Design Manager - Lifestyle - Senior
About The Position
As a Gensler Design Manager, you will leverage your attention to detail and interpersonal skills to deliver exceptional client projects on time and on budget. Grow your project management experience while working on trendsetting projects across industries. Gensler is a dynamic and collaborative design firm uniting creativity, research, and innovation to solve complex problems for our clients. Our work challenges conventional ideas about architecture and the built environment. We aren’t just designing buildings—we are reimagining cities and places that make a difference in people’s lives. Founded in 1965, Gensler has built a team of 6,000 professionals who partner with clients in over 100 countries each year. Everything we do is guided by our mission: to create a better world through the power of design.
Requirements
- 12-15 years of related experience, including demonstrated success as a project manager on a range of lifestyle (retail, hospitality, mixed-use, entertainment) project types
- Experience with the entire project lifecycle, through post-occupancy
- Experience leading, managing and mentoring multiple project teams
- Experience negotiating project scope and fees
- Knowledge of building codes, standards and building structures
- Proven fiscal accountability and responsibility on projects
- Strong leadership, organization, communication and relationship management skills
- Revit skills are highly valued
- Must have the ability to maintain existing client relationships and build new client relationships
- Accredited degree in Architecture or Interior Design required
Responsibilities
- Manage all phases of lifestyle projects, including project set-up, design and construction administration
- Create and communicate clear and attainable project objectives and project requirements
- Manage project scheduling, budgets, and set-up with sub-contractors, vendors and consultants
- Manage a range of project team sizes, comprised of project architects, interior designers, job captains and graphic designers
- Track financial performance of project
- Prepare project proposals, negotiate contracts and fees, coordinate bidding process
- Ensure projects conform to contract
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- wellness programs
- paid holidays
- paid time off
- contributions to the RRSP
- twice annual bonus opportunities
- reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees
- tuition reimbursement for certain eligible programs or classes
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
