Project Lead Jobs in Boston, MA
Project Lead jobs in Boston are in strong demand, concentrated in the Seaport District, Kendall Square, and Back Bay across healthcare technology, life sciences, financial services, and higher education. Employers hiring right now include HDR, WSP, and CVS Health. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Top employerHDR
Work type62% Hybrid
Top credentialBachelor's degree
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Project Manager - Healthcare
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HGA
Project Manager - Healthcare
Boston, Massachusetts
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Transmission Siting and Permitting Project Manager
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WSP
Transmission Siting and Permitting Project Manager
Boston, Massachusetts
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Project Safety Manager
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Turner Construction Company
Project Safety Manager
Boston, Massachusetts
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Project Manager, Electrical
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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Project Manager, Electrical
Boston, Massachusetts
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Right of Way Project Manager
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HDR
Right of Way Project Manager
Boston, Massachusetts
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Project Manager - Healthcare
HGA·Boston, Massachusetts
Job functions:
$109k - $140k/yr
Hybrid
Master's degree
501-1,000 employees
Job Description
Overview::
Join HGA and learn what passion for design really means in spaces that touch people's lives! Bring your experience and design expertise to an innovative architecture, engineering and interior design firm dedicated to designing exceptional spaces that inspire and transform communities.
We are looking for a talented, design-sensitive, and ambitious Project Manager to join our Boston, MA healthcare architecture team and help shape the future of healthcare design. In this role, you will be an integral member of our project teams, contributing at every stage of the design process. Our practice encompasses a broad array of project types and scales, so versatility and adaptability to various collaborative design team settings are essential.
In this role you will:
What you will need to have:
Salary Information:
The pay range listed aligns to the geography of the office for which this position is posted. Actual compensation will be based upon work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Individuals in this role working more than 24 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in HGA’s robust benefit programs which include an annual bonus and success sharing bonus program, 401(k) guaranteed contribution, paid parental leave, medical, dental and life insurance plans as well as PTO and short- and long-term disability programs. Salary Range: $108,900 - $140,000 depending on qualifications and experience.
Additional Information:
At HGA, you’ll do the best work of your career. We design with impact by diving deep into the people and passions that shape every place. Empathy fuels us, curiosity drives us, and meaningful work leads to innovation. We celebrate individuality, embrace flexibility, and thrive together in the office three days a week.
Join our nationally recognized, award-winning team of architects, engineers, and interior designers — help us shape what’s next.
Learn more about us here.
Application Requirements & Instructions
Please submit resume for consideration.
Project Manager - Healthcare
Location: Boston, MA
Join HGA and learn what passion for design really means in spaces that touch people's lives! Bring your experience and design expertise to an innovative architecture, engineering and interior design firm dedicated to designing exceptional spaces that inspire and transform communities.
We are looking for a talented, design-sensitive, and ambitious Project Manager to join our Boston, MA healthcare architecture team and help shape the future of healthcare design. In this role, you will be an integral member of our project teams, contributing at every stage of the design process. Our practice encompasses a broad array of project types and scales, so versatility and adaptability to various collaborative design team settings are essential.
In this role you will:
- Collaborate with Principal in evaluation of project requirements and help to negotiate an acceptable owner-architect agreement including the fee, scope, and time schedule.
- Demonstrate task-focused mastery of project scope, schedule, budget and profitability. Complete projects on schedule, within budget and with maximum client satisfaction.
- Manage a program of multiple projects and associated client relationships effectively.
- Negotiate critical issues with Owner and Contractor as well as Architects, Engineers and Specialty Consultants within HGA and of other organizations and firms.
- Supervise the production of architectural construction documents for multiple small renovation projects.
- Lead a full-service architectural and engineering team, using past experience and technical knowledge to efficiently deliver quality documents, specifications, reports and cost estimates, keeping in mind schedules/budgets and provides coaching/communication as appropriate with team leaders and/or team members who are responsible for workflow/timelines, etc.
- Develop discipline cost and work-hour budgets for each project and monitor project costs, completion status against budget schedules/timelines.
- Oversee all correspondence and pertinent documents, making sure they are accurate; sign or obtain signatures and seek legal counsel as appropriate.
- Coordinate review and evaluation of contractor bids and work with Principal so that award recommendation can be submitted to owner.
- Provide day-to-day leadership in the absence of and as delegated by the Principal and/or Practice Group Leader, keeping lines of communication open with all office management leaders and assist with preparation of client billings prior to submittal for signature.
- Collaborate with Practice Group Leader as requested in the marketing of projects including development of proposals and possible participation in client interviews.
What you will need to have:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in architecture or related field
- Licensed professional preferred
- 8 - 12+ years of project management experience honed on increasingly more complex projects
- Demonstrated skill in working on multiple smaller-sized to mid-sized, challenging projects simultaneously
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate clearly with team members and clients and lead discussions on project budgets and management of project delivery
- Proficiency with industry accepted software and Microsoft Office products is needed, experience with Project Management software (Vision, Microsoft Project) is beneficial
Salary Information:
The pay range listed aligns to the geography of the office for which this position is posted. Actual compensation will be based upon work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Individuals in this role working more than 24 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in HGA’s robust benefit programs which include an annual bonus and success sharing bonus program, 401(k) guaranteed contribution, paid parental leave, medical, dental and life insurance plans as well as PTO and short- and long-term disability programs. Salary Range: $108,900 - $140,000 depending on qualifications and experience.
Additional Information:
At HGA, you’ll do the best work of your career. We design with impact by diving deep into the people and passions that shape every place. Empathy fuels us, curiosity drives us, and meaningful work leads to innovation. We celebrate individuality, embrace flexibility, and thrive together in the office three days a week.
Join our nationally recognized, award-winning team of architects, engineers, and interior designers — help us shape what’s next.
Learn more about us here.
Application Requirements & Instructions
Please submit resume for consideration.
HGA
Project Manager - Healthcare
Boston, Massachusetts
New 6h ago501-1,000 employees
Job functions:
$109k - $140k/yr
Hybrid
Master's degree
Job Description
Overview::
Join HGA and learn what passion for design really means in spaces that touch people's lives! Bring your experience and design expertise to an innovative architecture, engineering and interior design firm dedicated to designing exceptional spaces that inspire and transform communities.
We are looking for a talented, design-sensitive, and ambitious Project Manager to join our Boston, MA healthcare architecture team and help shape the future of healthcare design. In this role, you will be an integral member of our project teams, contributing at every stage of the design process. Our practice encompasses a broad array of project types and scales, so versatility and adaptability to various collaborative design team settings are essential.
In this role you will:
What you will need to have:
Salary Information:
The pay range listed aligns to the geography of the office for which this position is posted. Actual compensation will be based upon work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Individuals in this role working more than 24 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in HGA’s robust benefit programs which include an annual bonus and success sharing bonus program, 401(k) guaranteed contribution, paid parental leave, medical, dental and life insurance plans as well as PTO and short- and long-term disability programs. Salary Range: $108,900 - $140,000 depending on qualifications and experience.
Additional Information:
At HGA, you’ll do the best work of your career. We design with impact by diving deep into the people and passions that shape every place. Empathy fuels us, curiosity drives us, and meaningful work leads to innovation. We celebrate individuality, embrace flexibility, and thrive together in the office three days a week.
Join our nationally recognized, award-winning team of architects, engineers, and interior designers — help us shape what’s next.
Learn more about us here.
Application Requirements & Instructions
Please submit resume for consideration.
Project Manager - Healthcare
Location: Boston, MA
Join HGA and learn what passion for design really means in spaces that touch people's lives! Bring your experience and design expertise to an innovative architecture, engineering and interior design firm dedicated to designing exceptional spaces that inspire and transform communities.
We are looking for a talented, design-sensitive, and ambitious Project Manager to join our Boston, MA healthcare architecture team and help shape the future of healthcare design. In this role, you will be an integral member of our project teams, contributing at every stage of the design process. Our practice encompasses a broad array of project types and scales, so versatility and adaptability to various collaborative design team settings are essential.
In this role you will:
- Collaborate with Principal in evaluation of project requirements and help to negotiate an acceptable owner-architect agreement including the fee, scope, and time schedule.
- Demonstrate task-focused mastery of project scope, schedule, budget and profitability. Complete projects on schedule, within budget and with maximum client satisfaction.
- Manage a program of multiple projects and associated client relationships effectively.
- Negotiate critical issues with Owner and Contractor as well as Architects, Engineers and Specialty Consultants within HGA and of other organizations and firms.
- Supervise the production of architectural construction documents for multiple small renovation projects.
- Lead a full-service architectural and engineering team, using past experience and technical knowledge to efficiently deliver quality documents, specifications, reports and cost estimates, keeping in mind schedules/budgets and provides coaching/communication as appropriate with team leaders and/or team members who are responsible for workflow/timelines, etc.
- Develop discipline cost and work-hour budgets for each project and monitor project costs, completion status against budget schedules/timelines.
- Oversee all correspondence and pertinent documents, making sure they are accurate; sign or obtain signatures and seek legal counsel as appropriate.
- Coordinate review and evaluation of contractor bids and work with Principal so that award recommendation can be submitted to owner.
- Provide day-to-day leadership in the absence of and as delegated by the Principal and/or Practice Group Leader, keeping lines of communication open with all office management leaders and assist with preparation of client billings prior to submittal for signature.
- Collaborate with Practice Group Leader as requested in the marketing of projects including development of proposals and possible participation in client interviews.
What you will need to have:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in architecture or related field
- Licensed professional preferred
- 8 - 12+ years of project management experience honed on increasingly more complex projects
- Demonstrated skill in working on multiple smaller-sized to mid-sized, challenging projects simultaneously
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate clearly with team members and clients and lead discussions on project budgets and management of project delivery
- Proficiency with industry accepted software and Microsoft Office products is needed, experience with Project Management software (Vision, Microsoft Project) is beneficial
Salary Information:
The pay range listed aligns to the geography of the office for which this position is posted. Actual compensation will be based upon work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Individuals in this role working more than 24 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in HGA’s robust benefit programs which include an annual bonus and success sharing bonus program, 401(k) guaranteed contribution, paid parental leave, medical, dental and life insurance plans as well as PTO and short- and long-term disability programs. Salary Range: $108,900 - $140,000 depending on qualifications and experience.
Additional Information:
At HGA, you’ll do the best work of your career. We design with impact by diving deep into the people and passions that shape every place. Empathy fuels us, curiosity drives us, and meaningful work leads to innovation. We celebrate individuality, embrace flexibility, and thrive together in the office three days a week.
Join our nationally recognized, award-winning team of architects, engineers, and interior designers — help us shape what’s next.
Learn more about us here.
Application Requirements & Instructions
Please submit resume for consideration.
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Project Lead Jobs in Boston: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a project lead job in Boston?
Target Boston's highest-hiring sectors first: healthcare systems, biotech and life sciences firms, financial services, and higher education institutions all run active project lead searches. Roles concentrate in the Seaport, Kendall Square, and the Longwood Medical Area. Candidates who demonstrate cross-functional coordination experience and familiarity with regulated industries, whether clinical trials, fintech compliance, or university operations, move faster in Boston's market than generalists do.
Which companies hire project leads in Boston?
Companies currently hiring project leads in Boston include HDR, WSP, and CVS Health, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Boston's employer mix skews heavily toward research hospitals, mid-to-large biotech firms, regional banks, and technology consultancies, all of which staff ongoing project lead roles to manage complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives.
Are there remote project lead jobs in Boston?
Yes, though availability depends on the type of work: analytical, software, and program coordination roles tend to support remote or hybrid arrangements, while lab-facing, construction, or clinical operations roles typically require on-site presence. About 85% of project lead openings tied to Boston are remote or hybrid as of September 2026. Technology and financial services employers in Boston offer the most flexibility for desk-based project lead work.
How can I get a project lead job in Boston with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path in Boston is through a coordinator or associate project manager role at a hospital system, university, or mid-size biotech, where structured mentorship and formal project pipelines give early-career candidates hands-on exposure. Boston's concentration of teaching hospitals and research institutions also creates entry-level program coordinator openings that function as direct stepping stones. Familiarity with common project frameworks and a background in any regulated field, even administrative, strengthens a junior application significantly here.
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