Design Project Manager

Adrenaline designs and builds people-first experiences that help brands and businesses drive growth and transformation. The Design Project Manager leads environmental design and branded space projects from discovery and planning through design completion and implementation handoff, managing scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and cross-functional coordination.

Responsibilities:

• Develop project plans that define scope, timing, budget, assumptions, resources, responsibilities, dependencies, milestones, and decision points
• Engage Account Management, Strategy, Brand Design, Environmental Design, Production, SMEs, vendors, and partners to align requirements, responsibilities, and delivery plans
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, forecasts, hours, vendor costs, risks, approvals, decisions, deliverables, and action items throughout the project lifecycle
• Maintain proactive communication with Account Management on project status, risks, and recommendations with clarity, transparency, empathy, and practical solutions
• Drive projects through design completion by securing timely decisions, adapting to changing conditions, protecting scope and margin, and ensuring deliverables meet quality expectations before client review
• Prepare projects for implementation by coordinating a complete and accurate handoff of scope, design intent, decisions, documentation, budgets, assumptions, risks, and outstanding items to implementation teams
• Apply consistent project management practices across environmental design, brand, and marketing initiatives through design completion and implementation handoff

Requirements:

• 3+ years of project management experience in environmental design, branded environments, experiential design, or related fields
• Understanding of environmental design delivery from strategy and concept through design development and implementation handoff, including awareness of production, sourcing, fabrication, construction, and installation requirements
• Proven success managing complex, cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders, priorities, and deadlines
• Experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, resource plans, forecasts, risks, and change orders
• Strong communication, facilitation, organization, and relationship-building skills
• Agile, adaptable, detail-oriented, and solution-focused
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Smartsheet, SharePoint, and related project management tools
• BA/BS degree or equivalent professional experience
• Agency experience preferred
• Experience supporting branding and marketing initiatives is a plus
• Financial services, banking, or credit union experience is a plus