Project Design Technology Manager - BIM

At Gensler, wedesignfor people. We leverage our global perspective and local presence to innovate at every scale. We're not just designers. We're tinkerers, craftspeople, visionaries, innovators,and thought leaders. Fueled by passion and entrepreneurial spirit, our people bring new ideas to solvethe world's mostchallenging problems, like designing amoreresilient, inclusive, and equitable future for our communities and cities.

Placed at the heart of Gensler's People + Process + Technology the Design Technology Community is key to the firm's digital transformation of our creative and project delivery practices throughout the globe. Our ultimate outcome is to co-create a design technology ecosystem that enables our practitioners to leverage the most advanced methodologies and technological solutions reaching a new level of creativity and delivering the most impactful designs to our clients. So, if you are a disruptive technologist that's ready to change the world with big and impactful ideas, we want you to join our growing and innovative team!

Your Role

We are seeking experienced design professionals with a passion for experimentation, innovation, and problem-solving to join our Design Technology community as a Project Design Technology Manager for a large-scale mega project that reimagines an urban complex and revolutionizes city life. Prioritizing efficiency, sustainability, and adaptability, the project requires creative approaches, global collaboration and integrated teamwork to realize these values. You will use your soft skills, relationship building and technical expertise to drive with confidence the Building Information Modeling (BIM) processes and innovation on this project. This role will sit in the Chicago office. In this role, you are the technology heartbeat of the project(s) you are on. A critical multifaceted role that provides technical leadership, strategic value and deep tactical expertise in the design technology and digital project delivery space enabling the team(s) you support and aligning with project and client priorities/requirements.

Reporting directly to the Regional Design Technology Director and Studio Director, you will use your soft skills, relationship building and technical expertise to drive with confidence process innovation, optimization and digital workflows/platforms creation and implementation in partnership with your fellow project members and in collaboration with the Regional Design Technology Team. Ultimately, we believe that this role is a key contributor to delivering the highest value and best outcomes to our clients.

What You Will Do

• Lead, manage and coordinate various Design Technologies Leads and their associated workstream project teams with all efforts and deliverables related to BIM.
• Lead collaboration efforts with contractor and owner BIM groups on large projects setting. Co-ordinate regularly with all project stakeholders including Client, Program Management team, Executive Architect Team and Consultant BIM Managers
• Identify and resolve opportunities around model-management to optimize performance and user experience. Validate and conduct compliance checks for BIM specific deliverables.
• Recognize the degree and complexity of a project and co-author the right design technology strategy to optimize project performance as well as support an integrated and lean project delivery framework.
• Support the implementation, management, and execution of BIM/digital modeling pipeline on the project throughout all phases of the design process.
• Author/Develop or support the development of project-specific BIM Execution Plans (BEPs) in line with the Project-specific requirements.
• Author/Develop design solutions to address project needs using various tools, scripting, and workflows.
• Articulate and report on key performance indicators of design technology practices across the duration of the project.
• Establish, communicate, and interpret changes in best practices, protocols, and other related matters.
• Mentoring and train project team on best practices in BIM and elevate the baseline aptitude of project teams using BIM.
• Partner with Regional Design Technology Leaders to monitor and report on model metrics and incorporate workflows and best practices. Identify and support internal innovations initiatives meant to stream overall project development and associated deliverables, creatin of new tools and technologies. Execution of digital fluency between design applications to eliminate waste.