The Manager, Corporate Offices Architecture & Green Design will be the project lead to ensure optimal project delivery for Tiffany & Co.’s corporate projects while achieving budget and schedule and quality.

Planning

• Build project briefs, programs/schedules and budgets that respect the Corporate offices/locations lifecycle and key project milestones. 
• Manage and build project brief with all stakeholders.
• Align with Store Design and all stakeholders on project milestones and overall schedule.
• Review and negotiate work letters with landlord and conduct initial site reviews.
• Advise on market conditions that effect schedule and budget.
• Drive and respect the critical milestones and deliverables of the lifecycle to achieve project approvals and funding.         
• Agility to adapt the lifecycle to achieve faster and more efficient schedules.
• Leverage project resources of architects, supplies, and GC’s to achieve project schedules. 

Execution

• Manage approved schedules to achieve all critical milestones. Adjust and update as needed during the lifecycle of a project.
  • Manage Tiffany stakeholders’ (Store Design, Procurement, IT, Security, Merchandising, Ops), external consultants (architects, engineers, etc.), and general contractors and suppliers to achieve committed milestones. 
  • Coordinate and manage drawing sets and milestones from schematic and design development, and construction documents.  Review drawings and conduct page turns at milestones. 
  • Utilize Tiffany systems (Unifier, Coupa, Plangrid) for drawing and budget, PO submissions and management.
• Manage budgets during the lifecycle. Call out and manage risk at lifecycle milestones. Value engineer with Store Design as required. 
  • Establish competitive bidding, contract administration and project related legal and financial controls. Build proper bid books, cost plans, forecasts, budget history and issue PO’s for a proper project buyout.
  • Attend and manage monthly cost mtgs to ensure compliance with project budget, forecast, PO issuance, contingency management, change orders, cash flow and close out.
  • Close out project in 90 days after store opening for all vendors and supplies.  
• Oversee and project manage the construction 
  • Ensure weekly Owner Architect Contractor meetings are conducted and documented.
  • Coordination with procurement that Owner Furnished Items goods are on schedule. 
  • Manage and report on change orders and overall budget management. 
  • Build to high quality and handover store to corporate and/or facilities team 100% defect free. 
  • Travel to conduct site visits during the lifecycle of the project.

Sustainability & Efficiencies

• Lead and Liaise with TCO and LVMH Sustainability groups on TCO goals for LEED certification, Net Zero, Circularity and Carbon Neutral Programs.
• Partner with Store Design, Procurement, Store Planning and Retail to perform post-opening project audits. 
• Support Store Design and Procurement with their on-going research and development programs. Identify and support the prototyping of project components to achieve cost and sustainability goals.
• Work in collaboration with Procurement and Store Design to propose and implement programs to exploit efficiencies.  
   

The hiring range for this position ranges from $117,810 - 166,320. The rate of pay offered will be dependent upon candidates’ relevant skills and experience.

Required Qualifications:

• Advanced degree is Architecture, Engineer or related field.
• 10+ years of related experience in Construction and project management.
• Proven experience leading project management to completion for corporate and global locations.
  
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• LEED Accredited Professional credential.
• Experience designing with a focus on sustainability.