Architectural Project Manager, K-12 Education

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.

Are you passionate about making a difference in K-12 with creative, high-performance, sustainable schools that help students engage in learning and teachers engage in teaching? If so, our Boston office has an opening for you as an Architectural Project Manager who will help to lead and build our growing K-12 sector in New England.  

About DLR Group 

DLR Group is guided by our Core Values: Commitment, Creativity, Environmental Stewardship, Fun, Integrity, Ownership, Sharing, and Teamwork. These values inspire us and connect us in everything we do.  

Our promise is to elevate the human experience through design. This creates a culture of design that fuels the work we do around the world. We are 100 percent employee-owned: every employee is invested in our clients’ and firm’s success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary employee-owner teams, engaged with stakeholders through the entire lifecycle of a project. These teams champion true collaboration, open sharing of information, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to elevate design and performance. We operate within a hybrid work model, allowing flexibility between office time and work from home. 

About K-12 Education at DLR Group  

At the start of the 2025 school year, DLR Group will open 29 new or renovated schools, serving over 36,500 students nationwide. Through our work, we are able to have a tremendous positive impact; through our collaboration, we have become thought leaders in education. Our national team of educators, architects, researchers, data scientists, anthropologists, planners, engineers, high-performance analytics experts, and interior designers create evidence-based designs that elevate teaching and learning by bridging the gap between old and new and improving all facets of operations. Recognizing the rapid pace of technological, social, and cultural change, our K-12 Education Studio collaborates with educators and schools nationwide to navigate this change, ultimately serving communities more effectively, reducing carbon and increasing resiliency, and enhancing well-being and educational outcomes for students and teachers. 

Position Summary 

DLR Group relies on all our employee-owners to apply their skills to achieve the goals newly defined in our Vision 2030 Strategic Plan. As an Architectural Project Manager, you will oversee all aspects of projects, including managing project teams, coordinating with external consultants, and ensuring adherence to project schedules, budgets, and fees. You will be responsible for maintaining high standards of performance and design excellence through the entire lifecycle of a project. Additionally, you will be accountable for the financial success of your projects, ensuring they remain on schedule and within budget. If you are a collaborative thought leader with a strategic mindset this is the position for you.  

What you will do: 

• Support business development by participating in RFQs, RFPs, client interviews, and networking. 

• Assist in negotiating scope of services, fees, and preparing Owner/Architect and Architect/Consultant Agreements. 

• Lead management of all required services, coordinating scope, fees, deliverables, and schedules for all disciplines and consultants involved. 

• Develop comprehensive project work plans, including schedules, milestones, and staffing, and manage execution of those plans to meet client and project goals. 

• Lead and mentor project teams, ensuring alignment with project work plans, and maintain regular communication with clients to manage expectations. 

• Collaborate with design leaders and high-performance design experts to ensure compliance with or exceeding client and project goals, including NZE/NZC, applicable codes, and DLR Group quality standards and control procedures. 

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in architecture and professional licensure in Massachusetts. 

• Minimum of 12+ years of experience, including 5+ years of experience as a project manager, with proven leadership in managing teams and guiding complex projects through all phases of the design process. Experience delivering projects in the MSBA Core Program. 

• Proficiency in project management software and Microsoft Office Suite (including Project); proficiency in REVIT software. Strong working knowledge of design techniques, tools, and sustainable/adaptive design principles for producing technical plans, drawings, and models.  

• Excellent written, verbal, and graphic communication skills, with demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and develop junior staff in both communication and technical skills. 

• Working knowledge of local building and zoning codes, with experience guiding teams in compliance and regulatory requirements 

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.

DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.