Senior Design Build Design Manager

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

At Jacobs, we are shaping the future of infrastructure and the built environment through innovative delivery models that increase certainty, accelerate schedules, and create greater value for our clients. As Design‑Build and Progressive Design‑Build continue to transform project delivery throughout California, we are seeking a highly experienced Senior Design Manager - Design for Design‑Build (D4DB) based in Northern or Southern California to help lead the pursuit, planning, and execution of major alternative delivery projects across California and the broader West region.

This is a senior leadership role within our Cities & Places business focused on complex vertical building projects delivered through Design‑Build, Progressive Design‑Build, CMAR, and other collaborative delivery models. The successful candidate will have a proven track record leading major building projects from procurement through delivery and will bring strong, active relationships with leading California contractors, developers, and design‑build partners.

As a Senior Design Manager, you will lead integrated teams of architects, engineers, planners, interior designers, specialty consultants, and construction partners to develop winning technical solutions that balance owner expectations, contractor priorities, innovation, constructability, cost, schedule, and design excellence. You will play a key role in helping Jacobs expand its Design‑Build presence across California's building markets, including commercial, civic, higher education, municipal, industrial, advanced technology, aviation support facilities, mixed‑use, and workplace environments.

The ideal candidate combines technical leadership, pursuit experience, contractor collaboration, and business development acumen, with a demonstrated ability to develop trusted relationships and successfully deliver projects through alternative delivery models.

Please note This is a hybrid position requiring regular attendance in a Jacobs office and travel throughout California for contractor engagement, client meetings, pursuits, workshops, and project activities.

• Lead Design‑Build, Progressive Design‑Build, CMAR, and other alternative delivery pursuits and projects for complex vertical building developments throughout California.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with leading California contractors, developers, and design‑build partners to support Jacobs' strategic growth objectives.
• Serve as Jacobs' design leadership representative during contractor engagement, pursuit development, project interviews, partnering workshops, and executive‑level client interactions.
• Partner with contractor teams during procurement and preconstruction phases to develop innovative, competitive, and executable design solutions.
• Lead multidisciplinary design teams through all phases of project delivery, from pursuit and proposal development through final design and construction support.
• Drive design strategies that optimize cost, schedule, constructability, risk mitigation, operational performance, and sustainability while maintaining design excellence.
• Facilitate collaborative workshops involving clients, contractors, architects, engineers, consultants, and end‑user stakeholders.
• Guide development of technical concepts, validation packages, pursuit deliverables, design narratives, and Alternative Technical Concepts (ATCs), where applicable.
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