Development Senior Project Manager

Kabannas; Richmond; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic hotel group is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee the lifecycle of hotel developments. The role involves managing budgets, coordinating teams, and ensuring projects adhere to regulations. Ideal candidates will have robust project management experience from hospitality or mixed-use projects. This position offers a unique opportunity to work on innovative developments across the UK and Europe.

Qualifications

• Strong project management experience, ideally in hospitality or mixed-use development.
• Experience with procurement and planning processes.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Oversee developments from project management perspective across all stages.
• Collaborate with internal teams to manage project plans and budgets.
• Prepare project progress reports and manage risks.

Skills

Project management experience

Budget management

Team coordination

Regulatory compliance

Job description

Kabannas is a dynamic and rapidly expanding hybrid hotel group with a mission to redefine urban hospitality and targeting €100m+ in acquisitions of assets across Europe. With 4 locations live and plans to grow to 15 across the UK and major European cities over the next 4 years, we specialize in acquiring, developing, and operating flexible hotel concepts in vibrant urban settings. Our projects range from refurbishments of existing hotels to adaptive reuse of office buildings into stylish, multifunctional hybrid hotels.

As Senior Project Manager, you will support the successful delivery of our hotel developments from post-acquisition through to the start of the contractor tender process. Working closely with the Acquisition and Construction Directors, you will manage project timelines, oversee pre-construction processes across RIBA Stages 1–4/5, and support design team coordination. You’ll also assist during acquisition phases with technical due diligence. This role is ideal for someone with project management or development manager experience in hospitality, student, or mixed-use development projects who thrives in a fast-paced, design-led environment.

Role Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join our development team and be involved in refurbishment and new build projects across the development lifecycle, gaining hands-on experience in innovative hybrid hotel developments in Europe and the UK.

Suitable candidates will have strong project management experience, including managing budgets, coordinating teams, and ensuring projects meet contractual and regulatory requirements.

Due to growth and activity in our current pipeline, we require a Senior Project Manager to work within a small management team, collaborating with design, commercial, and construction teams to ensure successful, on-time, and within-budget project delivery.

Additionally, this role involves regular reporting to an executive team and significant interface with project stakeholders and partners.

The Role Involves:

• Overseeing developments from project management perspective at various stages of the development lifecycle, from early concept, acquisition, planning, design, procurement, to delivery and handover.
• Collaborating with internal teams to develop and manage project plans, schedules, specifications, and budgets.
• Implementing rigorous control of cost, quality, change management, and programme through project tools, employer & construction standards, and documentation to prevent overruns.
• Preparing project progress reports, consolidating contractor and consultant information, and issuing reports at all development stages.
• Proactively managing projects, identifying risks, and managing budgets or funding.
• Working with internal teams and partners to select project advisers and consultants.
• Supporting initial technical site feasibility studies and identifying development opportunities and constraints.
• Managing planning consents, discharges, and working closely with planning authorities and design teams to ensure project readiness for construction.
• Identifying and mitigating bottlenecks in design and construction development processes.
• Transitioning completed developments to operational management.
• Supporting procurement strategies.