
Senior Project Manager- Luxury Retail Construction
- Los Angeles, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop project set up tools such as Project Execution Plans, governance documentation, roles and responsibilities matrices and communications protocols
- Manage stakeholders including landlord, client, architects, engineers, supply chain, specialty contractors and relevant authorities to deliver compliant projects.
- Can analyze, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slip.
- Verify that effective project governance, processes and systems are utilized
- Ensure application of best practice on all projects.
- Production of formal project status reports and other reports as required.
- Monitor the progress of multiple construction projects simultaneously to ensure that the approved design standards are being applied correctly.
- Manage the interface between all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews.
- Manage the flow of project information between the project team through regular meetings and written communications.
- Lead meetings
- Project record keeping through maintaining meeting minutes and action logs
- Manage risk through a risk management process, engaging stakeholders as required.
- Develop project schedules. Forecast and update key project milestones.
- Manage and monitor local design teams in accordance with commission criteria and oversee delivery to budget and timeline.
- Lead value engineering processes.
- Provide technical support to owners, architects, general contractors and regional stakeholders.
- Rapid response to RFIs from the field.
- Provide expertise for cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance where required.
- Independent review of status reports, drawing submittals, timelines and costs from architects, contractors and suppliers.
- Client management - assist in developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities.
- Strategic Thinking - provides advice to project teams on approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve both clients' objectives and business objectives.
- Knowledge management - ensure that key information and learnings generated from each project is captured.
- Process improvement - Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes
- Oversee design coordination, as well as mock-ups, material approvals and sample reviews
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
- Luxury retail experience preferred In the LA market
- Experience working with tenant-landlord coordination projects
- Bachelor's degree in construction management, civil engineering, or applicable bachelor's degree and or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 5-7 years of relevant project management experience.
- Strong organizational and management skills - ability to work effectively and collaboratively with the broader team.
- Effective presentation skills.
- Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction project management tools.
- Excellent communication skills.