Vice President Projects

Adler Talent Solutions; Chennai District; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 12,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Adler Talent Solutions seeks a seasoned Projects Head to provide strategic direction for real estate developments. You will own end-to-end project delivery, from planning through handover, across villas, plotted developments and multi-unit residential projects.

The role requires guiding large, multi-site teams, managing budgets and ensuring compliance with quality, safety and statutory standards. Strong governance, leadership and stakeholder skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of experience in real estate project execution.
• End-to-end delivery of villas, plots and apartment projects.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership for end-to-end project delivery.
• Lead planning, scheduling and resource deployment across developments.
• Manage budgets, quality, safety and compliance across sites.
• Oversee multiple large projects simultaneously across locations.
• Spearhead governance, MIS and progress reporting to senior leadership.

Skills

Project leadership

Real estate

Contractor management

Cost control

Safety compliance

Education

Civil engineering or construction management

Job description

Role & responsibilities

The Projects Head will be responsible for providing overall leadership and strategic direction for project execution across S&P Foundation's real estate developments. The role will have end-to-end ownership of project delivery, covering planning, scheduling, execution, cost, quality, safety, statutory compliance, contractor management and site operations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Planning & Execution

• Provide overall leadership for the end-to-end execution and delivery of real estate projects.
• Lead project planning, execution strategy, scheduling and resource deployment across multiple developments.
• Establish clear project milestones, deliverables, timelines and accountability mechanisms.
• Ensure projects are executed in accordance with approved plans, budgets, quality standards and business objectives.
• Drive execution of villas, plotted developments and apartment projects from project initiation through completion and handover.

Multi-Project Management

• Oversee and manage 34 large projects simultaneously, with approximately 34 million sq. ft. under active development.
• Establish effective systems for monitoring project progress, identifying deviations and ensuring timely corrective action.
• Balance resources, priorities and execution requirements across multiple project locations.

Cost & Commercial Control

• Take ownership of project budgets and ensure execution remains within approved cost parameters.
• Monitor project expenditure, resource utilisation and cost deviations.
• Identify potential cost overruns early and implement corrective measures.
• Work closely with internal teams, contractors, consultants and vendors to ensure commercial discipline.

Site Operations & Resource Management

• Provide leadership to large site teams and ensure effective deployment of manpower and resources.
• Build and manage strong project execution teams with clear roles, responsibilities and accountability.
• Ensure adequate site infrastructure, manpower, equipment and resources are available.

Contractor, Consultant & Vendor Management

• Lead sourcing, selection, onboarding and performance management of contractors, consultants and vendors.
• Establish expectations around scope, timelines, quality, safety and deliverables.
• Monitor performance and address execution issues promptly.

Quality, Safety & Compliance

• Ensure adherence to quality standards, safety requirements and statutory regulations.
• Establish robust systems for quality monitoring and safety compliance.
• Identify compliance and execution risks and ensure timely mitigation.

Project Governance, Risk & Stakeholder Management

• Establish project governance, MIS, dashboards and progress monitoring systems.
• Track timelines, physical progress, cost, resources, quality, safety, compliance, risks and bottlenecks.
• Develop mitigation and recovery plans and drive timely corrective action.
• Act as key interface with senior leadership, consultants, contractors, vendors and internal stakeholders.

Leadership & Team Development

• Build and lead high-performing project teams.
• Establish clear performance expectations and accountability.
• Develop project leaders and site teams through coaching, direction and performance management.

Preferred candidate profile

20+ years of experience in real estate project execution, preferably with reputed large developers or large infrastructure companies.

• Proven experience in end-to-end delivery of villas, plotted developments and apartment projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple large-scale projects simultaneously.
• Experience handling 3-4 large projects with approximately 3-4 million sq. ft. under active development.
• Strong expertise in project planning and scheduling, execution, cost control, site operations, progress monitoring, contractor/consultant/vendor management, quality, safety and statutory compliance.
• Strong ability to identify execution risks, remove bottlenecks and drive corrective actions.
• Demonstrated ability to build and lead large, high-performing project teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of project governance, MIS, progress reporting and escalation management.
• Relevant technical / professional qualifications in construction, civil engineering, project management or related disciplines advantageous; postgraduate qualification preferred.