Program Director

YER HR Solutions; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

YER HR Solutions is representing a commercial real estate client in Atlanta seeking a PMO / Account Lead to direct program governance and delivery across transactions, project controls, and design/construction for a national portfolio. You’ll lead 8-10, align Owner's Rep partners, and champion AI to improve speed and accuracy.

The role is a 12-month minimum assignment with hybrid work: three days on-site in Midtown and two days remote.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of leadership in commercial real estate, occupier advisory, or PMO for major corporate or institutional accounts.
• Experience directing programs that combine transactions/leasing with high-velocity capital project delivery (industrial, logistics, mission-critical, or high-tech preferred).
• Proven record of governing multi-firm Owner's Rep arrangements and performance audits.
• Familiarity with AI, process automation, and data analytics, and the vision to identify use cases and drive change management. No coding required.

Responsibilities

• Establish and refine cross-functional RACI frameworks connecting client real estate, construction, infrastructure, and facilities stakeholders.
• Align multiple Owner's Representative teams (third-party and internal) on QA/QC, execution playbooks, and standardized reporting.
• Lead monthly governance reviews and quarterly business reviews, delivering portfolio scorecards, risk matrices, and executive briefings to senior client leadership.
• Oversee transaction advisory workflows, ensuring lease terms, landlord delivery conditions, and TI allowances integrate with capital delivery schedules.
• Direct build delivery across active facilities, holding to quality benchmarks, master schedule baselines, and go-live criteria.
• Oversee TI allowance reconciliation, change order validation, schedule of values audits, and value engineering.
• Enforce invoice and pay-application auditing, including work-in-place and lien waiver verification.
• Sponsor and prioritize AI and automation workstreams (document extraction, invoice ingestion, risk registers, automated reporting) and set governance guardrails for the team's tech specialist.

Skills

Executive communication

Client relationship

Leadership

AI familiarity

Change management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Construction/Real Estate/Engineering

Master’s/MBA preferred

Tools

Project controls software

Job description

Our commercial real estate client in Atlanta is seeking a PMO / Account Lead to direct program governance and delivery across real estate transactions, project controls, and design and construction for a high-growth national facility portfolio. You'll lead a core team of 8-10, align multiple Owner's Rep partners, and champion AI and automation to improve speed and accuracy.

This is a 12-month minimum assignment with a hybrid schedule: three days per week on site in Midtown and two days remote.

Responsibilities

• Establish and refine cross-functional RACI frameworks connecting client real estate, construction, infrastructure, and facilities stakeholders.
• Align multiple Owner's Representative teams (third-party and internal) on QA/QC, execution playbooks, and standardized reporting.
• Lead monthly governance reviews and quarterly business reviews, delivering portfolio scorecards, risk matrices, and executive briefings to senior client leadership.
• Oversee transaction advisory workflows, ensuring lease terms, landlord delivery conditions, and TI allowances integrate with capital delivery schedules.
• Direct build delivery across active facilities, holding to quality benchmarks, master schedule baselines, and go-live criteria.
• Oversee TI allowance reconciliation, change order validation, schedule of values audits, and value engineering.
• Enforce invoice and pay-application auditing, including work-in-place and lien waiver verification.
• Manage critical path, schedule risk, and supply chain registers to resolve permitting, procurement, and contractor capacity bottlenecks early.
• Sponsor and prioritize AI and automation workstreams (document extraction, invoice ingestion, risk registers, automated reporting) and set governance guardrails for the team's tech specialist.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Real Estate, Engineering, Architecture, Business, or a related field (Master's/MBA preferred).
• 12+ years of progressive leadership in commercial real estate, occupier advisory, or PMO leadership for major corporate or institutional accounts.
• Experience directing programs that combine transactions/leasing with high-velocity capital project delivery (industrial, logistics, mission-critical, or high-tech preferred).
• Proven record of governing multi-firm Owner's Rep arrangements and performance audits.
• Familiarity with AI, process automation, and data analytics, and the vision to identify use cases and drive change management. No coding required.
• Strong executive communication, negotiation, and client relationship skills.
• PMP, PgMP, CCM, MRICS, or Lean Six Sigma a plus.