Project Management Officer-Jobs in United States

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:

• Safety first - Going home safe and well
• Client focus - Deliver on our promise
• Integrity - Always do the right thing
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel
  

Senior development advisory consultant will contribute to the implementation of business development and management strategy for the Development Advisory service line. Delivers development advisory services to agreed outcomes and deliverables within time, cost and quality requirements, promoting the enhancement of value. Responsible for the delivery of project/development objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs), providing leadership support to the project and the project teams, and in the delivery of internal fee expectations together with appropriate risk mitigation and change management.

You’ll be responsible for:

Winning work and client relationships

• Assesses new opportunities by having insight into the relevant markets, supporting bids and supporting growth across the development advisory service line.
• Maintaining and creating longstanding client relationships, including Client Relationship Management.

Technical delivery

• Preparing strategies and visions, identifying client challenges, value creation and critical success factors
• Preparing outline business cases, with some Green Book experience (excluding economic case)
• Preparing high level development appraisals
• Developing delivery strategies, with some high level funding strategy experience
• Assisting with development budgets and cost plans.
• Overseeing development and project management processes.
• Collaborating with internal and external multi-disciplinary teams through design, planning, procurement and cost management.
• Promoting the highest standards of safety, health and welfare across the team.
• Managing a team (or multiple teams) to deliver team and project objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs).

People management

• Providing performance management, technical development and coaching.

Climate responsibility

• Working collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.

You’ll need to have:

• Knowledge of development lifecycle, from site acquisition to opening and disposal.
• Ability to demonstrate development experience including practical knowledge of appraisals and valuations.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to discern and develop value.
• Ability to work with other team members and external lawyers on transaction documentation.
• Demonstrable previous experience of innovation, knowledge capture and establishing best practice in service delivery
• Demonstrable ability to standardise solutions to drive efficiency, whilst still innovating.
• People management experience, including talent attraction and retention.
• Experience in client-side roles with developers, advisory businesses or landowners.
• Experience across more than one sector.
• Develops and maintains excellent professional working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills.
• Experience working in a consultancy environment.
• Growth mindset that promotes curiosity, high quality contribution and team collaboration.
• Effective appraisal/analytical skills to support reporting.
• Experience in working on diverse project types.
• Management experience and capability to take initiative within team environments.
• Tertiary qualifications (or equivalent)
• Professional qualification and membership relevant to the role (e.g. RICS/APM) (or equivalent).

You’ll also have:

• Technical understanding of strategy and vision development, business cases, project management practices, delivery strategies, funding strategies, programme production, sequencing and logic.
• Familiarity with operational management and service delivery.
• Advocate for health standards, safety and wellbeing.
• Focus on UK markets in residential and mixed-use sectors.
• Regeneration and local authority partnership experience.
• Encourages sharing of best practice and lesson learnt between teams.
• Encourages awareness of skills and strengths of colleagues from different technical, social and cultural backgrounds.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Post-graduate degree in property investment, development, management (or equivalent).

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.

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