Project Manager / Architect | Love Architecture, But Want More From Your Career?

Job description

For an experienced architectural assistant or recently qualified architect who still loves architecture… but has started to realise they want more from their career than the traditional practice route can offer.

It’s the client conversations.

Turning a vague idea into a real brief.

Keeping ten different moving parts heading in the same direction.

Explaining something complicated in a way that actually makes sense.

Spotting when a project is drifting before anyone else notices.

And being the person the client trusts to get them from “We’d love to build this…” to “We’re ready to go.”

GRØ is exclusively partnered with a design-led developer to hire a Project Manager from an architectural background.

And this is not a conventional Project Management role.

You won’t be leaving design behind. You’ll be using your architectural training differently.

The Opportunity

You’ll work directly with private residential clients, taking architect-designed homes from early design conversations through planning, technical development and tender.

You’ll still be in Revit.

You’ll still make design decisions.

You’ll still need to understand planning, building standards, construction information and how a building actually goes together.

But your success won’t simply be measured by how many drawings you produce.

It will be measured by how effectively you:

• Understand what your client actually needs
• Translate that into a strong architectural response
• Coordinate consultants and information
• Keep multiple projects moving simultaneously
• Maintain momentum through planning and technical stages
• Communicate proactively
• Protect design quality when changes are requested
• Make clients feel informed, understood and looked after

This is architecture with a much broader lens.

Why This Is Different

Rather than spending years focused on one scheme, you’ll manage a broad portfolio of residential projects at different stages, typically with around 5-10 actively progressing at any one time.

That develops judgement quickly.

What needs your attention?

Who needs chasing?

Where is a project beginning to drift?

And how do you make every client feel like theirs is the only project that matters?

Alongside Design + Project Management, you’ll develop much greater exposure to:

• Client Leadership - building genuine relationships with private homeowners and becoming the person they trust throughout the process.
• Commercial Awareness - understanding how projects generate revenue, when stages become billable and how client decisions affect the wider business.
• Business Development - representing the business, developing relationships and understanding how strong client experiences generate further opportunities.

The Design Still Matters

This business is deliberately design-led.

Its residential work is contemporary, sustainable and highly considered, with real attention paid to landscape, context, proportion, materiality and environmental performance.

So they do not want a Project Manager who has stopped caring about architecture.

Quite the opposite.

When a client wants to change a material, alter a plan or rethink a space, you need the design judgement to understand the wider implications.

The goal isn’t simply to give the client what they ask for.

It’s to understand why they’re asking and find the right solution without weakening the architecture.

Who This Could Suit

You may currently be an:

• Experienced RIBA Part II Architectural Assistant
• Recently Qualified Architect with up to 2-3 years post-Part III experience
• Architectural Designer already running your own projects

You’re already the person who:

• Works well with clients/stakeholders
• Coordinates consultants
• Keeps track of actions and deadlines
• Pushes planning/warrant information forward
• Notices when things are slipping
• Enjoys the client/project-running side of architecture (if exposed)
• Communicates proactively rather than waiting to be chased

And you may have started wondering whether the traditional architecture route is actually what you want.

What Matters Most

Strong architectural foundations are important.

But personality matters just as much.

You’ll need to be a good listener, natural communicator, highly organised, proactive, design-sensitive and commercially curious.

Private residential clients aren’t development managers.

For many, this will be the biggest financial and emotional investment of their lives.

They need someone they trust.

Previous client-facing experience, or exposure to retail, hospitality, customer service or sales, can therefore be a genuine advantage.

Revit

This is important.

Unlike many alternative career routes for architects, this does not mean immediately stepping away from architectural software.

You’ll work hands-on in Revit throughout the design and project-development process, alongside dedicated Project Management tools, with training provided.

We’re looking for genuine Revit confidence rather than someone who has simply “had exposure”.

The Career Move

For an experienced Part 2, this could be an excellent move if you’ve decided that Part 3 / traditional architectural practice isn’t necessarily your long-term destination.

For a Recently Qualified Architect, it offers the opportunity to use everything you’ve learned while developing much broader Project Management, client leadership, commercial and business development experience.

There is already a proven internal pathway from architectural backgrounds into Project Manager and Senior Project Manager positions.

You’re not closing the door on architecture.

You’re opening several more.

Package

• Location: Greater Glasgow
• Working: Hybrid / flexible
• Base salary: £32,000-£35,000 depending on experience
• Bonus: Annual performance-related bonus with meaningful upside
• Additional earnings: Further client / referral-based incentives, with the potential to increase OTE by up to £10,000
• Culture: High trust / autonomy, low micromanagement
• Travel: Occasional project / site visits and business events

This Is For You If...

You enjoy architecture.

You just don’t necessarily want to spend the next ten years doing it in exactly the same way.

You're excited by:

• Client exposure
• Ownership
• Commercial exposure
• Autonomy
• More responsibility

…without losing the design work that made you choose architecture in the first place.

If that sounds familiar, we’d be very interested in speaking with you.

This search is being managed exclusively by GRØ.

Send your CV + Portfolio or reach out directly for a confidential conversation.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Glasgow

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

23-08-2026

Profession type

Design / Fashion

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English