Construction Project Manager

About the Role

The Senior Project Manager provides strategic leadership and oversight for high-impact projects and programs. This role leads cross-functional teams, manages complex project portfolios, and ensures successful delivery aligned with organizational goals. Serving as both a mentor to project managers and a strategic partner to leadership, the Sr. PM drives innovation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across the project management function.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for complex, high-value projects and programs, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and performance goals.
• Oversee planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and execution across multiple concurrent projects to ensure delivery within scope, schedule, and budget.
• Partner with executive leadership to define priorities, manage project portfolios, and support long-range business objectives.
• Lead, mentor, and develop project managers and teams, driving accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement in project delivery.
• Foster effective communication across internal departments, clients, and external partners to manage expectations and ensure alignment.
• Monitor performance metrics, identify and mitigate risks, and deliver clear executive-level reporting on progress and outcomes.
• Drive process improvement and change initiatives, standardizing tools, methodologies, and best practices that elevate project management performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction project management, Civil Engineering, or related field; master’s preferred.
• 3+ years of experience leading complex, multi-disciplinary, or strategic projects.
• PMP certification required; PMP preferred.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage competing priorities, and deliver results aligned with organizational goals.
• Strong communication, leadership, and analytical skills with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
• Proficient in modern project management tools and methodologies.
• Willingness to travel up to 40%.

Compensation

The compensation range for a Project Manager 1 is listed as $66,000-84,000. More experienced candidates are welcome to apply, and can be hired into more senior PM jobs with higher compensation ranges.