Project Manager
Birmingham, MI - USA
Job Summary
Agency:
FutureBrandJob Function:
Projects and Performance ImprovementJob Subfunction:
Project and Program ManagementJob Description:
Who we are
At FutureBrand our mission is to create a more positive world through branding. And doing so is our passion. Every day everywhere brands impact our lives and the decisions we make from our health money and home to the energy we consume the resources we use and how we connect with the world around us. The most successful brands create positive sustainable change for today and for the future.
Internally we are building a culture that is aligned to our values of being progressive adaptable collaborative and empowering. Our community is one that celebrates everyones individuality and provides an equitable culture where everyone can thrive and achieve their full potential.
Who you are
Youre proactive.
You anticipate challenges before they become problems and enjoy bringing structure to complex projects.
Youre collaborative.
You build strong relationships across clients consultants vendors and multidisciplinary internal teams.
Youre organized.
You thrive in fast-paced environments balancing multiple projects while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.
Most importantly youre uniquely you.
There is no single path to becoming a great project manager at FUTUREBRAND; our differences in experience and perspective make our work better.
What the role is
Our Project Manager II leads the day-to-day development and management of multiple projects from initiation through completion. They partner with Studio Leadership to ensure projects are delivered on time within budget and at the highest level of quality. A Project Manager II proactively manages schedules financial performance staffing consultant coordination and client expectations while identifying opportunities to improve project outcomes.
Project Leadership Delivery:
- Proactively guide multiple projects through the internal system identifying risks early and developing contingency plans before issues impact schedule budget or scope.
- Manage multiple concurrent projects while balancing competing priorities and maintaining exceptional client service.
- Maintain detailed project documentation and communicate project status milestones and risks to internal and external stakeholders.
- Drive schedule adherence across internal teams clients architects engineers consultants vendors and other project partners.
- Facilitate internal design reviews and cross-functional coordination.
Financial Scope Management:
- Maintain organized project files documentation revisions and updates.
- Own the financial performance of assigned projects including budgets forecasting vendor billing expense tracking profitability and financial reporting.
- Track project hours and utilization to ensure efficiency and recommend adjustments to maintain profitability.
- Monitor project scope throughout delivery and collaborate with Business Leadership to develop additional service requests change orders and fee adjustments when appropriate.
Resource Team Coordination:
- Uphold the confidentiality of our clients and FUTUREBRANDs proprietary information.
- Coordinate and oversee staff resources partnering with Studio Leadership and Resource Management to ensure projects are appropriately staffed.
- Forecast upcoming resource needs and communicate staffing requirements to support current and future project planning.
- Develop and maintain project matrices schedules specifications quantities finishes and production information.
- Manage vendor and consultant relationships to ensure deliverables are accurate on schedule and within budget.
Business Development Client Support:
- Participate in business development efforts by supporting proposals fee development project scoping and client presentations.
- Assist with product purchasing retail site audits and installation coordination as required.
Knowledge Skills
- Excellent organizational communication and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to anticipate risks and develop proactive solutions.
- Strong understanding of project financials scheduling and resource planning.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and external consultants.
- Strong client service mindset with excellent written and verbal communication.
Education Experience
- Bachelors degree in Business Marketing Communications Architecture Interior Design Industrial Design or related field preferred.
- 35 years of project management experience within a design consultancy architecture/interior design firm branding agency retail design firm or consumer products organization.
- Experience managing project budgets schedules consultant coordination and multiple concurrent projects.
- Experience participating in proposals fee development or business development is preferred.
- Experience with project management resource planning and financial tracking software.
Equal Employment Opportunity
We believe that ideas get better when they are inherently diverse and shared in highly inclusive waysand we want to hear from those who think differently from us. We truly believe in the strength ofdiversity and the richness it can bring. By bringing different people together great things happen.
FUTUREBRAND is an equal opportunity employer (EEO). We provide equal employment opportunities toall qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identitynational origin age protected veteran or disabled status genetic information or any characteristicprotected by federal law. We will not ask about incarceration history at any point in the applicationprocess.
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65000K-80000K
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Required Experience:
IC