Project​/Program Manager; Interiors - Campus Planning & Capital Projects - Enterprise Physical

Scheduled Hours

40

Leads the end-to-end delivery of interior planning and signage services for multiple capital and departmental projects, oversees a portfolio of interrelated programs aligned with institutional strategy, and manages staff and outside vendors. Serves as a key partner to senior leadership and acts as the owner’s representative for the university’s built-environment initiatives across campus, with a focus on interior environments, way finding, and campus signage systems.

Primary

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Supervises a small team, assigns and monitors work, mentors staff, conducts site inspections, and ensures efficient use of resources across a large campus/building portfolio. Provides guidance related to interior scope coordination, signage standards, finishes, and furniture implementation.
• Manages interiors and signage scope on multiple facilities and capital projects from initiation through design, construction, and close-out, ensuring compliance with building codes, safety standards, budgets, and timelines. This includes interior renovations, space planning, interior finishes, art selection, furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E), and coordination of interior signage and way finding elements.
• Oversees and manages multiple programs, develops, tracks, and analyzes KPIs, coordinates cross-functional teams, aligns with strategic priorities (including long‑range/5–10‑year planning), monitors performance, and recommends process improvements. Supports the development and implementation of interior design and signage standards across campus.
• Serves as primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders: prepares reports and updates, manages risks and issues, ensures timely resolution of obstacles, and fosters a high‑performance team environment. Collaborates with architects, designers, user groups, and signage consultants to ensure functional, accessible, and cohesive interior environments.
• Supports senior leadership in project prioritization, future planning, expenditure approvals, and emergency repair/small‑project oversight, including interior repair and refresh projects.
• Contributes to department initiatives, for example, workload leveling meetings, interior and signage design standard updates, program pilot efforts, and participation on the extended leadership team.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions:
Job Location/Working Conditions

• Normal office environment.

Physical Effort

• Typically sitting at a desk or table.
• Typically standing or walking.
• Repetitive wrist, hand, or finger movement.
• Ability to move to on and off-campus locations.

Equipment

• Office equipment.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education.

Certifications** /Professional Licenses **:

No specific certification/professional license is required for this position.

Work Experience:

Architectural Design, Design/Build, Renovation, Space Planning, And/Or Construction Management (7 Years)

Skills:

Not Applicable

Driver’s License:

A driver’s license is not required for this position.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Seven (7) years of experience in Interior Design and/or Interior Renovations.

Bachelor’s degree
- Architecture, Bachelor’s degree
- Interior Design

No additional certification/professional licenses unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Higher Education, Medical School, Healthcare, Or In Facilities Planning And Project Management (10 Years)

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