Senior Living Project Director – Design & Construction

Brightview Senior Living, LLC; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Project Director of Design and Construction at Brightview Senior Living, LLC oversees the development lifecycle of our communities, from predevelopment through turnover, ensuring quality, budget and schedule targets are met.

Based in our Baltimore Home Office, the role requires travel about 25% to our communities locally and out of state. You will lead design processes across all stages, collaborate with operations, partners, and jurisdictions, and drive exceptional living environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college with 5+ years in real estate project management of Class A senior living.
• Strong ability to manage, motivate and delegate to a team of partners and consultants.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with a wide range of business partners.
• Ability to leverage internal and external resources to focus on high risk and high reward items.
• Direct the work of others without a direct reporting relationship and meet strict deadlines.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Excel, Teams).

Responsibilities

• Represent the Design and Construction team in cross-functional initiatives and contribute to broader company goals.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with internal stakeholders, operations leadership, and external partners.
• Support development with pipeline feasibility studies, site selection, environmental/ geotechnical reviews, financials and approvals.
• Lead and coordinate design across Concept, Schematic, DD, and Construction Documents.
• Adhere to Brightview design standards, evaluate concepts to reduce costs and carbon footprint.
• Lead contract negotiations with architects, engineers, consultants, and general contractors.
• Ensure projects are planned and delivered on time and within budget per quality standards.
• Provide PM services from predevelopment through turnover across multiple regions.
• Facilitate seamless transition to Operations including commissioning, training, licensing, warranty management.

Skills

Project leadership

Team management

Communication

Resourceful problem-solving

Contract negotiations

Education

Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Teams

Job description

The Project Director of Design and Construction at Brightview Senior Living, LLC oversees the development lifecycle of our communities, from predevelopment through turnover, ensuring quality, budget and schedule targets are met.

Based in our Baltimore Home Office, the role requires travel about 25% to our communities locally and out of state. You will lead design processes across all stages, collaborate with operations, partners, and jurisdictions, and drive exceptional living environments.