Senior Project Manager

About the Role

As a Senior Project Manager at JLL, you will lead and deliver challenging projects, driving the business forward through innovative and industry-changing ideas. You will contribute to project budgeting and scheduling, overseeing strategy and execution from start to finish while focusing on the client experience by providing solutions to conflicting priorities.

Responsibilities

• Professional planning and hands-on management/oversight for multiple projects on corporate office and lab sites, including decommission, renovations, tenant improvement projects, and complex lab environment projects.
• Manage multiple projects at various phases and locations, from project identification through design, planning, client approval, permit issuance, construction, and financial closeout.
• Demonstrate full accountability for end-to-end project management.
• Lead project teams consisting of architects, design engineers, general and specialty contractors, property management, operating engineers, real estate brokers, environmental consultants, client Project Management Organization, client security, and client technology teams.
• Provide weekly project activity updates to Team Lead and/or Regional Manager for Project Schedule, Budget, and Risk, and update Client’s Project Management web-based tools.
• Develop risk management plans and lead teams through established work authorization processes to ensure no impacts or incidents within critical environments or equipment.
• Apply top-tier project management skills during client interactions to decipher client needs and develop project goals and scope of work.
• Oversee and prepare accurate project documentation for all phases of construction, including project charter, due diligence reports, budgets, schedules, meeting minutes, financial funding requests, status reports, punch lists, and special reports.
• Manage vendors (e.g., GC, A&E, Security, signage) to ensure full compliance with all project policies and procedures, including formal closeout of all projects in less than 60 days after completion.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution (preference for degrees in Architecture, Engineering, or Construction Management).
• 5-10 years of experience as a Project Manager or similar role.
• Strong working knowledge of architectural drawings and furniture and space planning concepts.
• Ability to regularly communicate analyzed data to clients and teams to achieve project goals.
• Highly organized with strong analytical skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with executive-level external and internal clients, as well as external team members (architects, contractors, client representatives, etc.).
• Ability to manage all aspects of construction projects effectively and efficiently, including budgeting, scheduling, submittals, and change orders.
• Fully competent at managing all types and sizes of projects.

Skills

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, and web-based applications.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.