Senior Program Lead, Major Capital Projects (CMGC)

Hill International Inc; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Company Holidays

401(K) Retirement Savings Plan

Employee Referral Program

Hill University Learning and Dev.

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Hill International, a leading program and construction management firm in Los Angeles, seeks a Sr. Program Manager to lead complex capital programs from planning through closeout under the CMGC method. The role requires extensive experience with large facilities and public-sector projects in California.

The candidate will serve as Owner's representative, manage budgets and risk, and coordinate with executives and stakeholders to drive on-time, on-budget delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field.
• Minimum 20 years of progressively responsible experience managing major facility construction projects.
• Experience with CMGC, CMAR, Design-Build, or other delivery methods.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Owner's representative for executive stakeholders and project partners.
• Lead planning, permitting, design, procurement, construction, occupancy and closeout for major capital projects.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk with performance metrics.
• Create and manage the contract deliverables matrix ensuring alignment with terms.
• Provide executive-level reporting, presentations, and recommendations.
• Lead a large team of employees, subconsultants, and stakeholders to drive program execution.
• Manage CMGC procurement, RFQ/RFP development, evaluations, and negotiations.
• Collaborate between design team and CMGC contractor during preconstruction.
• Facilitate constructability reviews, value engineering, and risk assessments.
• Coordinate GMP development and negotiation; ensure alignment of scope, budget, schedule.
• Promote partnering to minimize disputes and maximize project success.
• Oversee design through all phases, review operations, space programming, and systems.
• Direct cost estimating and budget validation; monitor safety, quality, and schedule.
• Coordinate inspections, testing, commissioning, and regulatory approvals.
• Ensure turnover, occupancy, and operational readiness of facilities.
• Ensure compliance with building codes, procurement regulations, safety standards.
• Coordinate with executives, facilities, operations, technology teams, and end users.
• Engage with public agencies, permitting authorities, utilities, and stakeholders.
• Lead meetings, decisions, and executive briefings.
• Identify risks and mitigations for successful delivery.
• Develop and manage the overall project budget; monitor expenditures.

Skills

Executive communication

Team leadership

Strategic planning

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation

Conflict resolution

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Project Management, Facilities Management

Professional Engineer (PE) or PMP or CCM or RA or LEED AP certification

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

BIM/digital delivery tools

Job description

Hill International, a leading program and construction management firm in Los Angeles, seeks a Sr. Program Manager to lead complex capital programs from planning through closeout under the CMGC method. The role requires extensive experience with large facilities and public-sector projects in California.

The candidate will serve as Owner's representative, manage budgets and risk, and coordinate with executives and stakeholders to drive on-time, on-budget delivery.