Associate Project Manager, Permitting [New York]

Withpulley
New York, US
Career-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mid-level professionals with construction or architecture project management experience who are comfortable navigating city permitting processes in New York.

Best fit for

  • Construction professionals with hands-on permitting experience seeking to transition into tech-enabled project management.
    — “Experience applying for and obtaining construction permits
  • Detail-oriented candidates who thrive in administrative research and municipal coordination.
    — “Ability to research permit requirements with accuracy
  • Architecture or construction specialists looking to influence product development through operational insights.
    — “Provide feedback to product & engineering teams

Things to consider

  • Strict geographic requirement limits candidates to those already based in New York.
    — “You must be located in New York
  • Role involves frequent interaction with municipal staff on nuanced regulatory matters.
    — “Collaborate with city staff on nuances and ambiguities

How to stand out

  • Quantify time savings or efficiency gains from past permitting work.
    — “dramatically reduces approval timelines
  • Demonstrate specific instances where you clarified ambiguous regulatory requirements.
    — “navigating administrative processes
  • Highlight cross-functional experience improving operational procedures.
    — “refine our standard operating procedures
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Junior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • accurate permit research
  • timely permit responses
Typical background
construction managementarchitecture

Skills & requirements

Required

Project ManagementPermittingConstruction Management

Preferred

AI Knowledge

About the role

Original posting from Withpulley via Ashby

About Pulley

Pulley helps the country’s top architects, builders, and retailers speed up every project in their portfolio. With AI-powered permitting intelligence and expert guidance, we eliminate costly delays and bring predictability across the full lifecycle of commercial projects.

Today, permitting is the slowest, most uncertain part of building, spread across 19,000+ jurisdictions with different rules, timelines, and surprises. Pulley gives project teams the clarity and predictability they need to move from planning to opening without delays.

We support rollout programs for brands like J.Crew, Solidcore, and Hibbett Sports, as well as major data center buildouts, EV charging networks, and other commercial projects. Our platform dramatically reduces approval timelines, improves forecasting accuracy, and removes thousands of hours of manual work from design and construction teams.

Founded in 2021, Pulley combines deep permitting expertise with purpose-built AI from people who have created products used by millions. We’re backed by CRV, Susa Ventures, Fifth Wall, and leaders from Plaid, Segment, ServiceTitan, and Procore.

The Role

You must be located in New York to be considered for this role.

Our in-house permitting team is a key function for driving fast, reliable permitting outcomes for our customers. In this role, you will:

  • Support our lead project managers in delivering great permitting outcomes for customers
  • Help conduct permit research with a high degree of accuracy
  • Assist in preparing permit plans
  • Collaborate with city staff on nuances and ambiguities
  • Monitor permit status and ensure timely responses
  • Provide feedback to product & engineering teams to help refine our software platform
  • Work with permitting leadership to refine our standard operating procedures

Who You Are

To be successful in this role, you are likely someone with:

  • 2+ years in either construction management or architecture, with a focus on project management
  • Experience applying for and obtaining construction permits
  • Ability to research permit requirements with accuracy
  • Comfortable interfacing city staff and navigating administrative processes
  • Clear communicator with a strong attention to detail
  • Proactive problem solver

Source: Withpulley careers (Ashby)

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