Senior Project Executive

Interactive Resources - iR; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Interactive Resources seeks a Senior Project Executive to lead major commercial construction projects in Columbia, SC. You will provide executive oversight, drive profitability, and shape client relationships while guiding project teams through complex delivery.

The role emphasizes strategic planning, business development, and expanding the firm's regional presence with healthcare, higher education, or other complex markets. Strong leadership and financial acumen are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years of progressive commercial construction experience with leadership responsibilities.
• Experience with a commercial general contractor overseeing major projects or multiple concurrent assignments.
• Strong understanding of construction operations, project financial management, contracts, scheduling, procurement, and risk management.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and develop construction management professionals.
• Experience building and maintaining relationships with clients, design professionals, subcontractors, and industry partners.
• Strong communication, negotiation, business judgment, and executive-level presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive oversight for major commercial construction projects, ensuring safety, quality, schedule, budget, and profitability objectives.
• Lead and mentor project executives, project managers, and multidisciplinary teams while promoting operational excellence.
• Drive business development initiatives, identifying new opportunities, developing strategic relationships, and supporting efforts to expand regional market share.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with owners, developers, architects, engineers, subcontractors, and other key industry partners.
• Participate in strategic pursuits, client presentations, proposal development, and contract negotiations.
• Oversee project financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, cost controls, revenue, and profitability.
• Provide leadership throughout the project lifecycle, from preconstruction and procurement through construction execution and final turnover.
• Identify and mitigate operational, contractual, financial, and scheduling risks.
• Partner with preconstruction and operations leadership to develop competitive project strategies, including design-build and GMP delivery approaches.
• Support organizational growth through strategic planning, operational improvements, and leadership development.

Skills

Leadership

Client relationship building

Strategic planning

Communication

Financial management

Risk management

Negotiation

Project management

Business development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Engineering, or related discipline

Job description

Senior Project Executive – Commercial Construction

Location: Columbia, SC

Employment Type: Full-Time | Direct Hire

About the Opportunity

We are partnering with a nationally recognized commercial general contractor seeking an experienced Senior Project Executive to provide executive leadership across major commercial construction projects while helping drive business development and market expansion throughout the Columbia, SC region.

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for an accomplished construction executive who brings a combination of large-scale project delivery, operational leadership, financial management, and business development experience.

The successful candidate will oversee complex construction projects, develop and maintain strategic client relationships, lead high-performing project teams, and play an instrumental role in expanding the organization's regional presence.

This position also offers significant long-term career growth potential, with opportunities to advance into broader regional and business unit leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide executive oversight for major commercial construction projects, ensuring successful delivery across safety, quality, schedule, budget, and profitability objectives.
• Lead and mentor project executives, project managers, and multidisciplinary construction teams while promoting operational excellence and accountability.
• Drive business development initiatives, identifying new opportunities, developing strategic relationships, and supporting efforts to expand regional market share.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with owners, developers, architects, engineers, subcontractors, and other key industry partners.
• Participate in strategic pursuits, client presentations, proposal development, and contract negotiations.
• Oversee project financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, cost controls, revenue, and profitability.
• Provide leadership throughout the project lifecycle, from preconstruction and procurement through construction execution and final turnover.
• Identify and mitigate operational, contractual, financial, and scheduling risks.
• Partner with preconstruction and operations leadership to develop competitive project strategies, including design-build and GMP delivery approaches.
• Support organizational growth through strategic planning, operational improvements, and leadership development.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 12+ years of progressive commercial construction experience, including significant leadership responsibility for large, complex building projects.
• Proven experience with a commercial general contractor overseeing major construction projects or multiple concurrent assignments.
• Strong understanding of construction operations, project financial management, contracts, scheduling, procurement, and risk management.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and develop construction management professionals.
• Experience building and maintaining relationships with clients, design professionals, subcontractors, and industry partners.
• Strong communication, negotiation, business judgment, and executive-level presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience delivering large commercial projects within healthcare, higher education, sports and entertainment, or other complex institutional and commercial markets.
• Established professional relationships within the Columbia, SC, or broader Southeast commercial construction market.
• Demonstrated success contributing to business development, strategic pursuits, and new client acquisition.
• Experience with design-build, GMP contracts, preconstruction budgeting, and alternative project delivery methods.
• Proven ability to protect project margins through effective financial oversight, procurement strategy, and proactive risk management.
• Experience supporting regional growth initiatives and developing future construction leaders.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Join an established national commercial construction organization with a strong reputation for delivering complex, high-profile projects.
• Take on a highly visible executive leadership role combining project operations, client development, and business growth.
• Help shape and expand the organization's presence in the Columbia, SC market.
• Work across diverse commercial construction sectors, including healthcare, higher education, and sports and entertainment.
• Significant opportunity for career advancement into senior business unit and regional leadership.
• Competitive executive-level compensation and comprehensive benefits package.

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