Senior Project Manager; Campus Planning & Urban Design

Description

BBB is seeking a Senior Project Manager with extensive experience managing complex campus planning and urban design projects to join our New York or Boston Office. Our Campus Planning and Urban Design Studio is based in New York, but we welcome applicants located in Boston, as the role can be supported from either location. We are looking for candidates with subject‑area expertise in architecture, campus planning, urban design, mixed‑use development, and master plans, with an emphasis on programming and space use, adaptive reuse, public realm and open space, resilience and sustainability, mobility innovation, and a range of building typologies including higher education, institutional, mixed‑use, and affordable housing.

Meaningful and inclusive campus and community engagement is a significant aspect of our work, with projects often involving multiple stakeholders and community groups. In addition to meeting scope, schedule, and budget goals, a Senior Project Manager implements the project's breadth with ingenuity and leadership.

Campus Planning and Urban Design are central to BBB’s mission and form a significant part of our multi‑disciplinary practice. We work with clients and communities across the US and internationally to envision the future of campuses, neighborhoods, and cities and to imagine and plan renovation, adaptive reuse, and new development. Our projects range from campus and facility master plans to urban development plans, downtown vision plans, and waterfront revitalization and involve a mix of institutional, public, and private clients.

BBB’s Urban Design studio is a highly collaborative team environment, and joining the team offers growth potential within the studio and the firm.

• Serve as the primary client liaison to ensure the project's successful completion, including managing the project schedule, budgets, contracts, and invoicing, and act as the team leader on a day‑to‑day basis.
• Prepare management plans and work proactively with the Partner or Principal in Charge for project success.
• Regularly prepare and deliver project presentations to the client, internal and external stakeholders, campus and community groups, boards, public agencies, and others.
• Estimate and negotiate fees, determine scope of work, and prepare proposals and contracts.
• Provide oversight and monitoring of the project team's work, including internal staff and consultants.
• Manage project staffing: ensure the team has adequate resources to complete their tasks and effectively delegate assignments to achieve an equitable balance of work, tailored to each team member’s core strengths.
• Develop building‑scale, site‑scale, and large‑scale master plan concepts, as well as campus and urban framework plans.
• Coordinate with related disciplines, internal and/or external to BBB, including programming, space utilization, landscape architecture, civil engineering, transportation, real estate economics, historic preservation, and others.
• Develop a project schedule, coordinate with other team members, create agendas and meeting minutes, and document project process and outcomes.
• Conduct research and analysis that inform design, planning, and space‑use strategies and approaches.
• Research technical, architectural, zoning, building code, and other requirements that inform urban design and planning concepts.
• Lead the creation of campus and community and stakeholder engagement materials and facilitate engagement events, such as meetings, town halls, and open houses.
• Participate and/or guide team members in preparing illustrative and technical drawings, including site plans, sections, 3D visualizations, renderings, hand sketches, conceptual diagrams, and others.
• Lead the creation of presentations, written narratives, and other materials to support project communication with the client, consultants, and stakeholders. Lead the writing and the creation of final deliverables.
• Regularly communicate with the Partner or Principal in Charge, urban design team members, and consultants.
• Apply current and future‑forward design best practices for sustainable and equitable design, leveraging current and leading design…