Senior Design Manager

Summary

Clark is currently seeking highly talented Senior Design Managers.  Senior Design Managers are integral members of our design-build project teams across the country.  As a Senior Design Manager, you will provide critical guidance to partnered design firms on one or more of our projects--leveraging internal resources, creativity, professional relationships, and proven processes to manage complex workflows.  Key responsibilities include:

• Successfully delivering a design that is on budget, on schedule, and compliant with program standards

• Actively leading an integrated design-build team, including regular interfaces with clients, designers, trade partners and other key stakeholders

• Leading stakeholder decision meetings, design progress meetings, and design conferences

• Shaping design deliverables and workflow during the design process, including critical decisions regarding design packaging to support subcontracting and permitting 

• Organizing and leading the design review process to ensure collection and resolution of all issues

• Managing design issue resolution in real-time

• Leading collaboration internally with technical teams, project managers, cost managers, and purchasing agents

• Participating in development of RFP and RFQ responses including providing strategic insights to pursuit strategy
   

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or graduate degree in a related field (e.g. Business, Real Estate, Architecture, Construction, Engineering, Economics, etc.) preferred

• 8+ years relevant work experience managing development and/or design to achieve pro-forma goals--cost, schedule, and program

• Technical expertise in building enclosures and/or MEP systems

• Experience managing staff and outside stakeholders

• Working knowledge of Revit and other BIM-related design tools strongly preferred

• Must have strong interest in Design-Build delivery 

Skills & Abilities:

•  Strong knowledge of design and cost management principles and practices

• Clear understanding of integrated design and construction schedules 

• Appreciation and understanding of architecture firms’ business model, design principles, and process

• Ability to lead a collaborative design process with various stakeholders

• Strong leadership, communication and relationship-management skills

• Ability to train, manage, and influence direct reports

• Ability to motivate and collaborate with peers working at other firms

• Ability to work with and present to executive leadership

• Ability to participate in pursuit efforts for design-build projects

• Self-motivated, organized team player with ability to manage work priorities in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to develop and maintain a collaborative, creative work environment and influence others 

• Alignment to Clark Standards of Excellence: self-motivated, results-oriented, adaptable, team player, accountable, ethical, innovative, resilient, builds relationships, builds people/teams and followership, sets direction, and executes

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