Senior Project & Program Consultant (Senior Workplace Design Manager- Architectural )
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Job Summary
Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
The Senior Workplace Design Manager Architectural is responsible for managing and coordinating workplace design projects lead the assurance of design quality consistency and cost-effectiveness across workplace interior architecture projects ensuring alignment with organizational standards and stakeholder requirements. As a key core member of the Centre of Excellence (COE) team this role collaborates with internal business units project managers and external consultants to deliver high-quality consistent design solutions. The position involves organizing meetings setting and tracking deliverables and supporting operational efficiency and continuous improvement. Strong organizational communication and leadership skills are essential alongside the ability to adapt to changing priorities and foster proactive problem-solving within the team.
Role accountabilities:
- Integrated Design Coordination: Lead collaboration across Corporate Services and Technology stakeholdersincluding Workplace Planning IT Security and Multimediato identify design impacts and drive integrated technical solutions.
- Design Standards & Compliance: Review interior design deliverables against global vision documents and guidelines ensuring any deviations or necessary regional customizations are identified and addressed with the appropriate stakeholders.
- Stakeholder Liaison & Socialization: Act as the primary link between the COE and regional Capital Management teams to align project timelines and ensure all design sign-offs are secured from key stakeholders prior to execution.
- Strategic Workplace Strategy: Leverage global planning metrics governance policies and lessons learned to implement workplace strategies that drive consistency while optimizing project-specific delivery.
- Value Engineering & Cost Optimization: Proactively identify cost-saving opportunities and lead value engineering initiatives to improve project efficiency without compromising design intent or quality.
- Team Leadership & Development: Manage and mentor a reporting team driving talent development succession planning and a culture of continuous improvement to enhance overall operational effectiveness.
- Operational Governance: Facilitate regular team meetings to cascade strategic objectives troubleshoot operational challenges and provide performance updates to COE Leadership to ensure alignment with global project goals.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelors degree in Architecture (required) as well as experience working within an investment bank or financial services industry strongly preferred.
- Minimum 10-14 years experience in Workplace Interior Architecture Interior Design or Commercial Design Management.
- Proven organizational skills ability to prioritize to meet deadlines and provide high quality service to clients.
- Distils complex information to the essential for client decision-making. Capable of participating in discussions with internal clients on design construction and space use concepts.
Awareness of the linkage between design real estate planning and financial results.
Why Arcadis
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.
Together we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why equality and inclusion is at the forefront of all our activities. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer; women minorities and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race caste creed colour religion sex age disability marital status sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- Project Management Methodology
- Presentation Skills
- Project / Program Management
- Program Management
- Agile
- Process Improvement
- Conflict Management
- Earned Value Management
- Project Management
- Product Management
- Microsoft Project
- Contracts
About Company
Arcadis is the leading global design & consultancy firm for natural and built assets. We are more than 27,000 people, in over 70 countries, who are dedicated to improving quality of life. We do so by developing innovative solutions to create liveable cities, to establish a people-cent ... View more
