Senior Project Manager, Real Estate Development
We are looking for a senior project manager to lead end-to-end real estate development projects from initiation to handover. You will manage planning, permitting, budgets, schedules, contractors, and stakeholders, ensuring high-quality delivery of income-producing properties.
Responsibilities
- Manage construction, upgrade, and development projects for income-producing properties.
- Lead projects from planning and initiation to completion and handover.
- Drive permitting and licensing processes with municipalities, councils, and statutory bodies.
- Coordinate daily with architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, execution managers, and suppliers.
- Manage multiple interfaces and align all project stakeholders.
- Oversee schedules, budgets, milestones, and progress control.
- Handle tendering, contracting, and performance monitoring.
- Identify bottlenecks, risks, and deviations early and provide solutions.
- Prepare status reports and present project progress to senior management.
- Work with tenants and property users as needed.
- Take ownership of quality, timeliness, and budget until project completion.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, industrial engineering & management, or a related field.
- At least 5–8 years of experience in project management within real estate, construction, upgrade, or development.
- Proven experience in income-producing real estate projects – significant advantage.
- Experience working with municipalities, councils, authorities, and statutory bodies.
- Experience advancing and managing permitting and building license processes.
- Experience collaborating with architects, consultants, contractors, and execution managers.
- Proven ability to lead a project independently and manage multiple interfaces concurrently.
- Strong management, organizational, planning, and control skills.
- Ability to read and understand plans, specifications, and engineering documents.
- High responsibility, professional maturity, and a sense of ownership.
- Systemic thinking combined with attention to detail.
- Problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
- Assertiveness and ability to stand firm with professional stakeholders and authorities.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work cooperatively with diverse parties.
- Orderliness, organization, thoroughness, and ability to multitask.
- High motivation, independence, and a proactive attitude.
Nice to have
- High proficiency in Excel and project management tools.
- Good command of English.