Senior Project Manager

Located in Boston’s bustling Innovation District, TRIA seeks highly motivated, entrepreneurial people to join our rapidly growing team. A partner‑led architecture firm with a focus on building long‑term client relationships through innovative design solutions to our clients’ business challenges, we approach our work with equal parts passion and precision. Our clients are commercial and science & technology organizations whose mission to discover, advance, and innovate inspires our own approach.

Ours is a fast‑paced environment with significant opportunities for candidates who thrive on challenge, want to make their voice heard, and enjoy working both independently and as part of a team.

The Senior Project Manager will have 10+ years of experience in the design of life sciences projects for R & D, Biotech, and Biopharma, including laboratories and similar research spaces. The Senior Project Manager will provide thought leadership and be responsible for managing projects and project teams to ensure the completion of multiple, complex projects while satisfying the needs of the client and managing budget, cost & schedule while maintaining design criteria.

This position will include regular client contact and involvement with design and production for a variety of project types.

• Manage client communications including client priorities, goals, processes, expectations and
• Provide client with written reports and updates, meeting minutes, schedules and
• Manage teams, collaborate with directors and
• Schedule and lead internal and external meetings during all phases of design and
• Develop and maintain project scope, work plans, schedule, and budget to reflect the goals and priorities of the client and the Firm’s core values. Motivate and mentor team members and their professional development.
• Handle consultant communications for project scope, proposal fees, design schedules and
• Prepare proposals in collaboration with Marketing
• Oversee the review and preparation of presentations, budgets, staffing assignments and project
• Review project financials on profitability, budgets, billings, invoicing, expenses, projected earnings and burn rates.
• Review/negotiate contracts, agreements, additional services, change order proposals, and pay
• Review fee proposals from consultant candidates, execute agreements with consultant
• Review firm’s QA/QC for project manual, project documentation, deliverables,
• Work to ensure projects are completed in the timeliest and most cost effective manner. Prepares written documentation of project status.
• Manage communication between project team, client, vendors, contractors, and consultants
• Manage time and workload to meet project task deadlines and
• Responsible for overall firm administrative execution for all
• Assist in review of planning and design concepts with
• Assist Design Team members with the development of the design concept and
• Initiate and direct basic building systems working with consultants and
• Responsible for completeness and accuracy of construction documents and coordination with other disciplines. Review of final drawings and specifications at each phase against checklists.
• Coordinate and obtain Principal signature on permit
• Assist Project Team in responding to RFIs and coordinate issuing addenda with staff and
• Administer the construction contract or supervises the appropriate staff
• Perform or assign site observation, and field reports on a monthly basis, at
• Regularly communicate with Project Manager and superintendent of contractor performing
• Manage, direct, or coordinate regular audits to ensure direct logging of submittals and timely response of RFI’s.
• Oversee the preparation of Proposal Requests, Change Orders, Requisition s and Certificates of Payment, Construction Change Authorizations, and Supplementary Instructions.
• Manage the coordination and preparation of alterations to the plans and specifications to generate bulletins.
• Provide design team with construction document deficiencies on a continuing
• Provide summary lessons‑learned to office at substantial
• Additional supervisory roles: organizing objectives, delegating responsibility, training,…