Senior Project Manager - High‐End Residential

Job Description

Job Description

About Design Build Architects

Design Build Architects is an architect‐led design‐build firm focused on high‐quality residential work in older New England homes: complete gut renovations, additions, custom homes, and high‐end kitchen & bath remodels. We handle design, permitting, and construction under one roof so homeowners have a single accountable team from first sketch to final walkthrough.

The Role

We’re hiring a Senior Project Manager who can independently run $1.8–2.2M/year of mixed residential projects and protect both schedule and gross margin. This is not a coordinator role. You will own your projects as if they were your own small business inside ours, with compensation tied to the gross profit you help create.

What You’ll Do

• Own projects from pre‐construction handoff through punch list, final payment, and warranty.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects: full gut renovations, additions, custom homes, and kitchen & bath remodels.
• Build and maintain baseline schedules; keep 2–6 week look‐aheads current and realistic.
• Run weekly job‐cost reviews: budget vs actual, variances, and change orders.
• Lead and coordinate subcontractors and the site supervisor; walk jobs regularly.
• Enforce written change orders before extra work is performed; control scope creep.
• Communicate proactively with homeowners living through renovations.
• Keep project management software (Buildertrend or similar) fully updated with budget, schedule, daily logs, and documents.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of project management experience in residential remodeling and/or custom homes.
• Recent track record managing at least $1M/year in completed projects.
• Experience with projects ranging from ~75k kitchen/bath remodels up to 1M+ whole‐home or new‐build jobs.
• Ability to speak in numbers: contract value, estimated margin, actual margin, and schedule for your last 3–5 jobs (we will ask).
• Strong command of scheduling, job costing, and subcontractor coordination.
• Experience with construction PM software (Buildertrend, CoConstruct, Procore, etc.).
• Massachusetts residential experience; CSL and/or PMP a strong plus but not required.
• No degree required. We care more about a proven track record running profitable projects than a diploma.

Compensation

• Base salary: Target $85,000–$105,000, depending on experience.
• Performance bonus: Percentage of gross profit above a margin floor on the projects you manage.
• Example: hit volume and margin targets and total compensation is realistically $115,000–$140,000+, with upside as you grow your book of business.
• In other words, we pay more when your projects produce more profit – true performance‐based upside.
• Mileage / phone stipend and standard benefits (details in interview).

How to Apply

To be considered, you must include answers to these 3 questions in your message or application notes:

• In the last 12–24 months, roughly how much total contract value did you manage?
• Describe your last 3 projects (contract value, estimated vs actual gross margin, original vs actual duration).
• What project types do you know best (gut renos, additions, custom homes, kitchens/baths)?

We’re looking for someone who wants to think and act like an owner: you’ll see job‐level P&Ls and be rewarded for protecting both schedule and gross profit.