Senior Workplace Design Manager

£55,000K -£80,000K + Excellent Benefits
London – No Hybrid
Revit

Large respected Architectural practice has started their search for a Project Lead with 10 years plus experience in the UK workplace marketplace within the interiors arena. You will need to have a proven background managing all the phases of the design process, managing teams, and resolving complex issues from concept through to technical delivery. Understanding how buildings are constructed and building codes are of course key, and working knowledge of Revit and AutoCAD is a massive plus, candidates with this software will be considered first.

Responsibilities

• Develop and nurture positive relationships with existing client contacts, optimizing all potential opportunities.
• Maintain an awareness of existing clients’ business objectives, plans, target audience, and market trends, and ensure that appropriate opportunities are identified to generate further demand for services.
• Responsible for the day-to-day delivery of projects ensuring they are delivered on time and on budget.
• Lead and facilitate the overall cross-functional project team.
• Focus on the smooth management of the project process, ensuring clarity of requirements, deliverables, timelines, and visibility against fees throughout the project life cycle.
• Ensuring that the requirements regarding services, schedule and cost overview are met.
• Prepare, communicate, and monitor project work plans, budgets, and deliverables for client and internal teams.
• Prepare and review proposals, contracts, and consultant agreements.
• Manage multiple aspects of client, team and project coordination, including full documentation coordination with structural, MEP, lighting, AV, landscape, civil and other consultants.
• Actively take ownership of problems and successful resolution planning in consultation with Studio Directors.
• Support and contribute to new business development with both current and potential clients.
• Contribute positively to Project reports and staffing meetings with concise and accurate information to continually improve the studio’s delivery and financial objectives.
• Monitoring and increasing the studio's delivery and financial targets.
• Review internal project accounting documents and process draft project billing.
• Work alongside Design Director and the Marketing team to ensure that the project story is documented and that photography/videography is arranged, as needed.