Technical Design Manager | Architecture | Construction Management

Company Description

Bridge Associates is a project and program management consulting firm specializing in the planning, execution, and delivery of complex capital improvement projects. We represent owners, developers, and institutional clients across the life sciences, healthcare, technology, education, infrastructure, commercial, and housing sectors.

Our role is to guide projects from early planning through design, construction, occupancy, and closeout by providing thoughtful leadership, proactive risk management, and clear communication. We help our clients successfully deliver challenging projects by aligning multidisciplinary teams, managing contracts, supporting project controls, and driving informed decision-making throughout the project lifecycle.

As a growing company, every member of our team has the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on our clients, our projects, and the future of Bridge Associates.

Bridge Associates is seeking an experienced Technical Design Director to support a major capital development program for one of our life sciences clients in the San Francisco Bay Area.

This senior-level role will provide technical design leadership across multiple concurrent capital projects, with responsibility for establishing consistent architectural and technical design standards, drawing collaboration systems, design governance, and multidisciplinary coordination.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned architect or technical design leader with extensive experience delivering large, complex projects and coordinating multiple design firms, engineering disciplines, contractors, and client stakeholders. This position requires someone who can establish systems and standards, identify and resolve technical interface issues, and provide clear direction across complex project teams.

• Establish and manage campus-wide technical design standards, drawing protocols, design workflows, and Common Data Environment (CDE) requirements across multiple concurrent projects.
• Lead multidisciplinary design coordination across architectural, structural, civil, landscape, MEP/FP, and other technical disciplines, including model integration, clash detection, constructability reviews, and resolution of project interfaces.
• Develop and maintain clear design governance, including RACI matrices, consultant scope boundaries, drawing deliverables, handoff requirements, and review/approval workflows.
• Establish and oversee technical design and QA/QC standards to promote design consistency, code compliance, constructability, sustainability, and long-term asset performance.
• Coordinate technical interfaces between adjacent projects and design teams to identify gaps, overlaps, and conflicts before they impact construction.
• Provide technical leadership to architects, engineers, specialty consultants, contractors, and internal stakeholders, including resolution of escalated design and constructability issues.
• Ensure design deliverables comply with applicable building codes, AHJ requirements, accessibility requirements, client standards, and established technical guidelines.
• Develop strong working relationships across internal teams, design consultants, contractors, and regulatory stakeholders while driving accountability and timely resolution of technical issues.

• 15+ years of experience in architecture, technical design management, and delivery of large, complex capital projects.
• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Architectural Engineering, or a related field required;
  Master's degree in Architecture preferred.
• Active Registered Architect (RA) license strongly preferred.
  
  Demonstrated experience serving as a Lead Technical Architect, Technical Design Manager/Director, or similar technical leader on large-scale, multidisciplinary projects.
• Advanced knowledge of architectural detailing, building systems, envelope/façade design, MEP/FP integration, constructability, and multidisciplinary drawing coordination.
• Extensive experience establishing and managing BIM/CDE and drawing collaboration environments using platforms such as Autodesk Construction Cloud/BIM 360, Navisworks, Civil 3D, or…