Construction Manager, WWGRD, New Store Construction

Key job responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project execution from design phase through grand opening, delivering the right outcomes with a high degree of autonomy.
• Develop and manage project strategies, schedules, and budgets, ensuring all financial milestones and hard bid targets are met.
• Oversee the design and engineering phases of complex projects, including design evaluations, external partner selection, contract negotiations, and project procurement functions.
• Align delivery from external architects, design consultants, contractors, and subcontractors to ensure work is completed on time, on budget, and to quality standards.
• Develop measurable targets and verifiable milestones; monitor metrics, report challenges, and drive corrective actions.
• Own project-level budgets and oversee spend approvals throughout the project lifecycle.
• Partner with internal teams across design, procurement, and operations to coordinate project needs and resolve cross-functional dependencies.
• Meet with customers and stakeholders to define project parameters and maintain accountability for quality, cost, and timely delivery.
• Review project requests against business need and provide approvals or recommend alternate solutions.
• Identify and eliminate risks to project delivery, innovation, or customer satisfaction, and find a path forward in difficult situations.
• Make trade-off decisions and effectively communicate and defend those decisions to internal stakeholders.
• Support key relationships and negotiations with customers, suppliers, and external partners.
• Recommend improvements to the way projects are scoped, built, tested, and deployed.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience as an Architect, Engineer, Construction Manager, Development Manager, Owner's project management representative or in other Commercial Development and Construction related disciplines

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in project management from design phase through implementation and operation