On-Site Property GM: Leadership, Budgets & Capital Projects

CBRE Group, Inc.; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site role

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. is seeking a General Manager to lead the team responsible for all operational and financial activities for a portfolio of properties.

This on-site role will oversee staff, capital planning, vendor relationships, and owner reporting, ensuring projects meet timelines and budgets. The ideal candidate will bring 5-8 years of relevant experience, strong MS Office skills, and a proven ability to drive multi-year capital initiatives while delivering excellent tenant service and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 5-8 years of relevant experience.
• Experience managing Class A, high-rise office assets in a major metropolitan market is highly preferred.
• The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong financial and operational acumen, with a proven ability to lead multi-year capital forecasting and the execution of high-priority capital improvement projects.
• You will serve as the lead on project management - ranging from small-scale tenant construction to complex building projects - while maintaining a rigorous approach to vendor management, ensuring all contractual obligations and service standards are exceeded.
• Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to motivate the team to achieve broad operational targets with impacts on own job discipline, multiple job disciplines, and department.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Extensive organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.
• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.
• Respond to high profile tenant needs and issues.
• Direct multi-year capital forecasting and execute the full project lifecycle - ranging from tenant improvements to building-wide capital initiatives - ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery.
• Manage all third-party vendor relationships, ensuring strict adherence to contractual obligations, service level agreements, and operational performance standards.
• Act as primary contact with property owners, serving as owner representative to ensure that objectives are being met. Prepare and deliver timely, accurate and complete reports.
• Develop and control annual budgets for large operating and capital expenses. Forecast complex management plans and prepare monthly performance reports, explaining variances.
• Help create advanced programs that will assist the property with emergency recoveries.
• Prepare and approve all required legal notices. Recommend and coordinate legal action as necessary.
• Review tenant rent and common area maintenance recovery charges to ensure payment is on time.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Vendor management

Project management

Tenant relations

Forecasting

MS Office

Staff coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

CBRE Group, Inc. is seeking a General Manager to lead the team responsible for all operational and financial activities for a portfolio of properties.

This on-site role will oversee staff, capital planning, vendor relationships, and owner reporting, ensuring projects meet timelines and budgets. The ideal candidate will bring 5-8 years of relevant experience, strong MS Office skills, and a proven ability to drive multi-year capital initiatives while delivering excellent tenant service and