AV Project Manager

Location City of Boston
Discipline: Low Voltage
Salary: $90,000-$135,000
Contact name: Bhanuha Paramanshan

Contact email: bhanu.paramanshan@lesterhamilton.com
Published: about 1 month ago
Startdate: ASAP

​Qualifications

  • The Senior Audiovisual (AV) Project Manager must be an effective communicator, able to multitask and handle stressful situations while maintaining responsibility, self-motivation, and organizational excellence

  • Associate degree or higher, preferably with a concentration in Business Administration or Project Management

  • 5+ years of experience in a Project Management role within the AV/IT or related industry

  • Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel) and project management software such as MS Project, MS Planner, or Teamwork

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to negotiate and manage relationships effectively between customers, general contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and the Integration Manager/Supervisor

  • Comfortable with handling challenging conversations diplomatically

  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring each project stays on track

  • Willingness to travel for projects, including overnight stays, with durations ranging from one night to several weeks as needed

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation plan

  • Health, dental, and vision benefits

  • 401(k) retirement plan

  • 120 hours of PTO (accrued), 9 Paid Holidays and 1 Floating Holiday

  • 8 hours to volunteer on your favorite cause

  • Opportunities for professional growth and development

  • Collaborative and innovative work environment

Responsibilities

  • This role involves managing both team and client communications while interpreting and planning each project’s scope, budget, schedule, risks, and scale

  • The Senior Audiovisual (AV) Project Manager ensures smooth project progression from planning through execution, commissioning, and closure

  • With extensive knowledge of construction-focused project management, this individual is skilled in problem-solving, making timely decisions, and coordinating with clients, installation teams, technical personnel, and subcontractors

  • Manage large-scale, complex, and high-profile AV/IT projects, including company-designed and consultant-designed projects

  • Provide leadership and task assignment for local project management staff, ensuring clear direction and scheduling

  • Collaborate with the estimating team to assess project resources, including labor, logistics, materials, and specialty tools

  • Independently or as part of a project team, plan, coordinate, schedule, and execute multiple projects in parallel, adhering to each project’s time, cost, and scope constraints

  • Develop and manage project schedules during the execution phase, setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities, and monitoring progress to ensure successful project outcomes

  • Lead project implementation teams, with team structures varying based on project scale and complexity

  • Assign individual responsibilities, ensure team accountability, and support project execution by providing necessary documentation, instructions, schedules, materials, and tools

  • Maintain thorough project documentation, including meeting notes, task lists, schedules, RFIs, change orders, change logs, punch lists, and final acceptance forms to ensure organized and efficient project completion

  • Perform diagnostic troubleshooting on AV/IT systems when required, and assist with installation testing and punch list generation to support the integration team