REQ-116 Associate Director

Day 2 Plus, LLC.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 162,500 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with annual bonus

401k plan

Comprehensive health insurance

Job summary

Day Two Plus seeks an Associate Director in Product with extensive real estate or commercial construction experience. You will gather requirements, lead design workshops, and support client engagements from initiation through delivery, interfacing with vendor partners and internal teams.

The role requires process orientation, proactive mindset, and ability to operate across projects for a large US-based client with a broad footprint."

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in a relevant field is required.
• 10+ years of experience in construction/project management or related roles.
• Experience in a construction technology or advisory environment is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of the technology, including user training.
• Lead project strategy, scope, schedule, budget and risk plans.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for project teams.
• Identify customer needs and represent them to Product Development.
• Develop KPIs and measure the effectiveness of initiatives.
• Build relationships with senior stakeholders and teams.

Skills

Project management

Real estate experience

Change management

Data analysis

Client interaction

Education

Master’s Degree in architecture, engineering, construction, construction technology, information technology, computer science, real estate or equivalent

Tools

MS Project

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Construction/Project Management/Technology

In 2021, Day Two Plus began it’s journey to deliver an integrated, end-to-end Project Management Information System(“PMIS”) and Project Management solution that intelligently structures construction project services information. Day Two Plus is in the technology services sector, servicing small construction projects to provide improved outcomes for a three-way marketplace of constituencies: i) Real Estate Owners & Design, ii) General Contractors, Construction & Project Managers, and iii) Sub-Contractors and Technicians.

We encourage you to explore our website at https://daytwoplus.com that illustrates the fundamentals of Day Two Plus and why we are uniquely positioned to be the leader in delivering an integrated, end-to-end marketplace for Facility Construction Services.

We offer our employees the following benefits:

• Competitive salary and eligibility for an annual performance bonus
• A 401k plan
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, FSA, and prescription insurance

Annual compensation, commensurate with experience, will range from $162,500 to $195,000.

Position Summary

Day Two Plus seeks an Associate Director who MUST have real estate or commercial construction industry experience (i.e. a high volume of small projects). Familiarity with project management and services workflow is a plus.

As an Associate Director working in Product, your activities will include gathering and documenting system requirements, participating and leading in design workshops, understanding the client’s business model and processes, supporting development efforts throughout the project cycle, and participating in training, documentation and knowledge transfer activities.

This position demands an entrepreneurial and thought-provoking candidate with the ability to deliver within on high caliber client engagements, as well as the core pre-requisites of a successful contributor.

As an Associate Director, Product, the candidate will be responsible to understand and translate the business needs of clients with vendor partners and team members. Candidate must be process driven, and bring a positive and proactive mindset to join our team. You will interface and coordinate between the senior management of the Company’s Client and Company leadership together with the responsibility to deliver tasks in the portfolio of projects.

In partnership with the Company’s Technology group, you will help support the group through all aspects of product and service delivery. You are expected to be process driven, and bring a positive and proactive mindset to the Company’s team.

This role is a client-facing role and is responsible for the successful implementation of Company’s solutions for new/existing clients as well as working with our Product Development team. More specifically, you will have the responsibility to bring extensive real estate or project management experience and project delivery solutions to the Company’s largest client, based in NY with offices throughout the US, who is one of the largest interior construction firm’s in the US employing over 4,500 people across 49 offices and 14 companies. They uniquely understand the challenges associated with fast-track requirements, siloed data, and communication inefficiencies due to an inefficient tech stack which causes project participants to work sub-optimally through disparate software and workflow.

The candidate should enjoy working as an individual contributor and in a team setting.

Role Specific Skills include, but are not limited to:

• Familiarity with project management workflow, including estimating, scheduling, RFI’s, submittals, drawings, bidding, daily journals, safety, punch lists, etc. is a plus
• Program management experience, including overseeing and managing project execution, ensuring the delivery of tangible business value including cost savings/avoidance, process optimization, realizable productivity and to ensure that our clients achieve the maximum value from our product.
• Efficiently manage onboarding of new users.
• Ability to identify key issues, analyze data, and make recommendations to influence the product’s roadmap and features.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, evaluate process inefficiencies and propose effective and efficient solutions.
• Candidate should have experience in a Top Tier Consulting, Services or Product Delivery organization in the Real Estate sector.
• Experienced with Agile Methodology. Scrum framework experience preferred
• Working experience with development teams preferred.
• Excellent client interaction skills, collaborative work style, and strong interpersonal and team skills
• Strong listening, observational, consultative and interpretive skills

Main Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Drive seamless adoption of the technology, including training of users on how to use the technology and make the most out of it.
• Responsible and accountable for assigned project's strategy, scope of work, schedule, budget, risk mitigation plan, and any activity tied to the commercial success of the project
• Serves as a primary point of contact for all project teams.
• Fast thinking, problem solver, ability to pass on information to the relevant internal teams for action.
• Identify key customer needs and priorities and represent them to the Product Development team during Product Development planning.
• Managing real-time inquiries while keeping track of and responding to commitments to follow-up with customer/vendor inquiries.
• Manage project documentation and capture requirements from all functional stakeholders.
• Understanding of design, construction, tools/equipment and technology processes, platforms and workflows.
• Ensuring marketing and training materials are developed, appropriately updated and distributed.
• Develop best practices and tools for project execution, implementation and management.
• Establish key performance indicators(“KPIs”), leading indicators and metrics to measure the effectiveness and success of our initiatives.
• Analyze current state organization and people operating models, with recommendations for future state efficiencies.
• Ability to understand business structure and goals and recommend new approaches, policies and procedures to drive continual improvement in business outcomes .
• Develop best practice and tools for project execution and management.
• Identify, research and resolve customer issues using the company’s web-based systems and databases.
• Provide creative solutions to meet client needs and maximize value.
• Contributes to the business strategy by helping leaders identify, prioritize and build organizational capabilities, behaviors, structures and processes.
• Proactively engage on talent management agenda including attrition, retention, recruiting, succession planning, professional development, performance and leadership development.
• Build strong, credible business relationships with senior stakeholders, their teams and managers, and create a respected presence with employees.
• Provide day-to-day performance management guidance (e.g. coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary actions) and ensure the effective deployment of the company performance management policy and processes.
• Work with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of marketplace, competitors and industry trends in order to maintain a competitive edge and identify new business.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in architecture, engineering, construction, construction technology, information technology, computer science, economics, real estate or equivalent.
• 10+ years of experience in similar roles, including, but not limited to: construction/project management, corporate/commercial real estate, facilities management, engineering, architecture or virtual design. With minimum of 4 years working in a change management, Advisory/Evaluative or Operations position
• Experience working in a construction technology company is a PLUS.
• Outstanding documentation and communication skills are required.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite & MS Project.