Project Manager, North America, Architecture

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Job Title: Project Manager, Store Design

Primary Purpose: The Project Manager, Store Design will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and monitoring project schedules for all North America store design and construction projects. This role ensures that milestones are met by proactively identifying risks, coordinating with cross-functional teams, and driving accountability across stakeholders. The position is critical to keeping projects on track amid complex permitting, landlord approvals, shipping logistics, and other regional challenges.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Architecture and design to...

Create and Maintain Project Schedules - Develop detailed timelines for all North America store projects, including new builds, renovations, and enhancements, ensuring alignment with design, permitting, and construction phases.

Milestone Tracking & Reporting - Monitor progress against key milestones; provide regular status updates and reports to leadership and project teams.

Risk Identification & Mitigation - Anticipate potential delays related to permitting (DOB, DOH), landlord approvals, shipping, and other dependencies; escalate issues and propose solutions promptly.

Cross-Functional Coordination - Act as the central point of contact for scheduling, working closely with design, construction, operations, and external partners to ensure alignment and accountability.

Process Optimization - Implement best practices for scheduling and tracking; continuously improve tools and workflows to enhance efficiency and predictability.

Stakeholder Communication - Facilitate regular check-ins and milestone reviews; ensure all parties are informed of deadlines, risks, and required actions.

The accomplished individual will possess...

* Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Construction Management, Architecture, or related field.

* 4+ years of experience in project scheduling or coordination within retail, architecture, or construction environments.

* Deep knowledge of North America retail process including permitting, DOB/DOH submittals, LL coordination, etc.

* Strong understanding of North America permitting processes and landlord requirements.

* Proficiency in scheduling tools (MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar) and Microsoft Office Suite.

* Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

* Strong communication and problem-solving skills; ability to influence and drive accountability across teams.

* Detail-oriented and proactive, with a focus on meeting deadlines and mitigating risks.

Our Competencies for All Employees

• Courage: Doesn't hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and "actionable" positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Developing Direct Reports and Others:Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong moraleand spirit in theirteam; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

Coach is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant's or employee's qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Tapestry, Inc. will provide applicants and employees with reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact Tapestry People Services at 1-855-566-9264 or employeerelations@tapestry.com

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BASE PAY RANGE $90,000.00 TO $100,000.00
*Tapestry will comply with minimum wage requirements and any other applicable pay laws based on city, county, and state regulations.

Here are some of the benefits that we offer: Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, 401 (K), Paid Paternity and Maternity leave, Commuter Benefits, Disability insurance and Tuition assistance. Pleaseclick here for a complete list of U.S Corporate Compensation & Benefits.