Senior Project Manager
About the job
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction or related degree required.
- Minimum of 12 years related experience, that includes managing projects with construction budgets of $70M required.
- Current Licensure preferred.
- LEED certification preferred.
- Capability of performing in a project management role for large or multiple projects and training project managers.
- Strong client leadership and project team management capability for large or multiple projects.
- Must possess strong business acumen.
- Ability to perform as a leader of authority, with expert level knowledge.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong technical knowledge, coordination skills and the ability to build a rapport with the project team and client is essential.
- Familiarity with Revit, Microsoft Office, MS Project, Deltek Vision, Bluebeam as well as other data management software is required.
- Lead, develop and nurture a successful partnering relationship with our clients which will lead to future opportunities for CannonDesign.
- Develop and maintain positive client relations throughout the life of the project. Communicate design, construction, and other issues to clients in a clear and compelling way.
- Develop a Partnering relationship with the client early in an engagement to establish shared expectations and provide clarity on how we will work together, the involvement of key stakeholders, and the timing of key decisions.
- Ensure appropriate client and internal communication including written project documentation.
- Play a lead role in key meetings and presentations.
- Participate in Business Development activity and partner with Marketing and Office Leadership as needed to help grow top line.
- Understand our contractual obligations to the client and the project to ensure that the team delivers on expectations for our scope of work and required services. Work proactively with the client to identify and obtain approvals for additions to scope of work or services prior to undertaking the work. Proactively communicate with and influence clients to approve and process payables for our services.
- Lead project teams, in conjunction with the client leadership, to develop project goals and work plans, and achieve quality, budget, schedule, innovation and profitability objectives.
- Facilitate the development, evolution and management of the work plan, budget, and schedule. Preferred tools include MS Project and Deltek Project Planning.
- Manage design and documentation process and implementation of the design during the construction process.
- Accountable to maintain the project record, includes but not limited to capture and documenting key decisions and records within the CannonDesign standard file structure.
- Accountable for Risk mitigation and Compliance.
- Accountable for developing a risk management plan and managing project Risks.
- Collaborate effectively with all team members. Generate and support a positive team environment: participation, empowerment, and accomplishment.
- Implement CannonDesign Method using process expectations, best practices, reference standards, tools, templates, and technology to achieve competitive advantage, superior service delivery and quality, and enhanced team productivity and profitability.
- Manage and coordinate workload of team and provide leadership of team activities. Communicate client objectives to team members in a clear and compelling way. Provide constructive feedback and mentoring to team members. Identify and share lessons learned with teams.
- Be a proactive resource to project teams in their decision-making processes and in the development of technically sound and innovative planning and design solutions.
- Meet with project team members on a regular basis to monitor work in progress and to assure that the firm’s best practice standards and procedures are being implemented.
- Responsible for ensuring that all statutory requirements for the project are achieved.
- Accountable for the QA/QC process. Monitor the technical quality of the projects. Enforce the application of QA/QC process standards and requirements. Additionally, be an active participant in the QAQC process.
- Coordinate with the Project Architect and the Quality leader in planning the work.
- Participate in negotiating the contract with other project leadership, the Business Practice Leader and Legal Team.
- Act as a mentor to less experienced staff and train other project managers.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Current Licensure preferred.
- LEED certification preferred.
About the company
CannonDesign is a global architecture and engineering design firm that provides integrated design services, including architecture, engineering, and strategic planning for education, healthcare, corporate workplaces, and cultural institutions. The firm focuses on transforming spaces to improve life and helps clients achieve goals like enhanced learning, medical training, workplace productivity, and social inclusion.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
M&A
Total Funding
$2.7M
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1945
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What believers are saying
- August 2026 healthcare awards validate CannonDesign's physician, campus, and clinical planning strength.
- May 2026 regional health leaders and August 2026 planning promotions expand account coverage quickly.
- September 8, 2026 Bassin appointment strengthens Incubate & Launch and new venture development.
What critics are saying
- Integrating Ennead through 2027 can distract leaders and blur studio autonomy.
- Healthcare revenue concentration exposes CannonDesign to hospital capital freezes at Northwestern Medicine and Cleveland Clinic.
- HKS, Perkins&Will, and Gensler keep bidding aggressively; one weak pursuit can erase margin.
What makes CannonDesign unique
- CannonDesign combines architecture, engineering, Blue Cottage consulting, and Amp innovation under one platform.
- April 21, 2026 Ennead acquisition deepens CannonDesign's education, health, and civic expertise instantly.
- Rob Masters, Ben Bassin, and Curtis Clay show CannonDesign attracts specialized leaders from elite institutions.
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Top 60 Public Library architecture firms for 2026. CannonDesign, HBM Architects, Quinn Evans, SmithGroup, JLG Architects, Diamond Schmitt Architects, Gensler, Finegold Alexander Architects, and Stantec top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest public library architecture and architecture/engineering (AE) firms for 2026, as reported in BD+C's 2026 Giants 400 Report. By David Barista, Editorial Director Sept. 22, 2026 CannonDesign, HBM Architects, Quinn Evans, SmithGroup, JLG Architects, Diamond Schmitt Architects, Gensler, Finegold Alexander Architects, and Stantec top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest public library architecture and architecture/engineering (AE) firms for 2026, as reported in BD+C's 2026 Giants 400 Report. 2025 Public Library Revenue CannonDesign $9,000,000 HBM Architects $7,500,000 Quinn Evans $5,190,523 SmithGroup $4,612,621 JLG Architects $4,500,000 Diamond Schmitt Architects $3,155,000 $2,964,288 Finegold Alexander Architects $2,408,544 $2,316,368 Perkins&Will $2,166,965 McMillan Pazdan Smith $1,736,425 Grimm + Parker Architects $1,730,311 $1,538,000 $1,298,438 Steinberg Hart $1,102,390 Clark Nexsen $1,101,358 Netta Architects $1,000,000 MKM architecture + design LSE Architects H2M architects + engineers Cushing Terrell
Introducing its 2025 Sustainability Impact Report. September 21, 2026 CannonDesign is proud to share its third annual Sustainability Impact Report, building on the work CannonDesign outlined in 2023 and 2024. This year's report focuses on its 2025 actions, offering a transparent look at its progress to date and the priorities that will guide CannonDesign next. Planet 2100 continues to anchor the report, pushing CannonDesign to weigh how today's decisions ripple into the future. CannonDesign believe design has real power to shape a healthier planet, and this report shows how that belief is playing out in practice. A few highlights from this year's report: * CannonDesign achieved carbon neutrality in its business operations. Its 2025 emissions are fully accounted for, with Scope 2 electricity use offset by 100% unbundled Renewable Energy Certificates and remaining emissions covered through carbon credits. * CannonDesign now have 379 LEED certified projects and counting. * Its sustainability team has grown to 23 teammates dedicated to sustainable and regenerative design. * CannonDesign advanced its work bringing building material impacts into the center of its design and specification process. * Its acquisition of Christner Architects and Jenkins - Peer Architects deepened its firm's expertise in adaptive reuse and sustainable historic preservation. Christner also brought an in-house landscape architecture team with deep experience designing native landscapes and a broader range of sustainable design work. * CannonDesign climbed eight spots to #4 in Interior Design magazine's "Sustainability Giants" ranking. * Fortune named us to its "Change the World List," citing its sustainability leadership as a key factor. * CannonDesign hit new milestones in mass timber, building electrification, historic preservation and adaptive-reuse design. Thank you for your continued interest in its sustainability journey. This report is part of an ongoing commitment, and CannonDesign hope you'll continue to follow its progress in the years to come.
Skyline Glass fabricates feature wall for Cancer Center. September 15, 2026 Skyline Glass partnered with CannonDesign to fabricate a floor-to-ceiling donor recognition feature wall for the Irma and Norman Braman Comprehensive Cancer Center, a new cancer care facility overlooking Biscayne Bay in Miami Beach, Florida. Project details. Inspired by the colors and atmosphere of the waterfront setting, the installation transforms a functional donor recognition element into a signature architectural feature within the lobby. The project showcases the integration of four decorative glass processes within a single wall system, all executed at Skyline's Chicago manufacturing facility. The custom installation combines a color-matched digital gradient, eco-etch patterning from Skyline's design library, back-painting for opacity, and laminated construction. Together, these processes create a layered visual experience that complements the center's contemporary seaside aesthetic while supporting both donor recognition and wayfinding. "Projects like Braman demonstrate what's possible when multiple decorative glass disciplines are brought together under one roof," says Mark Toth, national sales director, Skyline Glass. "By coordinating digital printing, etching, back-painting, and lamination as a single fabrication process, we're able to help designers realize concepts that would be difficult to achieve through fragmented production." The digitally printed gradient establishes the custom color palette, while the etched pattern introduces texture and visual depth across the glass surface. Back-painting provides the opacity required for wall cladding applications, and lamination protects the decorative layers while enhancing durability for a demanding healthcare environment. Skyline fabricated the feature wall as a fully integrated glass system and installed the panels using the company's Vector Glass System. Project team. * Project: Irma and Norman Braman Comprehensive Cancer Center * Location: Miami Beach, Florida * Architect: CannonDesign * Glass Fabricator: Skyline Design * Hanging System: Vector Glass System
Ben Bassin, MD, named Physician Executive in Residence, Innovation. September 8, 2026 CannonDesign is excited to share that Ben Bassin, MD, FACEP, EDAC, has been officially named its company's inaugural Physician Executive in Residence, Innovation. Dr. Bassin is now officially part of its Incubate & Launch convergence platform, focused on advancing its research and innovation goals. In this role, he will be a firmwide resource, available to impact every market, practice and initiative across the company. It has been three years since Dr. Bassin originally joined CannonDesign as the firm's first-ever innovation fellow. While originally part of Blue Cottage of CannonDesign, he quickly found ways to forge positive impact across all of CannonDesign, with a distinct focus on healthcare and Amp, its firm's in-house innovation engine. * Every day I'm inspired by the intelligence and creative willpower that exists across CannonDesign. With this new formalized role, I'm excited to do even more to help its people, teams, and projects set new precedents and paradigms across the industries CannonDesign serve. Dr. Ben Bassin Physician Executive in Residence, Innovation The former Director of Emergency Critical Care at Michigan Medicine, the first emergency department-based intensive care unit in the US, Dr. Bassin will continue to serve as a faculty member, clinical professor, attending physician and Director of Innovation for Michigan Medicine's Department of Emergency Medicine and Division of Critical Care. Moving forward, Ben will be a Principal in the firm and continue to focus on innovation, working closely with Amp, its Research Corps, and the firm's Health for All convergence platform to advance new ventures, technologies, products and services across the company with special emphasis on health. Ben will also be deeply focused on helping its company initiate new strategic partnerships with research teams, incubators, start-up companies, health systems, colleges and universities and other entities focused on leveraging innovation to shape a brighter future.
Fast Company recognizes CannonDesign as Best Workplace for Innovators. September 8, 2026 For the third consecutive year, CannonDesign is recognized by Fast Company as one the Best Workplaces for Innovators across the world. This distinguished list celebrates organizations that empower innovation from every corner of their company. CannonDesign stood out from the more than 1,200 organizations that applied for this prestigious recognition. Other companies listed include Anthropic, Formation Bio, Planet Labs, American Express, Red Oak and Bose among others. These companies share a commitment to unlocking the potential of creative individuals and teams. They understand the ultimate employee perk is the opportunity to do career-defining work. This recognition comes amidst a transformative year for CannonDesign. Here are just some of the innovative highlights from its firm's trajectory in 2026: * CannonDesign announced three acquisitions this year - Scion Advisory Services, Ennead Architects and Cityfi - that expand the firm's reach, capabilities and growth potential. * Its team is actively working with some of the most visionary organizations of its time including Mayo Clinic, The Alice Walton Foundation, the California Institute of Technology, University of Utah, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center along with numerous others. * Its technology and digital products teams launched its own generative AI product that revolutionized its team's collective ability to access information and knowledge across the firm. They are also advancing novel solutions spanning agentic AI, quantum computing, connected API's vector technology tools, design automation and more. * Amp, its firm's in-house innovation engine, hosted a companywide Innovation Exchange that spanned 20+ in-person and virtual ideation sessions resulting in more than 80 idea signals. * CannonDesign is harnessing smart-building technology to create remarkably sustainable buildings. To date, CannonDesign has designed 379 LEED-certified projects, 13 net-zero energy projects and 7 WELL projects. * Its Blue Cottage of CannonDesign team built Play Anyway, a narrative map focused on the state of women's and girl's sports in America that took top honors via the Environmental Systems Research Institute * Through Open Hand Studio, its public interest design armature, its firm was part of a coalition that created the first new hospital to open in Ukraine since its ongoing war started in 2022. CannonDesign is thrilled to once again be recognized by Fast Company as a Best Workplace for Innovators and look forward to continuing to set the pace for discovery in its industry and beyond.