Vacancy —
Senior Project Manager
We are seeking a Senior Project Manager with international experience for our office in Copenhagen.
In recent years, SLA has experienced international growth and gained global recognition as one of the frontrunners in nature-based design. As demand for our approach is increasing, we are looking for an experienced Project Manager to help lead and develop our international projects—and the talented teams behind them—into the future.
Our work and culture
SLA is a nature-based design studio that works globally with cities, nature, places, and people. Our work spans from award-winning climate adaptation projects in Copenhagen, the green-blue transformation of Denmark’s largest social housing estate in Aarhus, and the design of Norway’s New Government Quarter in Oslo to urban biodiversity parks in the UAE and large-scale planning in Toronto. Our ambition and mission are the same everywhere: To design places for life. All life.
In our work, we mix creativity and science and collaborate with other professionals and disciplines to provide holistic and innovative solutions to some of today’s most pressing urban problems. We love using our interdisciplinary design method together with ambitious clients, involved stakeholders, and engaged citizens.
At SLA, we cultivate a culture of solid unity, eternal curiosity, and high ambition — with ample room for manoeuvre. We work purposefully to deliver high-quality consultancy and strengthen the professional community. The ongoing development of employees and SLA is an essential and integrated part of everyday life.
We offer
You will be part of a project management knowledge-sharing group and an interdisciplinary collective. The projects you will manage will likely be in one of our key international markets, such as the UK, UAE, or Canada.
Depending on the project and context, you will lead a diverse international project team, including landscape architects, city planners, architects, urban designers, lighting designers, planting designers, biologists, ecologists, and anthropologists.
Your key responsibilities
In the Senior Project Manager role, we are looking for a person to manage and drive forward the project as well as people, including:
- Responsibility for defining, coordinating and managing project scope, schedules, timelines, deliverables, qualities and fees, as well as goals and success criteria, as well as allocating resources, and managing budgets
- Leading and motivating a project team designing a larger international project with medium to high management complexity, or multiple smaller international projects with varying management complexity
- Developing the project team members, including guidance and support to “junior” project managers/project architects across the organisation
- Negotiation of consultancy agreements and concluding agreements with clients and sub-consultants
- Responsibility for coordination with the client and ensuring continuous client dialogue
- Responsibility for coordination with the other consultants in the project organisation, including coordination of sub-consultants efforts
- Monitoring project progress and reporting on project status and performance to the senior management
- Identifying and managing risks
- Communicating as well as coordinating with all involved stakeholders
A reasonable amount of travel activity will occur.
The ideal Senior Project Manager candidate has
- A professional degree in Landscape Architecture, Architecture or equivalent
- Minimum 12 years of experience as a Landscape Architect, Architect or equivalent — of which a minimum of 4 years is experience in managing small and large-scale projects in all project stages, with a medium to high management complexity, including several diverse stakeholders
- Strong leadership skills within a servant leadership approach
- Is influential and confident in client presentation
- Completed, relevant project management training is an advantage, but not a requirement
- Excellent communication skills — and fluency in English (spoken and written)
Proficiency in relevant software
Application and conditions
To apply, please send your motivated application, CV, and portfolio (max 10 MB) as a PDF to hr@sla.dk, and remember to mark “Senior Project Manager” in the subject field.
We continuously and confidentially process all applications and invite relevant applicants to an interview, so send your application immediately. This full-time position is with a base in our Copenhagen Office at Islands Brygge. We want the position filled as soon as possible, no later than August 1st, 2025.
The salary will be subject to experience and qualifications. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via hr@sla.dk.
More about SLA
SLA is an internationally renowned nature-based design studio. For 30 years, we have designed some of the most notable public spaces and development plans worldwide. We design cities, public spaces, and nature on all scales, from city-wide planning to neighbourhood pocket parks, national biodiversity strategies, and local citizens’ processes. We use nature, design, and technology to create adaptable, biodiverse cities and landscapes that inspire community and diversity.
We believe in a distinctly interdisciplinary approach. Today, we have three offices (Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Oslo), twelve disciplines, and many nationalities. Our team of 130 people includes landscape architects, architects, anthropologists, biologists, plant specialists, lighting designers, and urban planners, who collaborate across our offices.
At SLA, we value, celebrate, and support diversity because it improves our team, our work, and the urban environment. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and take affirmative action to employ all individuals equally – regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities and creating a workplace culture of inclusion.