Senior Project Manager, Real Estate Development

The Senior Project Manager will work in close collaboration with the Asset Managers, Regional Vice Presidents, National Engineering and Property Management teams to coordinate shared responsibilities. Primary responsibilities include:

• Participate in the design process of new projects by providing budget, schedule and constructability input. Take accountability for quality, time and budget control for overall project delivery.
• Working with the other members of the Development Team, engage, direct and manage engineering consultants, architects, construction companies, outside project managers and other project participants as needed to complete projects on time, within budget and to the targeted quality standards. Provide oversight for the performance of, and compliance with, consultant, design and construction contracts.
• Identify project delivery resources from pre-qualified lists or through individual project qualification process; prepare request for proposals, complete bid analysis, lead evaluation interviews, and recommend additional external resources as needed for project completion.
• Help develop project charters for each development project, clearly articulating the project vision, base building requirements, performance metrics, design principles, budgets, schedules and all other desired outcomes.
• Review and interpret plans, specifications and related project documents including the coordination of all building plans and project documentation through entitlement and site/building construction approvals.
• Track progress of each project against quality, cost and delivery goals. Report status and variances. Create action plans to meet objectives, budget and schedule.
• Manage and track project pay requests, invoicing, change orders and conformance to approved project budget.
• Demonstrates capability to read, understand and apply standards to complex documents affecting real estate projects, including but not limited to agreements/contracts, leases, work letters, surveys and drawings.
• The successful candidate must be comfortable and effective delivering formal presentations; have advanced knowledge of preconstruction and construction means and methods, estimating, scheduling, cost control, and material pricing and design management. 
• Manage and coordinate regular project team meetings throughout pre-development period, development and construction time frames.