Assistant Project Lead

Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL); Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) in Chennai seeks an Assistant Project Lead, Project and Development Services to drive project delivery, manage small projects, and support major initiatives with a strong team.

The role focuses on defining objectives, reporting, forecasting budgets, building client relations, coordinating consultants, and ensuring adherence to timelines and safety standards in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in a property-related discipline and at least three years of experience in design, construction or project management.
• Experience leading projects, managing budgets and coordinating project teams.
• Ability to build strong client relationships and manage stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and own small projects, support major projects, and drive project success with the team.
• Manage project reporting, meetings, analyses and reviews; forecast expenditures and budgets.
• Build and maintain client relationships; identify needs and ensure satisfaction.
• Coordinate professional consultants and conduct contract administration to protect interests.
• Identify risks and implement mitigation measures; ensure health, safety and sustainability focus.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Client relationship management

Budget forecasting

Contract administration

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Property-related discipline degree

Job description

Job Summary

Assistant Project Lead, Project and Development Services - Chennai

Responsibilities

• Pillar of the team
• Working closely with either the project manager or the senior project manager (or both), you ll play a pivotal role in driving project success. You ll take ownership of small projects, and provide a boost to the major ones. Being one of the leaders at the helm, you ll explore ways to bring out the best in your team by striving to ensure optimal outcomes for all stakeholders.
• Likewise, you ll play a lead role in managing the organisational structure for each project, making sure that all reporting, communication and working procedures are streamlined, and that every project has clear objectives in place.
• Your attendance at project meetings is necessary, and you ll be expected to create project-related reports, analyses and reviews. Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail is crucial; this role needs someone who is good at forecasting project expenditure and ensuring effective management of project budgets.
• Building strong client relationships. We live and breathe client satisfaction. We therefore need someone who shares the same passion and dedication. You ll maintain a strong and positive relationship with our clients by identifying their needs, requirements and constraints.
• Of course, as you represent our clients best interests, you ll also keep in mind JLL s own business needs-and, thereby, strive to achieve an ideal balance between the two. You ll do so by being on the lookout for opportunities to introduce potential prospects to other business lines at JLL and build relationships with clients. You ll also see to it that project revenue and payment cycles are properly managed to avoid bad debt.
• Upholding excellence in project delivery. For over 200 years, JLL has become synonymous with project success-you will help continue this history of excellence. You ll manage professional consultants necessary for the design and documentation of the project, as well as carry out contract administration of all vendors professionally and in accordance with legal requirements to protect commercial interests of clients and JLL. You will also help identify project risks and implement measures to mitigate them.
• Similarly, core to our reputation is our strong focus on health safety and on sustainability, and you ll be expected to keep these front-of-mind at all times.
• Likewise, you should have a great sense of urgency when it comes to solving problems, improving products or services, finding new markets, and implementing new strategies.
• You are resilient and can deal effectively with competing priorities and tight deadlines.
• Engage confidently with internal and external stakeholders and see things from their perspective.
• Are driven to succeed and love achieving challenging goals.
• Bring a structured and organised approach to everything they do.
• Communicate and collaborate to achieve success.
• Thrive under pressure and deal effectively with tight deadlines and high expectations.
• To apply you need to be: An expert in the field
• We employ talent from a wide range of backgrounds, though typically you should have a degree in any property-related discipline, and at least three years of experience in design, construction or project management.
• Our project management teams are tech-savvy and digitally enabled. We are the digital leader in project management, so it s important that you help drive the effective use of JLL technology platforms to deliver our projects.

Job Details

• Location: Chennai
• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 48