Senior Program Manager Construction & Budget Leadership

Cumming; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 214,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

401(k) Matching

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Short and long-term disability

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Cumming Group is seeking a Program Manager in Los Angeles, CA to lead complex programs from initiation through delivery. You will monitor scope, cost, schedule, and risk, ensuring alignment with client goals and budgets.

Ideal candidates bring extensive experience in project management across large teams, strong budgeting skills, and a track record of delivering on-time results. Excellent communication with clients and stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience designing processes to effectively monitor project details.
• Ability to lead a project team of various sizes.
• Demonstrated experience defining the technical scope of a project.
• Experience reviewing cost estimates and maintaining monthly project budgets for both current and forecast.
• Manage and monitor team members’ activity in alignment with organizational goals.
• Delegate providing clear instructions and ongoing feedback.
• Monitor metrics and course‑correct as necessary while holding self and others accountable.
• Provide feedback to senior leaders and clearly communicate organizational direction to team members.
• Build relationships with key internal resources (peers, direct reports, & senior leaders).
• Create development opportunities and plan for direct reports and teams; provide ongoing feedback.
• Exercise creativity and resourcefulness in independently managing the project effectively in a compressed timeframe.
• Ability to distinguish between cause and effect of problems.
• Actively listen and communicate effectively, clearly, unambiguously, and completely in both written and oral formats.

Responsibilities

• Design processes for the project team to effectively monitor projects utilizing scope, cost, schedule, and risk to ensure the project meets the client’s goals on time and on budget.
• Establish parameters for project team to assess scope, schedule, and budget changes to maintain compliance with the program goals and objectives.
• Provide overall coordination and implement controls to ensure projects are completed on-time and on-budget per the program contract.
• Partner with the project team to provide proactive solutions to any potential obstacles that need special attention during the project and oversee these solutions through to completion.
• Regularly assess the status of work, establish, and oversee quality assurance and control programs for projects.
• Lead a project team, either a large project or multiple projects or a whole program.
• Define technical scope of project.
• Review cost estimates.
• Manage project level conflict resolution.
• Manage change orders for architect, engineer, specialty consultants and construction contractor.
• Maintain monthly project budgets for current and forecasted expenditures.
• Facilitate and maintain communications with the client in addition to providing monthly/weekly/daily reports.
• Achieve the client’s objectives by successfully managing the client’s project, goals, and objectives.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Attendance at work during normal business hours.

Skills

Project leadership

Budget monitoring

Change management

Quality assurance

Client reporting

Education

Bachelors degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture

15+ years in PM/Engineering/Construction

Job description

Cumming Group is seeking a Program Manager in Los Angeles, CA to lead complex programs from initiation through delivery. You will monitor scope, cost, schedule, and risk, ensuring alignment with client goals and budgets.

Ideal candidates bring extensive experience in project management across large teams, strong budgeting skills, and a track record of delivering on-time results. Excellent communication with clients and stakeholders is essential.