Overview
Senior Project Manager - Milano
Job ID: 222496 | Posted: 03-Jun-2025 | Service line: GWS Segment | Role type: Full-time
CBRE | Hitrac Engineering Group is the new company of CBRE Global Workplace Solutions, a leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management. We are recruiting our Head of Projects in Milan; this role will have the following responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Business Development: Plan and develop long term opportunities by creating a pipeline of opportunities. Develop and manage all bids, tenders and proposals. Responsible for generating and securing new sales to exceed the annual financial plan. Seek out opportunities to generate projects through innovation and different technologies. Lead the sales process through solutions development, participation in presentations and consultation meetings.
- Building Relationships: Develop effective relationships with current and potential customers through demonstrating our capability in project delivery solutions. Build strong relationships with supply partners through which we can bring innovation to our customers. Ensure effective solutions which meet quality expectations can be delivered to our customers. Work with operational managers to ensure the collaborative development of the projects business with effective team working and support of colleagues.
- Compliance: Make certain that their team comply with project management policies and procedures. Ensure compliance with health and safety policy across all activities. Regularly audit and review performance. Carry out monthly and ad hoc project review meetings covering all aspects of Health & Safety / CDM Legislation and Requirements. Engage with supply partners in a manner that ensures all risk is appropriately apportioned.
- Financial management: Development of project financial plans. Financial responsibility for the delivery of the annual projects plan. Manage the monthly P&L and ensure all costs (PMs/HoP) are fully accountable and recoverable. Produce monthly and ad hoc financial reports for the business. Leverage margins on projects by working with subcontractors and suppliers to reduce project costs. Ensure positive cash flow and that all debt is controlled below 60 days. Chair monthly project reviews with BULs, PM’s, Project Support, Finance Manager, Procurement Manager, Health & Safety Manager and Commercial Manager.
- People Management: Recruit, train, appraise and manage a team of exceptional PM delivery team. Have people plan in place at all times. Ensure the Project Managers are fully trained and equipped to deliver projects to the right standards and within CBRE policies and procedures. Conduct performance reviews and create individual PDPs for all direct reports. Responsible for recruitment and selection of all project staff. Responsible for the resolution of any discipline and grievance issues that may arise.
Candidate profile
We are looking for suitable candidates and our screening activities will be based on the following skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and aptitude.
Skills
- Commercial awareness
- Strong financial acumen
- Strong influencing, selling and negotiation skills
- Present with confidence
- Understand commercial and financial metrics
- Internal and external customer management
- Networking skills
Knowledge
- Knowledge of the construction market
- Project management methodology
- Broad understanding of construction Health and Safety law and legislation
- Understanding of general financial terminology
Experience
- Proven project management experience in either an M&E, FM, construction or critical environment
- Experience of developing new project opportunities
- Proven experience of running a P&L
- Demonstrable evidence of having managed a team
- Experience of creating, presenting and managing on bids, tenders and proposals
Qualifications
- Recognised technical qualification in either a construction, mechanical or electrical discipline
- Business standard of written and verbal literacy as well as above average numeracy skills
- Recognised qualification in project management
Aptitude
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
- An excellent relationship builder
- Ability to inspire confidence
- High degree of integrity
- Highly motivated and self-aware
- Highly organised with attention to detail
- Ability to network
- Results focused
- Innovative