Senior Manager, Architectural Design (Calgary)

Anthem Properties • Calgary, AB

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This role leads Anthem's team of architectural technologists, focusing on product innovation, architectural compliance, and process excellence. The Senior Manager will collaborate closely with Construction, Estimating & Purchasing, Sales, and Interior Design to ensure designs are buildable, code-compliant, and delivered on schedule. The ideal candidate is a strong communicator with superior organizational skills, proactive, innovative, detail-oriented, results-oriented, open to feedback, and thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in Architecture, Architectural Technology or a related field.
• Minimum 8-10 years in residential drafting and design.
• 2-3 years of leadership experience.
• Advanced proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD and Microsoft Office.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Proven experience with project cost controls and maintaining set budgets.
• The ability to align design operations with long-term business goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the architectural design team on day-to-day plan development, drafting, and review, modeling integrity and technical rigour.
• Partner with cross-functional teams in a synergistic manner; proactively seek out input and opportunities to work effectively together.
• Lead the preparation and review of home plans, elevations, and specifications using CAD/BIM software, ensuring accuracy and buildability across all active and future product.
• Review and approve construction drawings and detail packages prepared by the team, ensuring designs are accurately coordinated with structural, mechanical, and civil engineering inputs.
• Oversee rigorous quality control of drawing sets across the plan library, and oversee accurate specification documentation across all product lines.
• Lead initiatives to standardize, document and implement design standards, including plan libraries, spec templates, and code compliance checklists, across the organization.
• Lead significant process and system improvement initiatives - modernizing legacy design processes and tools, and building the infrastructure needed to support a growing, increasingly complex organization.
• Develop and implement design strategies to modernize product development and improve processes, owning current-state gaps rather than waiting for someone else to fix them.
• Lead initiatives to strengthen internal controls over design and drafting, particularly around drawing revision tracking, plan sign-off, and change management.
• Ensure accurate submissions and compliance with all building code, zoning, and municipal permitting requirements across the organization.
• Act as a senior point of contact for architectural design queries from internal and external partners.
• Oversee quarterly and annual product development deliverables and design-for-cost initiatives across the organization.

Benefits

• Unlimited career growth opportunities
• Mentorship from the ‘best in the biz’
• Corporate Give Strategy supporting community development
• Annual salary reviews and performance bonuses
• 100% employer paid Benefit Plan with Healthcare Spending Account and Employee Assistance Program
• Educational Assistance Program
• ‘Dress for your day’ policy

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree