Design Project Manager

Description

 As a Design Project Manager at MetroNational, you will deliver innovative design projects through all phases, from concept through completion. This role is responsible for managing internal and external project teams, coordinating consultants, supporting contract documentation, maintaining project schedules, and ensuring projects are delivered with attention to quality, budget, schedule, and client service. The Design Project Manager serves as a primary point of contact for assigned projects and works closely with Development, Design leadership, consultants, contractors, and internal stakeholders to support successful project execution. 

Reporting to the Director of Design, this position plays an important role in advancing MetroNational’s design standards, supporting real estate development and renovation initiatives, and helping translate design vision into clear, coordinated, and executable project documentation. The role requires strong project management skills, architectural knowledge, consultant coordination experience, sound judgment, and the ability to communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences. 

The Design Project Manager will also assist with consultant procurement, design documentation review, construction administration, jurisdictional coordination, project reporting, change order tracking, and cross-functional communication. 

This position supports a culture of teamwork, accountability, creativity, professionalism, and continuous improvement while helping MetroNational deliver high-quality projects that support long-term value and legacy. 

Core Values

At MetroNational, Integrity, Trust, Impact, and Legacy are more than Core Values. They guide how we work, lead, and show up every day. These Values shape our decisions, interactions, and expectations across the organization. 

• Integrity: We do what’s      right, the right way, every time. 
• Trust: People can      count on us because we do what we say. 
• Impact: We are driven      to make everything we touch better. 
• Legacy: Rooted in      history, we build with the future in mind. 

Key Responsibilities

Project Management and Delivery

• Manage assigned      design projects from concept through completion, ensuring quality,      schedule, and budget expectations are met. 
• Manage multiple      projects simultaneously while maintaining clear priorities, timelines,      documentation, and communication. 
• Prepare,      maintain, and update project schedules, workplans, and project trackers to      support design leadership visibility and weekly staffing discussions. 
• Monitor overall      project health, including administrative, financial, technical, schedule,      consultant, and documentation-related matters. 
• Identify      changing project conditions, risks, or issues that require escalation to      the Director of Design or Executive leadership. 
• Support      projects through planning, design development, construction documentation,      construction administration, and project closeout. 
• Help identify      and mitigate design, cost, schedule, documentation, and coordination risks      throughout the project lifecycle.  

Design Leadership, Coordination, and Documentation

• Coordinate with      internal design, development, construction, leasing, accounting, and other      teams to support successful project execution. 
• Coordinate      project consultants through all phases of the project, including concept      design, schematic design, design development, construction documentation,      and construction administration. 
• Communicate      design intent clearly with architects, structural consultants, MEP      consultants, contractors, and other project partners.  
• Review design      consultant documentation for alignment with project goals, design quality,      code considerations, constructability, schedule, and budget. 
• Oversee or      support the production of high-quality drawing and documentation sets      prepared by internal or external resources. 
• Prepare,      maintain, and distribute accurate project records, meeting notes, reports,      action items, and related documentation. 
• Support the      development and review of contract documents, proposals, scopes of work,      and consultant deliverables. 

Consultant Procurement and Contract Support

• Assemble      consultant teams for assigned projects by identifying required scope,      gathering fee proposals, supporting consultant selection, and facilitating      contracts. 
• Support the      procurement process for outside des