What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager - Sport Architecture position at PBK?
The Project Manager is responsible for overseeing all aspects of architectural projects, with an emphasis on Sports Architecture across K-12 athletics, collegiate facilities, and professional sports venues. The Project Manager oversees the Project Architect to ensure the highest quality construction documents and coordinates all phases of project delivery, including Pre-Design, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents, Bidding, and Construction Administration. This position reports to the Client Executive/Principal Architect and is charged with ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget, in alignment with PBK’s quality and client service standards.
Your Impact
Your Impact
- Supervise and manage Project Architect and the project team to ensure high quality construction documents.
- Ensure that the project is completed on time and within budget.
- Organize and direct the architectural and/or engineering teams to execute the work in an orderly, timely, and coordinated manner.
- Direct, organize and mentor junior staff with responsibility oversight of their assignments.
- Responsible for maintaining positive client relationships throughout project. Keep client apprised of project progress on regular basis.
- Provide technical advice to the project team.
- Support Client Executive and/or Principal Architect in supervision and delegation of work.
- Lead Construction administration jobsite meetings with contractors and owners.
- Sports Architecture emphasis: Coordinate specialized programming and stakeholder input typical to athletic facilities (e.g., coaches, athletic directors, operations, donors), and manage project requirements tied to performance, durability, safety, and event-day operations across K-12, collegiate, and professional levels.
- Demonstrated experience managing architectural projects through design and construction administration, including schedule/budget responsibility.
- Experience leading and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and overseeing production of construction documents.
- Strong working knowledge of project delivery processes and coordination with consultants, contractors, and owners.
- Ability to communicate clearly with clients and project stakeholders and maintain strong working relationships.
- Proven leadership skills, including mentoring and delegating effectively to drive results.
- Strong technical acumen with the ability to guide teams through design/coordination challenges.
- Ability to lead and document construction administration meetings and manage follow-through on action items.
- Project experience in Sports Architecture—athletic facilities for K-12, collegiate, or professional organizations (arenas, stadiums, fieldhouses, training centers, competition gyms, natatoriums, etc.).
- Familiarity with sports-specific planning considerations such as sightlines, egress/crowd flow, back-of-house operations, athlete performance spaces, event-day logistics, durability, and maintenance.
- Experience navigating complex stakeholder environments (coaches, athletic directors, boosters/donors, facility operations, governing bodies).
- Strong coordination skills on technically complex projects with multiple systems (structural, MEP, lighting, acoustics, AV/scoreboards/ribbon boards).
- Comfort leading projects with fast-track schedules, phased construction, or active-campus/active-venue constraints.
- A track record of producing clear, coordinated deliverables and driving accountability across internal teams and external partners.