Manager, Welfare and Self-Reliance Owner’s Representative (Mgr, Project 3)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is seeking a senior manager to lead Welfare and Self-Reliance Services’ center of excellence, providing owner-level oversight for capital construction and facilities maintenance. The role emphasizes governance, escalation, and stewardship over direct delivery.

Responsibilities include aligning capital projects with long-term strategies, managing a dispersed portfolio, and ensuring adherence to WSRS standards while coordinating with external service

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 15 years of capital project experience.
• Experience overseeing complex, geographically dispersed portfolios.
• Strong understanding of contracts and real property transactions.

Responsibilities

• Provides owner-level leadership and oversight for all capital construction projects within Welfare and Self-Reliance Services
• Supports alignment between capital projects and long‑term strategies
• Maintains accountability for the department's overall capital project portfolio
• Serves as the primary point of escalation for significant project risks and issues
• Oversees the performance of project management service providers
• Ensures accurate project status reporting and KPIs
• Ensures consistent application of WSRS design and construction standards
• Acts as a senior communication link between WSRS operations and facilities department service providers
• Resolves complex or high‑risk issues
• Consistently meets and regularly exceeds defined performance metrics
• Demonstrates exceptional judgment, accountability, and stewardship
• Builds trust through clarity, consistency, and professionalism
• Manages the WSRS facilities center of excellence team
• Manage WSR real estate portfolio
• Develop and maintain department‑level budget for facilities
• Oversee the creation of WSR facilities related processes

Skills

Leadership

Governance

Influence

Stakeholder management

Project reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management/engineering/architecture

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Office & project reporting tools

Job description

Job Description

This position exists to lead a center of excellence and serve as an owner representative that helps provide and maintain facilities that support Welfare and Self-Reliance’s mission and operations. This role provides senior owner-level oversight and accountability for the department's portfolio of capital construction projects and facilities maintenance. The manager ensures that projects delivered by external service providers are executed consistently to WSRS standards for quality, cost, schedule, safety, and operational function. The role focuses on department-level governance, leadership, escalation, and stewardship rather than direct project delivery. This is a people and process manager role.

Job Description

This position exists to lead a center of excellence and serve as an owner representative that helps provide and maintain facilities that support Welfare and Self-Reliance’s mission and operations. This role provides senior owner-level oversight and accountability for the department's portfolio of capital construction projects and facilities maintenance. The manager ensures that projects delivered by external service providers are executed consistently to WSRS standards for quality, cost, schedule, safety, and operational function. The role focuses on department-level governance, leadership, escalation, and stewardship rather than direct project delivery. This is a people and process manager role.

Responsibilities

• Provides owner-level leadership and oversight for all capital construction projects within Welfare and Self-Reliance Services
• Supports alignment between capital projects and long‑term strategies
• Maintains accountability for the department's overall capital project portfolio
• Serves as the primary point of escalation for significant project risks and issues
• Oversees the performance of project management service providers
• Ensures accurate project status reporting and KPIs
• Ensures consistent application of WSRS design and construction standards
• Acts as a senior communication link between WSRS operations and facilities department service providers
• Resolves complex or high‑risk issues
• Consistently meets and regularly exceeds defined performance metrics
• Demonstrates exceptional judgment, accountability, and stewardship
• Builds trust through clarity, consistency, and professionalism
• Manages the WSRS facilities center of excellence team
• Manage WSR real estate portfolio
• Develop and maintain department‑level budget for facilities
• Oversee the creation of WSR facilities related processes

Required

QUALIFICATIONS

• Required bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or related field, or equivalent experience
• 15 years of capital project experience
• Experience overseeing complex, geographically dispersed portfolios
• Strong understanding of contracts and real property transactions
• Ability to lead through influence and governance
• Ability to work effectively with senior leaders and service providers
• Proficiency in standard office and project reporting tools

Preferred

• Master's degree in relevant discipline
• Deep understanding of Church facilities processes
• Deep understanding of WSRS operations
• Relevant professional certification (e.g.,PMP, CCM, CFM) AIA, PE

About Us

Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.

Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.

Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.