Senior Project Manager

About the role

The Senior Project Manager will act as the client’s representative in managing a project through its design stages from concept through construction within the client’s time and value constraints. The role is defined as a planned undertaking with defined goals, work plans, timeliness, and implementation strategies to correspond to client needs. The Senior Project Manager should identify opportunities within a project that add value and help successfully accomplish the client’s desired outcome.

RLB is an award‑winning international firm providing property and construction consultancy advice at all stages of the construction cycle. With experience across the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania, RLB works on a variety of sectors—including sports arenas, healthcare, higher education, and convention centers—and offers extensive professional growth, training, and a competitive compensation and benefits package.

Responsibilities

• Supervise project staff and provide direction to a large and diverse project team.
• Direct the development of project goals, work plans, timeliness, and implementation strategies.
• Manage and account for project budgets and contracts.
• Identify and coordinate with program committees and advisory groups.
• Administer project budgets, authorize expenditures, develop, and monitor contracts.
• Train and advise staff, project advocates, and program participants.
• Plan, facilitate, and conduct meetings.
• Measure, evaluate, and communicate project performance.
• Identify decision‑making issues and key stakeholders; develop and implement strategies to obtain stakeholder and community awareness, support, and project partners.
• Contribute to team performance through collaboration and effective communication.
• Understand the client’s desired outcomes and identify opportunities to add value.
• Accomplish other duties as assigned to support the team effort.

Requirements

• 4‑year college degree in architecture, construction management, engineering science, or a related field.
• 5–10 years of relevant experience managing staff (including project professionals and/or technicians) and major projects, including development of project scope, goals, work plans, timeliness, and implementation strategies, as well as developing measurement processes for assessing progress toward goals and outcomes.
• Prior experience with developing and monitoring contracts.

Preferred qualifications

• Expertise in project management, including planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of large, complex projects.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Physical requirements

Work is primarily in an indoor office environment using computers and standard office equipment. Essential physical tasks include working at a computer and answering or speaking on a telephone. Site work may require ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, or poles, using feet, legs, hands, and arms; body agility is emphasized, especially when climbing exceeds ordinary motion, and the ability to lift up to 50 lb is required. Additional physical demands may include prolonged sitting or standing, walking, carrying, pushing, stooping, crouching, and pulling.