Director of Project Management

Job Description

Position Summary :

The Director of Project Management is a leadership position created to assist in maintaining the quality & consistency of JLA’s project management - at all phases of a project’s lifecycle. To help meet this goal, the Director of Project Management’s general responsibilities shall include :

• Continual collaboration with JLA’s Director of Architectural Operations to conceive, evaluate, improve, implement, and oversee project management goals, objectives, processes, initiatives, and standards.
• Providing regular, structured support to all Project Managers in their work - encouraging a sound & consistent Project Management approach across the firm, evaluating how Projects are ‘tracking’ with workplan & schedule expectations, and proactively identifying project challenges & strategizing about potential solutions.
• Providing organic collaboration, support, and mentoring to all JLA Team Members in their work.

The Director of Project Management will be a member of JLA’s Operational Leadership Team – which currently includes the firm’s President, the Director of Architectural Operations, the Director of Quality Control, the Director of Design, all Office Directors, the Director of Team Development, the Director of Business Development, and the Director of Marketing. The Operational Leadership Team serves as an ‘Advisory Team’ for the firm’s President as well as a collaborative peer group for which members operate under a model of ‘Dynamic Subordination’ to continually improve the way the firm operates.

The Director of Project Management will report to, and take general direction from, JLA’s Director of Architectural Operations. The Director of Project Management will have a considerable amount of autonomy - expected to prioritize, coordinate, and execute their work with little direction. The Director of Project Management is expected to be highly collaborative – with substantial collaboration with the Operations Team and JLA’s Project Managers.

Although this position shall have no ‘direct reports’, the Director of Project Management will be expected to effectively advise & support all JLA team members with varying levels of experience, knowledge, and skillsets – but will primarily be interacting with Project Managers.

Periodic travel to all JLA offices may be required. The expected workload would be between 43-45 hours per week. Although JLA offers ‘work-mode’ flexibility, it is expected that the Director of Project Management would regularly perform their responsibilities ‘in person’ with the potential for periodic remote work when appropriate.

Specific functions & responsibilities of the Director of Project Management include, but are not limited to, the following :

Administration & Operational Responsibilities :