Project Leader

Cushman & Wakefield; India; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield in India is seeking a Project Leader to drive data centre projects, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to safety and quality standards.

You will lead the project team, coordinate stakeholders, and act as the primary client contact, guiding design, construction, and commissioning through to handover.

The role requires strong coordination skills and the ability to operate in fast-paced, mission-critical environments, within a global real estate services firm.

Qualifications

• Basic understanding of data centre infrastructure.
• Good coordination and follow-up skills.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, mission-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and strategic direction for the project.
• Act as the primary point of contact for the client and key stakeholders.
• Oversee the team and coordinate all project functions.
• Ensure delivery of the project within approved time, cost, quality, and safety objectives.
• Monitor design development, construction, and commissioning activities.
• Review project progress, key milestones, risks, issues, and recovery actions.
• Lead stakeholder, contractor, consultant, and vendor coordination.
• Ensure effective implementation of project governance, reporting, and control systems.
• Provide strategic direction for resolution of critical project issues and escalations.
• Ensure successful project completion, commissioning, and handover.

Skills

Data centre infrastructure

Coordination

Fast-paced environments

Job description

Project Leader

Job Title Project Leader Job Description Summary This role will be responsible for execution of data centre projects, ensuring work is completed on time, within budget, and as per quality and safety standards.

About the Role

• Provide overall leadership and strategic direction for the project.
• Act as the primary point of contact for the client and key stakeholders.
• Oversee the team and coordinate all project functions.
• Ensure delivery of the project within approved time, cost, quality, and safety objectives.
• Monitor design development, construction, and commissioning activities.
• Review project progress, key milestones, risks, issues, and recovery actions.
• Lead stakeholder, contractor, consultant, and vendor coordination.
• Ensure effective implementation of project governance, reporting, and control systems.
• Provide strategic direction for resolution of critical project issues and escalations.
• Ensure successful project completion, commissioning, and handover.

About You

• Basic understanding of data centre infrastructure.
• Good coordination and follow-up skills.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, mission-critical environments.

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from

• Being part of a growing global company
• Career development and a promote from within culture
• An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment. We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program. We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong. That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status. We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.

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About Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) is a leading global commercial real estate services firm for occupiers and investors with approximately 53,000 employees in over 350 offices and nearly 60 countries. In 2025, the firm reported revenue of $10.3 billion across its core service lines of services, Leasing, Capital markets, and Valuation and other. Built around the belief that Better never settles, the firm receives numerous industry and business accolades for its award-winning culture. For additional information, visit www.cushmanwakefield.com