Vice President Project Management

Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for the oversight and execution of all assigned Dant Clayton custom stadia and railing projects.
• Provides leadership, management, and direction to project management resources.
• Manages the construction health and safety program in collaboration with the Dant Clayton safety task force team.
• Proactively manages risk in project delivery and collaborates with project management and cross-functional leaders to mitigate.
• Owns construction dispute resolution and legal process in collaboration with outside counsel representing Dant Clayton.
• Manages the contract review, negotiation, and execution process for Dant Clayton, including the successful resolution of customer contract disputes.
• Collaborates with Finance Team (AR) and Project Management resources to ensure positive cash flow for the business and resolving payment matters with customers timely.
• Responsible for ensuring that the desired financial margins are achieved on all assigned projects.
• Responsible for the vetting and building of a pipeline of qualified subcontractor base to support construction demand, including hosting an annual subcontractor summit.
• Responsible for ensuring the proper labor is in place to meet and exceed project deadlines, quality assurance requirements, and overall customer demands.
• Responsible for ensuring that open and consistent communication is occurring internally and externally regarding project updates, milestones, and timelines.
• Creates and executes customer experience (Cx) strategies and tactics pertaining to project delivery and completion.
• Manages the team’s efforts in the customer contract negotiation process, adhering to established completion timelines.
• Responsible for ensuring that all Dant Clayton’s subcontractors on assigned projects have the skills and abilities to perform the work up to company standards.
• Establish and maintain departmental KPIs/metrics to measure performance.
• Timely assignment of Project Management resources, ensuring an efficient and quality hand-off process from Sales to Operations.
• Involved in the company budgeting and forecasting process, including the creation and management of the Project Management Team.
• Responsible for problem-solving and conflict resolution in customer-escalated matters on an as-needed basis for assigned projects and staff.
• Pairs with human resources to create succession plans and employee development strategies.
• Pairs with human resources to proactively address employee matters such as performance, behavioral, and organizational changes, etc.
• Must deliver annual performance evaluations to all assigned employees in accordance with company policies.
• Collaborates with other Dant Clayton departments as needed to ensure projects are completed on time and within scope.
• Explores and implements (in collaboration with IT) new and evolving technology in Project Management to ensure Dant Clayton is always continually improving.
• Serves as Dant Clayton’s ambassador pertaining to key customers, vendors, contractors, and suppliers.

Requirements

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management is required; advanced degrees are highly preferred, but not required. Will consider certain combinations of education and relevant experience.
• Relevant professional certifications in Project Management are highly preferred.
• Experience with Procore, connecting tech platforms, and AI tools is highly preferred.
• Must have a minimum of 15 years of project management experience in the construction and/or manufacturing industry.
• Must have the ability to create, analyze, and comprehend cost to complete, financial statements, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Must have a minimum of 7 years of experience in a management and leadership role with direct reports.
• Must have strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate others.
• Must have the ability to successfully handle multiple projects and tasks simultaneously.
• Must be able to thrive in a high-pressure environment and consistently meet or exceed deadlines.
• Must have the ability to take risks and lead change when in the best interest of the company and our customers.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have excellent overall technical skills with various software, hardware, programs, etc.
• Must have strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze data, trends, and provide recommendations.
• Must have strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Must be detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Must be flexible with the ability to change directions quickly regarding project timelines, deliverables, labor, etc.
• Must be willing to travel as needed.
• Must exhibit the company’s values on a daily basis with staff while ensuring established customer service level agreements (SLAs) are met.