Project Manager IV - Vivarium

ABOUT THE ROLE

As Project Manager IV for the Vivarium Workstream, your primary responsibility is to oversee project management activities for a large, multifaceted, and complex science project situated within an on‑site office environment. This role requires providing strong leadership to the team, ensuring effective integration across multiple workstreams, mentoring team members, and advancing the overall quality of work. You will play a critical part in integrating a diverse range of design services, managing project processes efficiently, and achieving solid financial outcomes.

The project itself is highly significant, involving the design of a 1.25 million square foot laboratory facility for a leading biotechnology company based in San Francisco, CA. In this capacity, you will work closely with the Laboratory and primarily the Vivarium team, as well as the client, to coordinate planning efforts that stem from multiple stakeholder meetings, necessary approvals, and project delivery requirements. Core day‑to‑day partners will include project and technical directors, the vivarium planning team, architectural design and interiors teams, engineering teams, and other project managers responsible for various workstreams. Your ability to collaborate and coordinate with these groups is essential to the successful execution of the project.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Lead, develop and nurture a successful partnering relationship with our clients which will lead to future opportunities for CannonDesign.
• Develop and maintain positive client relations throughout the life of the project. Communicate design, construction, and other issues to clients in a clear and compelling way.
• Develop a Partnering relationship with the client early in an engagement to establish shared expectations and provide clarity on how we will work together, the involvement of key stakeholders, and the timing of key decisions.
• Ensure appropriate client and internal communication including written project documentation.

Play a lead role in key meetings and presentations.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED

The salary range for this position to be filled in the San Francisco, CA area is $106,200 to $132,800 annually. This salary range is the range we believe is the anticipated range of possible base compensation at the timing of the posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the anticipated salary range for the position. Employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses. We offer a full benefit package including medical, dental and vision coverage and flexible spending account options and voluntary insurances. We have paid time off, flex‑time schedules, remote work options and a 401k plan and employee perk programs. For a general overview of our benefits, please visit our careers page at https : / / www.cannondesign.com / careers / benefits. Actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and / or skill level.

ABOUT OUR FIRM

CannonDesign is a design practice where strategy, experience, architecture, engineering, and social impact converge. We don’t just dream up solutions — we create and bring them to life in ways to solve some of the biggest challenges facing our clients and the society. At the heart of everything we do is Living‑Centered Design, a bold commitment to using our talents to not just improve the world but to truly reshape it for the better. It’s more than a philosophy — it’s who we are, and it drives us to make a meaningful, lasting difference every day.

ABOUT WORKING HERE

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As a condition of employment, all employees are expected to complete mandatory training, including compliance training, within required timeframes and adhere to our internal policies and our Code of Conduct.

CannonDesign is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CannonDesign is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free from any and all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment. It is therefore the firm’s policy to prohibit discrimination and harassment against any applicant, CannonDesign employee, vendor, contractor, or client on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. It is also CannonDesign’s policy to prohibit any and all forms of retaliation against any individual who has complained of harassing or discriminatory conduct, or participated in a firm or agency investigation into such complaints.

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