Senior Manager, Architecture and Design

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Position Summary:

The Sr. Manager, Architecture & Design is responsible for overseeing and managing projects from conception to completion, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. This role involves leading project teams, coordinating with architects and consultants, and providing strategic direction to achieve project goals.

 

Coordinates all project efforts in order to ensure effective execution, prepares strategic plans, and serves as primary liaison between third party consultants and ownership. Estimates scope of work and oversees less experienced team members. Handles the most complex projects of the largest magnitude. Responsible for coordination of all project efforts, administrative and technical, to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective execution of assigned projects. Prepares strategic plans for project success. Serves as the primary liaison contact with Sr. Dir. of Architecture and Design to complete projects on schedule, within budget, and with maximum ownership satisfaction. Actively manages ownership budgets, schedules, and programs; project communications and documentation; office administrative tasks; and project team assignments. Estimates fees, determines the scope of work, and prepares proposals and contracts on the most complex projects. Provides oversight and monitoring of the work of less experienced team members. May act in a team leader capacity in the absence of the Sr. Dir. of Architecture and Design. The right candidate should thrive in working in a dynamic, team environment and work alongside the Product Development team to ensure the brand vision and goals are effectively manifested in design.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Design and Technical Excellence:

• Oversee the design of large developments in hospitality, and commercial applications.
• Participate in or lead the management of deliverables at all project phases.
• Support RCI policies on project delivery, quality control, and safety
• Have the skills to provide quick mark-ups, alternative solutions for areas that need immediate responses.
• Possess excellent multi-disciplinary technical knowledge.

Communications:

• Maintain internal stakeholder and consultant relationships.
• Facilitate and hold team and consultant meetings.
• Lead and inform the Project Team of changes and updates.
• Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion.
• Understand how to communicate difficult/sensitive information and challenges.

Leadership:

• Identifies opportunities for improvement and makes constructive suggestions for change.
• Remains engaged and knowledgeable regarding emerging industry practices.
• Desire and ability to lead and contribute on multiple levels within the design process

Additional respoinsabilities:

• Independently coordinate work of Project Architects and balance multidiscipline team throughout the entire project's development
• Be an active participant in all product, design and production meetings to gain a thorough understanding of project vision.
• Participate in reviews with various governing agencies for code compliance
• Conduct concept design, schematic design, design development, and contract document work sessions in conjunction with the Sr. Dir of Architecture & Design, Dir. of Architecture & Design, Project Architect and other disciplines
• Coordinate workload through entire project development to complete documents on schedule
• Track financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust work effort with team to ensure that work is completed within parameters of agreed-to schedule
• Possess excellent multi-disciplinary technical knowledge.
• Supports Product Development team is providing all necessary assets and studies for executive project alignment
• Serves as the main liaison for design related updates to the core project teams made up of members from the product development, project management, construction and operations teams.
• Communicates effectively with consultants and internal project team to identify needs, evaluate alternative solutions, and deliver value added services.
• Facilitates consultant meetings as needed to drive the project goals and timelines forward.
• Effectively communicate relevant project information to internal leadership, including facilitating ideation sessions, technical reviews, and overall feas