Project Manager - Design and Construction Security Clearance

Position: Project Manager - Design and Construction with Security Clearance
New Project Manager - Design and Construction Arlington, VA Apply ABOUT NOOKS Are you seeking an exciting and unique opportunity to grow and support our national security? As a startup, we are offering a limited-time opportunity to be an equity owner in a pioneering new industry. Nooks is pioneering Classified Infrastructure-as-a-Service (CIaaS) to provide government and industry partners with the fastest, most efficient access to classified infrastructure.

We are building a nationwide network of accredited classified spaces and systems, ensuring that the best technologies equip our nation’s warfighters. At Nooks, we value innovation, collaboration, and a service-first mindset. About the Role You will lead the end-to-end delivery of Nooks’ physical spaces — from early design coordination through construction and handoff to Operations. This role exists because building accredited classified environments at speed and at scale requires a single owner who can hold scope, schedule, and budget across every site, translate Nooks’ product standards into buildable solutions, and keep architects, engineers, and general contractors moving toward handoff.

You will report into Nooks’ Construction function within Product as an individual contributor, working from a remote or hybrid base with travel of up to 50% to project sites. In this role, you are an individual contributor as part of the Nooks Construction Team, under the VP of Product. You will work on a remote or hybrid basis with travel to project sites up to 50% of the time.  

This is a builder role. While you’ll have clearly defined ownership areas, priorities shift quickly in a fast-moving, build-heavy environment, and the right person steps into whatever the project needs — making decisions with imperfect information, improving the process as they go, and treating every build as a chance to make the next one more repeatable.

Key Responsibilities Design Coordination & Documentation
* Coordinate the full drawing process across schematic design, design development, and construction document (SD, DD, CD) phases, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment to Nooks standards
* Partner with Product Security to translate program and accreditation requirements into buildable, repeatable solutions
* Review drawing sets with architects and engineers to resolve constructability issues before they reach the field Construction Execution
* Oversee general contractors and vendors through construction, owning schedule tracking, site coordination, and issue resolution
* Review requests for information (RFIs), submittals, and change orders against design intent and budget before approval
* Lead permitting and approvals, managing submissions and comment responses to protect the schedule Project Controls & Delivery
* Own each project from early design through turnover, holding scope, schedule, and budget at every stage
* Track milestones and surface risks early, driving mitigation before they affect delivery
* Partner with Finance to monitor budgets, validate changes, and maintain financial control across the project lifecycle Quality & Closeout
* Enforce build quality and consistency as Nooks scales across sites, reinforcing repeatable standards
* Run internal and external project meetings that keep decisions, accountability, and momentum on track
* Drive closeout — punch lists, final inspections, and handoff to Operations What Success Looks Like in This Role Within the first year, this person has taken multiple Nooks sites from design through turnover on schedule and on budget, with no surprises that leadership learns about late. Drawing sets move cleanly through SD, DD, and CD because issues are caught and resolved before they reach the field.

Contractors and vendors are managed tightly, with RFIs, submittals, and change orders reviewed against both design intent and budget. Construction leadership relies on this person as the single owner of delivery for their projects — knowing the status, the risks, and the path to handoff at any moment. As the playbook matures, each build is more repeatable than the last.

Cross-Functional Expectations You will work…