Job Post
Senior Project Controls Manager
Company:
Pembrooke & Ives
Duration:
Full-time
Date Posted:
08/04/26
Category:
Location:
New York
Salary:
100-150k
Pembrooke and Ives is looking for a Senior Project Controls Manager with at least 6-10 years experience to partner with Directors and Studio Leads to manage firm-wide staffing allocation and project profitability across all active projects.
Financial Oversight:
- Enforce contract terms and ensure regulatory financial compliance.
- Reviews and tracks all change orders including budget and schedule impacts.
- Tracks project profitability by comparing actual and burdened costs against fee.
- Identify financial risks early and take corrective actions.
Staff Allocation:
- High-level understanding of firm-wide staffing capacity and utilization across all studios.
- Build and maintain a rolling staffing forecast for active and upcoming projects across all studios.
- Collaborate with Director in assigning specific project team members based on skillset, project priority, availability, and fee.
Schedule Ownership:
- Develops and owns the master project schedule for all projects across the assigned studios and updates it weekly as milestones and deliverables shift.
- Reconciles the firm-wide fee structure directly against the schedules.
Leadership & Cross Functional Coordination:
- Identifies and implements process and system improvements.
- Runs monthly reviews with studio leads and provides findings for executive, finance, and operational leadership.
- Coordinates with Design Directors on project deliverables and phase timing so the staffing plan reflects deliverables and timeline.
- Partners directly with the COO and EVP on contracts, resource management and staffing cost analysis.
- Resolves resourcing conflicts across studios to Leadership for prioritization.
- 6 to10+ years in project accounting, project controls, or project management within an AEC, interior design, construction environment, or other relevant professional services, with at least 2 to 3 years owning both budget and schedule for a complex, multi-phase project.
- PMP or equivalent certification is a plus.
- Experience implementing project management systems.
- Experience building and maintaining budget, staffing plans, schedules, and contract evaluation across concurrent projects and a pipeline of upcoming projects.
- Strong financial and data analytical skills and has a track-record of building forecasting or reporting infrastructure.
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
Salary Range: $100,000.00 - $130,000.00 (depending on experience)
Benefits
- Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Commuter Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave Plans
- Paid Public Holidays
- Hybrid Work Schedule (Based in NYC)
- Eligible for Performance-Based Bonus
Founded in 1987, Pembrooke & Ives is an award-winning firm made up of experts in every aspect of interior design, including interior architecture, lighting, space planning and furnishings. For over 35 years, they have been elevating the vision of their clients’ best lived lives. The firm delivers clients an unparalleled design experience through their collaborative, considered and responsive approach, resulting in the effortless, comfortable spaces that are the hallmark of the brand. Not beholden to one particular style, their signature aesthetic can be described as ‘new traditional’ and features a refined use of materials, sophisticated color, strong forms, artisanal details and collectible design.
Pembrooke & Ives has designed an extensive number of projects across the globe from luxurious urban residences in New York, Miami and London to sophisticated and elegant retreats in the Greek Islands, Aspen, Palm Beach and the Hamptons to the innovative interiors of private yachts and jets. In the past decade, Pembrooke & Ives has designed a vast roster of noted residential developments, cultural centers and country clubs in New York, Palm Beach and Miami. The work of has been widely published and the firm has appeared on the AD 100 List and Interior Design’s Power Grid of most powerful players changing the New York City landscape.
careers@pembrookeandives.com