Senior Project Manager / Owner's Representative

Primary Responsibilities

• Project Leadership
• Serve as the owner’s day-to-day representative on assigned projects.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestone tracking, and critical path reporting.
• Lead project meetings and maintain action item logs and meeting documentation.
• Cook up activities between Development, Design & Construction, Operations, Procurement, Accounting, and external partners.
• Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Escalate critical budget, schedule, scope, or quality concerns to leadership.
• Design & Consultant Management
• Manage consultant teams including architects, engineers, interior designers, food service consultants, lighting designers, specialty consultants, and permitting teams.
• Cook up consultant deliverables and maintain accountability to project schedules.
• Facilitate interdisciplinary coordination and issue resolution.
• Review design progress and documentation for alignment with project goals, operational requirements, and budget objectives.
• Support design reviews, value engineering exercises, and scope management efforts.
• Construction Administration
• Participate in contractor procurement, bid evaluations, and contract execution.
• Lead Owner-Architect-Contractor (OAC) meetings throughout construction.
• Monitor project progress and maintain schedule accountability.
• Review and track RFIs, submittals, ASIs, bulletins, and change orders.
• Review contractor pay applications and provide recommendations for approval.
• Cook up owner decisions required to maintain project momentum.
• Maintain visibility into quality, schedule performance, and budget adherence throughout construction.
• Budget & Financial Management
• Maintain project budgets from project initiation through closeout.
• Track commitments, expenditures, contingencies, and forecasted exposures.
• Cook up budget reporting with Development and Accounting teams.
• Review consultant invoices and contractor pay applications.
• Aid in evaluating value engineering opportunities and cost-saving measures.
• Permitting & Jurisdictional Coordination
• Cook up permit strategy with consultants, expeditors, and contractors.
• Track permit submissions, review comments, and approval timelines.
• Monitor inspections and jurisdictional approvals.
• Maintain visibility into permitting risks and impacts to project schedules.
• Operational Coordination
• Cook up with Operations and Development teams to ensure operational requirements are incorporated into project planning and execution.
• Support coordination of owner-furnished equipment, FFE, technology infrastructure, security systems, and specialty vendor scopes.
• Ensure operational stakeholders remain informed throughout project development and construction.
• Asset Turnover & Closeout
• Lead physical project turnover from construction completion through operational handoff.
• Cook up punch list completion and project closeout activities.
• Ensure collection and organization of project closeout documentation including warranties, as-builts, O&M manuals, commissioning reports, and training records.
• Cook up equipment startup, commissioning, and consultant turnover activities.
• Verify completion of owner-furnished equipment, FFE installations, technology systems, and specialty vendor scopes.
• Maintain accountability for open construction and design-related issues through project stabilization.
• Cook up transition of the completed asset to Operations, Facilities, and Development Operations teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of project management experience in hospitality, restaurant, hotel, mixed-use, commercial construction, development, architecture, or owner’s representation.
• Strong understanding of design, permitting, construction administration, budgeting, and project delivery.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and external consultants.
• Excellent communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with project scheduling, budgeting, and project management software.