Program Manager, Architecture & Design

Ware Malcomb • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

As a Program Manager at Ware Malcomb, you will lead the successful delivery of projects for assigned accounts by setting strategic direction, establishing clear standards, and overseeing execution from design through construction. You will serve as the primary point of contact for a key client managing communication flow, coordinating consultants and internal teams, and aligning project delivery with client goals. In this role, you will also support team development, maintain schedules and financial forecasts, and help build scalable program structures that ensure consistency, efficiency, and long‑term client success.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience within the field of architecture, construction or real estate and a minimum of 5 years of management experience
• Program Management experience including staffing, planning, and people management, managing performance and profitability, financial planning, promoting process improvement and strategic planning
• Adept at dealing with complexity, analyzing information, conflict resolution and implementing company vision
• Highly analytical and organized
• Excellent teambuilders
• Great negotiator and influencer
• Must have exceptional leadership and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred equivalent of a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture or related field

Responsibilities

• Accomplish strategic objectives by overseeing multiple project activities
• Plan and monitor overall program execution
• Project coordination and project team management
• Create and maintain program budgets
• Manager resources across multiple projects
• Stakeholder communications, negotiations, and problem-solving
• Communicates job expectations by planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contribution
• Achieves operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews and prepare action plans
• Implement production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards by resolving problems, completing audits, and identifying trends determining system improvements, and implementing change
• Meet financial objectives by preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level