About us

Applied Information Group is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary design consultancy. We help businesses and public agencies improve the experience and understanding of spaces for their customers and citizens.

We work internationally for blue chip clients providing a unique set of skills specializing in planning and designing information systems for navigating and enjoying buildings, campuses, transit networks and cities. From our offices in London, San Francisco, Vancouver and Seoul, we  design signs, maps, screens and digital applications and produce everything needed from brand guidelines to industrial design specifications, and governance strategies to smartphone apps. 

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About the role

As part of our successful growth in the United States we are seeking a project manager to work with the existing project team to plan, monitor and report progress on a major transit-related project on the West Coast. This client-facing role will be instrumental to the effective coordination and delivery and several streams of work and multiple tasks. Based in San Francisco, it will involve coordinating work and team planning across our offices in the US, Canada and UK as well as several subcontractors. 

This role will also be instrumental in growing the US business including securing new clients and projects with the wider company leadership. Related to this there will be opportunities to travel for projects and inter-company events.

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Responsibilities

• Create and maintain the overall project work plans
• Liaise with team leads, sub-contractors and others to monitor progress, identify risks and plan resources
• Collect data and report progress to management and clients
• Produce budgetary and resource forecasts
• Produce monthly project invoices
• Participate in project leadership meetings
• Support business development plans
• Identify opportunities and assist in the preparation of bids 
• Assist with team management and project communications

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What we offer

• Hybrid working model with at least three days per week in our downtown San Francisco office
• Excellent Medical and Dental benefits package 
• 17 days paid vacation + public holidays
• Paid sick days - Accrual method
• Training and Development budget
• 1 paid day a year to volunteer for charity of choice
• Opportunities to travel to our offices in London and Canada

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Who we are looking for 

• Strong ability to coordinate and communicate the collective output of multiple tasks and team members clearly and concisely
• Highly organized task manager with the capability to work across time zones, adapt to changing priorities, and calmly able to recognize and mitigate project risks with limited supervision
• A positive contributor to the wider team able to encourage and inspire excellence while also adaptable to the inevitable changes in complex project delivery
• Confident communicator to clients and team members with clear and concise presentation and report writing skills 
• At least 3-years responsible experience of project management in multi-stage projects and multi-disciplinary teams
• Experience in business development, grant or bid writing
• Ideally a degree in either Engineering, Architecture, Planning, or a related subject 
• Certification in project management, or working towards this
• An interest in information design and ideally, professional experience in a creative industry 

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How we hire

We are fully committed to advancing individual, social and environmental equality. All qualified applicants will receive consideration based solely on merit including relevant experience, skills, and interest in the role. 

Selected applicants will be contacted for initial screening followed by an online interview with other Applied team members. At the interview the project will be discussed under a non-disclosure agreement. Unsuccessful applicants will be informed as soon as the successful applicant has been hired. 

If you are interested but unsure you have what we are looking for please contact us.

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To apply for this role please email your resume with a short introductory letter explaining your interest to jobs@appliedinformation.group. Please state in the subject line the position applied for: Wayfinding Project Manager.

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