Senior Project Manager

Transwestern Commercial Services; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Transwestern is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead major construction programs within our property management portfolio. You will guide projects from initiation through hand-off, ensuring delivery on time, on budget, and in line with established management methodologies.

You will oversee budgeting, schedules, and cross-functional teams, mentor staff, and maintain strong client and tenant relations while navigating codes, regulations, and contractor partnerships across diverse properties.

Qualifications

• Experience managing large or mega projects with enterprise-level importance.
• Strong ability to manage budgets and timelines.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly to management and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects to on-time, on-budget delivery.
• Ensure compliance with codes and regulations.
• Develop and track project budgets.
• Coordinate with architects, engineers, and contractors.
• Mentor others in project management practices.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Job description

Transwestern is a vertically integrated commercial real estate firm dedicated to serving investors, partners and clients through expertise in investment, development, brokerage and property management. Our experience spans diverse property types, including logistics, multifamily, retail, mixed-use, healthcare, office, data centers, hotel, and life sciences. Across 35 offices nationwide, our team is united by a culture that cultivates agility, mutual trust and high performance.

Transwestern Services turns strategy into reality with consistency and accountability, collaborating to provide dynamic, tailored solutions. Whether representing a tenant, advising an investor or repositioning an asset, we operate with tenacity and own the outcome every time. Our 2,200-strong team works across service lines, ready to activate our full platform to deliver a customized, cohesive experience for clients.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for managing a property (or group of properties) and fulfilling the manager's obligations under the property's management agreement. The Senior Project Manager works independently assuming primary responsibility for planning, directing, coordinating and delivering project activities through the entire project life cycle (from initiation to hand off to customer) that are major/complex/business critical, with oversight from the Regional Vice President of Construction Management. It is also the responsibility of the Senior Project Manager not only to exhibit legendary customer service when communicating with tenants, prospective tenants, owners, and vendors but also to focus on productivity and results. The Senior Project Manager will report directly to the Managing Senior Vice President - Management Services and oversight from the Regional Vice President of Construction Management.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• The Senior Project Manager implements and administers the policies, procedures, and programs on a day-to-day basis that will assure that construction projects are well managed.
• Complies with local and national codes and regulations
• Lead project objectives and completion on time, on budget, and in conformance to project management methodologies and standards.
• The incumbent will lead a large or mega project that has site or enterprise level strategic importance. Project work has high to very high risk and risk interdependencies, multiple interrelationships, and may have major costs associated. Responsible for managing established budget.
• Leads and provides direction in the development and tracking of project budgets.
• Position requires strict adherence to budget management and guidelines of both the assigned department and the organization. The Senior Project Manager communicates project information to all necessary management. Position requires significant capacity to manage multiple competing objectives, to prioritize, and to communicate complex information in clear and unambiguous terms to management and leadership. Project information may be visible at the Management Team and Portfolio Leadership levels.
• May support projects of major complexity, as part of a program team in support of higher level external construction managers, general contractor and/or owners representatives.
• May support senior level project/program managers in strategic planning processes. Presents project requests to committees and oversight bodies to receive approval and project direction and input.
• Independently leads problem-solving and decision making activities, within the scope of the project and change management process taking reasonable and prudent actions to accomplish agreed upon project objectives.
• Leverages many years of experience to manage extensive projects, and is highly competent in the implementation of project results. Utilizes advanced negotiations skills that are characterized by innovative thinking.
• Must have strong business acumen with the ability to work with people from diverse functional backgrounds and build relationships across the organization.
• May require matrix supervision and evaluation of staff from other departments and divisions, and contractor/vendor resources and be in a position to employ and guide the project staff in a goal-oriented way within projects.
• Responsible for leading and demonstrating the project focused culture and provides mentorship to other staff regarding project management practices, methods and standards.
• Meets the construction needs of landlords and tenants both in Transwestern-managed and non-Transwestern managed properties.
• Meet with department representatives, architects, engineers and consultants to establish project requirements, specifications and schedules
• Coordinate development and approval of architectural and engineering construction drawings
• Solicit, prepare and review bid documents and negotiate contracts
• Manage budgets and timelines and ensure timely delivery of high-quality products and services to clients.
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