Senior Designer / Project Manager
Robert Young Architects
The job involves owning residential architecture projects end to end, combining design work with project management across consultants, clients, budgets, and construction administration. Robert Young Architects is a design-forward residential practice based in West Chelsea that builds ground-up houses, apartments, and interiors primarily in the tri-state area.
- Location
- New York, New York
- Arrangement
- Onsite
- Level
- Senior
- Employment
- Full time
- Salary
- $120K - $140K
- Date added
- 2026-09-17
- Last checked
- 2026-10-17
Overview
Robert Young Architects is a design-forward residential practice based in West Chelsea, known for architecturally ambitious, meticulously crafted work: ground-up houses, apartments, and interiors for clients who care deeply about what gets built. Our projects are primarily in the tri-state area, with a growing national presence. We're a small, serious office where the work gets noticed and the people who do it are known by name. We’re looking for a Senior Designer / Project Manager who can own a project, not just run it. Someone with real design ability and the rigor to execute it, who understands that managing a project well is itself a form of design thinking.
About the ideal candidate
- You have a strong design point of view and aspire to create architecture that enhances lives.
- You understand that excellence lives in the details.
- You enjoy iterating through as many bad ideas as it takes to get to the one that feels inevitable.
- You seek responsibility and excel when you have it.
- You set exacting standards for yourself and inspire them in others.
- You approach challenges with curiosity and humility.
- You have a genuine passion for construction and how buildings actually get made.
- You communicate clearly and can hold a client relationship with confidence.
- You deliver projects on time and on budget, without sacrificing design quality.
- You are self-aware about your skillset, and strive to be a well-rounded architect.
Qualifications
- Professional degree in architecture from a US-accredited school.
- Demonstrated experience managing projects, consultants, clients, and budgets independently.
- Licensed or on a clear path to licensure.
- At least 10+ years of professional experience in a design-focused practice, with recent work in private residential projects at small to medium-sized firms.
- Specific experience seeing through ground-up, high-end residential projects.
- Construction Administration experience required.
- Experience building project staffing budgets and plans.
- Previous experience leading small teams and mentoring junior staff members.
- Proficiency in Revit (ideal), AutoCAD (required), Rhino or SketchUp, Enscape, and Adobe Suite. Monograph, Asana, or Smartsheet experience a plus.
- Must reside in the NYC metro area with valid US work authorization and fluency in English.
What we offer: Work that matters, on projects that get built and get noticed. A principal actively building toward a partnership model and looking for people who want to grow into that. Competitive compensation commensurate with years of experience. Benefits include subsidized health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k) matching up to $4k/year, summer Fridays, generous time off as well as a Winter Break, a 1-day-a-week WFH policy, and a dog-friendly office. To apply: Send an email to jobs@ryarch.com with "Senior Designer / Project Manager: [Your Name]" in the subject line. Include a short cover letter explaining why you're the right candidate. Please only apply if you have high-end residential projects in your portfolio. Attach your CV as a PDF, and your portfolio as a single PDF under 15MB or as a download link. Please do not send your work as multiple separate image files or attachments. Applications that don't meet these qualifications or follow these instructions won't be reviewed. No phone calls, please.
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