Interiors Project Manager

NBBJ is an award-winning design firm recognized as a TIME100 Most Influential Company, a Fast Company Most Innovative Architecture Firm and a two-time 2025 AIA National Honor Award recipient. These recognitions reflect our purpose-driven approach that, fueled by ideas and a culture of collaboration, creates healthy buildings, strong communities and a resilient environment. That’s where you come in. With leading clients, diverse colleagues and offices in creative capitals around the globe, a career at NBBJ will inspire you to be extraordinary. You can learn more about our firm, see what it’s like to work here and explore recent projects and ideas at NBBJ.com. Join us to make an impact today! 

The role at a glance:

Join NBBJ's Seattle 31 Studio—our dynamic Corporate/Commercial Practice—as a Project Manager driving transformative Commercial Interiors projects for industry-leading clients. This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced design professional who thrives on complexity, excels at leading high-performing teams, and is passionate about delivering sustainable, innovative workplace environments that shape how people experience the built environment. The successful candidate will bring exceptional leadership capabilities, strategic thinking, and a proven track record of managing sophisticated interior design projects from pre-design through construction administration. You'll collaborate with some of the most talented designers in the industry while engaging NBBJ's extensive global resources to achieve design excellence and measurable impact.

In your new role, you will: 

• Lead and inspire design teams – Plan, organize, and mentor multidisciplinary teams of 5-10+ design professionals, fostering collaboration and design excellence
• Champion project delivery – Ensure accuracy, quality, and design intent across all project deliverables and documentation
• Cultivate client relationships – Serve as the primary client liaison, building trust and long-term strategic partnerships that generate repeat business and referrals
• Drive fiscal accountability – Lead decision-making with full financial responsibility, managing project budgets, schedules, and profitability targets
• Strategize and execute – Develop comprehensive project work plans that balance design ambition with operational realities
• Contribute to business growth – Participate in proposal development, client presentations, interviews, and strategic business development initiatives
• Ensure seamless communication – Oversee all project correspondence, reports, documentation, and administrative functions
• Solve complex challenges – Apply deep knowledge of interior architecture and design principles to navigate technical, programmatic, and logistical complexities
• Negotiate and manage contracts – Draft, review, and negotiate client and consultant agreements
• Collaborate firm-wide – Partner across NBBJ studios an