Project Manager - Affordable Housing

About the role

We are exclusively representing a leading development and investment group with over $9 billion in assets under management/development over the past 20 years. With an active pipeline of large-scale, high-density residential and mixed-income schemes across New York City. They are seeking an experienced Project Manager to take full ownership of a ground-up new construction project in Brooklyn from inception through to completion.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects end-to-end, ensuring strict compliance with the NYC DOB permit process and all relevant regulatory requirements
• Direct field operations, logistics planning, and trade coordination to ensure safe and efficient construction sequencing
• Manage the project schedule, overseeing critical path activities and implementing recovery plans to protect key milestones
• Oversee cost control, change management, and subcontractor buyout – negotiating scope, pricing, and risk allocation across all trades
• Work closely with clients and design teams to ensure delivery aligns with programme requirements and client vision
• Produce monthly project reports, schedule updates, and cost forecasts for ownership and lenders

Requirements

• 5+ years of project management experience delivering on ground-up multifamily or affordable housing
• Strong working knowledge of the NYC DOB permit and inspection process
• Experience within HPD, or New York state regulatory frameworks
• Proven ability to manage cost, schedule, and trade coordination on large-scale residential projects
• Proactive Project Manager with experience managing and collaborating with ownership, design professionals, lenders, and public agencies

Why join

This is a platform role at a well-capitalised, fast-growing firm with a serious long-term pipeline. You will work on projects that matter – at scale, in a city that needs them.