Senior project manager (Milan)

Agilité Solutions; Lombardia; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working up to two days per week

Annual ski trip and company social eg;

Meal vouchers and sport allowance

Annual bonus

Project bonus

Energetic and dynamic work environment

Job summary

Agilité is seeking a senior project manager to deliver high-end commercial interiors and fit-out projects across Italy and wider Europe. The role is based in Milan and requires leadership from pre-construction through handover, with accountability for quality, safety, and client satisfaction.

The candidate should have deep construction knowledge, strong commercial awareness, and the ability to manage complex projects in demanding, international environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years’ proven experience in a demanding construction or fit-out environment.
• Experience delivering office, retail or hospitality fit-out projects.
• Strong commercial awareness and contractual understanding.

Responsibilities

• Involved in pre-construction and tender responses, advising on strategy.
• Lead fit-out projects from mobilisation to handover and OPR.
• Manage procurement, subcontractors, and production schedules.
• Oversee financial and contractual management, risk and claims.
• Ensure HQSE compliance across all activities.
• Develop team and promote delivery-focused culture.

Skills

Project management

On-site leadership

Client relationship

Budget & costs

Italian & English fluency

Job description

Agilité is looking for a senior project manager to deliver high‑end commercial interiors and fit‑out projects across Italy and wider Europe.

Agilité is recruiting a senior project manager to join its Milan team, delivering high‑end commercial interiors and fit‑out projects across Italy and wider Europe. This is a senior, highly operational role with full responsibility for projects from early pre‑construction through to handover.

The senior project manager will represent Agilité on site and with clients, taking ownership of technical, financial, contractual, safety and delivery performance. The role requires a confident, resilient professional with deep construction knowledge, strong commercial awareness, and the ability to lead complex projects in demanding, international environments.

This role is well suited to an organised, methodical, and self-driven professional who is comfortable working independently within a collaborative project environment.

Reporting directly to the country head, the senior project manager is fully accountable for the successful delivery of assigned projects, ensuring quality, client satisfaction, and achievement of project objectives.

What it takes to be a senior project manager at Agilité

Key responsibilities.

Pre‑construction and tender involvement

• Getting involved early in the pre‑construction phase, assessing feasibility and delivery strategy
• Analysing tender responses and documentation, working closely with the cost estimator
• Making delivery and methodology recommendations aligned with cost, time and risk
• Exploring design and material alternatives with the design office to meet client expectations and improve profitability
• Integrating health, safety and environmental considerations into tender responses
• Contributing to budget proposals, feasibility studies and updated project submissions.

Project delivery and site management

• Taking full ownership of fit‑out projects from mobilisation to handover and OPR
• Selecting subcontractors, leading negotiations, and managing procurement and planning
• Achieving quality, cost and programme targets
• Reviewing drawings and schedules, contributing where required to improve buildability
• Monitoring daily site progress, anticipating challenges and maintaining momentum
• Mobilising required technical experts and coordinating interventions
• Managing all aspects of works contracts, including technical, administrative and financial elements.

Financial and contractual control

• Overseeing financial and contractual management to support smooth project delivery
• Maintaining cost control, forecasting and variation management
• Managing contractual correspondence, claims and commercial risk
• Delivering projects on time and within the agreed budget
• Client and stakeholder management
• Acting as Agilité’s primary on‑site representative and main point of contact
• Coordinating effectively between technical teams, control office, clients, consultants and subcontractors
• Organising and leading site meetings and progress meetings
• Preparing and following up on project documentation and reporting
• Building and maintaining strong, professional relationships with all key stakeholders.

Health, safety, quality and environment

• Applying HQSE regulations across all project activities
• Complying with company health and safety policy and ISO accreditations
• Ensuring subcontractors meet all safety, health and environmental requirements
• Embedding health and safety considerations throughout planning and execution
• Process management and reporting
• Communicating relevant project information clearly and promptly to teams
• Analysing and supporting production processes to maintain efficiency and quality
• Monitoring and reporting against key performance indicators
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of delivery processes.

Leadership and people development

• Identifying team strengths and development needs
• Supporting training plans and capability development
• Conducting regular assessments and contributing to performance management
• Promoting a collaborative, accountable and delivery-focused culture.

Qualifications

• Minimum10 years’ proven experiencein a demanding construction or fit‑out environment
• Experience within the construction sector, ideally with a recognised general contractor
• Proven delivery of office, retail or hospitality fit‑out projects
• Experience in delivering complex office fit‑out projects for banking or financial services clients would be highly desirable
• Highly operational, responsive and adaptable approach
• Strong commercial awareness and contractual understanding
• Established relationships within the local market
• Excellent communication skills and strong business acumen
• Ability to represent the company at senior client level
• Resilience, motivation, determination and natural enthusiasm
• Strong alignment with Agilité’s values and delivery standards
• Fluency in Italianand English.

Compensation and benefits (Italy)

• Salary range: €55,000 - 75,000
• Annual bonus
• Project bonus
• Meal vouchers and sport allowance
• Remote working up to two days per week
• Annual ski trip and company social events
• Energetic and dynamic work environment
• Purpose-driven work with a focus on making a positive impact

We’re a growing organisation that creates spaces where people can live, work, and play.

With a solid reputation as a general contractor and fit‑out company – for both tertiary and commercial spaces – we strive to include sustainability into our building processes. Our ethos centres around futureproofing our projects – and at the heart of that is our diverse team.

We’ve built a reputation as ‘the resourceful problem solver’ – a trusted partner which anticipates, and mitigates, issues before they arise, and one which is built on a culture of honesty, ambition, and trust.

There’s no denying that the commercial interiors sector is often complex, especially when working on a continent‑wide scale. We’ve therefore built a network of best‑in‑class professionals, suppliers, and consultants, experienced in delivering high quality space planning, design, build and construction services.

Agilité is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team of experts that will reflect our customers and users. We enjoy nothing more than seeing our employees thrive in an atmosphere of togetherness. We therefore aim to continue building a diverse workforce and foster different perspectives and unique ways of thinking – regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion, or physical ability.