor
the technical quality of the projects. Enforce the application of
QA/QC process standards andrequirements. Additionally, be an active
participant in the QA/QC process.
- Manage and coordinate workload of team and provide leadership
of team activities. Communicate client objectives to team members
in a clear and compelling way. Provide constructive feedback and
mentoring to team members. Identify and share lessons learned with
teams.
- Collaborate effectively with all team members. Generate and
support a positive team environment: participation, empowerment,
and accomplishment.
- Manage design and documentation process and implementation of
the design during the construction process.
- Facilitate key meetings and presentations as required,
including regular status/progress updates with clients, internal
project teams and firm leadership.
- Participate in Business Development activity and proactively
partner with Marketing and Office Leadership as needed to help grow
top line.
- Build and maintain positive client relations throughout the
life of the project.
- Work with other project management leaders in the firm to
develop and share best practices and efficiencies, educating on and
sharing project management skillsets including a unique Project
Director Team focused, specifically large complex project
delivery.
- Perform other duties as assigned.ABOUT YOUR QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, construction,
or related degree required.
- MBA or business degree a plus but not required.
- Current Licensure or registration in the United States
preferred.
- LEED accreditation preferred.
- PMP Certification preferred.
- Minimum 15 years of related experience managing large
multi-disciplinary projects with construction budgets of over
$250M.
- Corporate Commerical or Science and Technologyproject
experience preferred.
- Proven track record of managing projects with large complex
teams that have achieved financial goals.
- Demonstrated strong client and team leadership skills.
- Must have the ability to lead clients and teams.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
- Strong business acumen, technical knowledge, coordination and
communication skills and the ability to build a rapport with the
project team and client is essential.
- Familiarity with MS Project, Deltek Project Planning, Revit,
Microsoft Office, MS Project, Deltek Vision, Bluebeam as well as
other data management software is required.
- Ability to travel to thewest coast on a regular basis as
required. The salary range for this position to be filled in the
San Francisco, CA office is $185,600.00 to $232,000.00 annually.
This salary range is the range we believe is the anticipated range
of possible base compensation at the timing of the posting. We may
ultimately pay more or less than the anticipated salary range for
the position. Employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
We offer a full benefit package including medical, dental and
vision coverage and flexible spending account options and voluntary
insurances. We have paid time off, flex-time summer hours, remote
work options and a 401k plan and employee perk programs. For a
general overview of our benefits, please visit our careers page at
www.cannondesign.com/careers/. Actual compensation may vary from
posting based on geographic location, work experience, education
and/or skill level. ABOUT WORKING HERE
- We are relentless in our pursuit of client adoration (not
simply satisfaction). Consistent delivery of the best service is
what we are about.
- We are committed to ensuring our practice is equitable for all
employees, representative of the communities around us - and
focused on the future of design. We advocate for equity, diversity,
and inclusion efforts through the leadership of our DEI Council,
Employee Resource Groups and other community advocacy
initiatives.
- We're about communication and transparency here. If you want to
talk to someone about an idea you have, or a challenge that needs
addressing, we're ready for you. For a general overview of our
benefits, please visit our careers page at
www.cannondesign.com/careers/ Please note that candidates can only
apply to our positions on our company Careers site. It's not
uncommon for scammers to create positions that look legitimate on
other sites; never enter your information or apply for CannonDesign
positions on any platform. Should an issue arise that you feel we
should be aware of, please contact us. Please provide your resume
and portfolio when applying. As a condition of employment, all
employees are expected to complete mandatory training, including
compliance training, within required timeframes and adhere to our
internal policies and our Code of Conduct. CannonDesign recognizes
the value of diversity in our workforce. We are committed to equal
opportunity. We consider all qualified employment applicants
without regard to race, religion, color, gender, age, national
origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, partnership status,
protected veteran status, disability, or any other status protected
by federal, state, or local law. Individuals who hold legal work
authorization applicable to employment at CannonDesign in the
United States will be considered without regard to
citizenship/alienage.
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