Senior Project Manager, Sustainable Industry Development

Kamehameha Schools; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 124,500 - 184,800; Full time

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Job summary

Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu, Hawaii, seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead strategic initiatives across the Aina portfolio, overseeing feasibility, planning, budgeting, and risk management while coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.

The role requires deep experience in strategy development, project execution, and cross-functional leadership; travel to offsite locations on island and within the state is expected. Competitive compensation includes benefits and annual pay range.

Qualifications

• Equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute for the requirements listed.
• Minimum 7 years of directly related work experience.
• Minimum 2 years of supervisory experience.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Understanding of KS values and strategic goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy development, planning, and execution across the portfolio.
• Oversee budget, cost management, and risk assessment for initiatives.
• Negotiate high-value agreements and manage stakeholder relationships.
• Monitor performance, reporting, and updates to leadership.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and external partnerships.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Interpersonal skills

Public speaking

Synthesize data

Team leadership

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Job description

Senior Project Manager, Sustainable Industry Development

Job Summary: Responsible for developing and leading strategic projects and initiatives that enhance, improve and mitigate risk across KS’ aina portfolio. Manages and ensures effective and timely execution of all aspects of projects including financial feasibility, fiscal management, planning, and implementation, relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and other activities that enhance the value and return on investment of KS’ real estate portfolio. Conducts detailed due diligence, negotiates planning and implementation, assesses, and manages project-level risks, and establishes and maintains relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Works with the division to lead and implement strategic initiatives, provides support on key projects, and works with team members across the 'Aina Pauahi Group and broader enterprise.

Essential Responsibilities

Strategy Development & Integration: Leads strategy development and planning efforts. Researches, interprets, analyzes, and evaluates data and presents business and financial information to inform and influence strategic recommendations and decision-making. Plans, delivers on, evaluates, and leads multiple critical strategic initiatives across the group. Initiates and develops implementation programs and leads multidisciplinary team to execute initiative/project deliverables including budget and cost management. Performs effective diagnosis and accurate analysis of issues for the purpose of creating short- and long-term strategies to fulfill portfolio planning, area planning and asset planning requirements, including assessment of leading industry practices and their application to KS.

Implementation, Operations & Management: Tracks projects, provides project updates, coordinates status of assignments with others, and prioritizes work for complex projects. Coordinates multiple implementation efforts across assigned portfolio of resource assets in alignment with applicable plans. Monitors performance metrics over time and revises implementation plans as needed for assigned portfolio of resource assets. Independently negotiates critical high-value sector, land use and resource management agreements. Performs relevant due diligence for a portfolio of strategic projects, including transactions and partnerships. Assesses and manages risk and compliance for assigned portfolio of projects. May supervise a small unit of staff, including resource managers, operations staff, interns and/or office administrative staff. Prioritizes and allocates resources between and within projects and programs under management in alignment with KS’ strategic goals.

Accountability & Reporting: Reports portfolio-level financial and operating activities, including operating budgets, variances, trend analysis, cost control, expenditures, and progress toward plan goals. Reports portfolio-level risk and compliance management programs and activities. Manages and implements strategy-level performance measurement, evaluation, monitoring and reporting to update and inform leadership on organization performance, work progress and active/emerging issues or initiatives.

Communications, Teamwork & Strategic Alliances: As a team member, communicates and collaborates with cross-functional teams and KS staff on status of projects, plans, investments, and programs. Convenes, attends, and facilitates internal and external meetings and represents KS’ organization-wide interests at external meetings. Prepares position papers and talking points and represents and promotes KS’ values and management strategies at meetings with external stakeholders. Motivates team members and promotes values of working together as a team. Acts as a sounding board to team members as they work through analyses, identify opportunities, and conduct negotiations, and ensures that financial, risk and other considerations are incorporated into decision making. Establishes and maintains relationships with external stakeholders including tenants, collaborators, vendors, government regulatory agencies, and community groups. Optimizes impact by building relationships and alliances to overcome barriers, share information, leverage resources, and accomplish common goals.

Position Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute for the requirements listed.
• Bachelor’s Degree in political science, public administration, land planning, natural sciences, natural resource and environmental management, Hawaiian/ Pacific Island studies, anthropology, archaeology, business, finance, real estate, hydrology, engineering or closely related field.
• Minimum 7 years of directly related work experience.
• Minimum 2 years of supervisory experience to include demonstrated successful performance or advanced knowledge of business development strategies.
• Valid driver’s license.
• In-depth understanding of factors that impact strategic plans, their execution and the balance of KS’ five values, including Business startup, go to market, and marketing strategies.
• Economic trends, globally and locally.
• Market analysis and business diligence and opportunity evaluation practices.
• Demonstrated proficiency in value creation and analysis of profit and loss.
• Demonstrated proficiency in navigating legal and regulatory processes governing commercial law and business entity formation and operations.
• Demonstrated proficiency in managing various types of legal, economic, environmental and cultural risks.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Strong supervisory and effective coaching skills, including understanding of basic staff management principles and practices and demonstrated proficiency working on and building effective teams.
• Ability to synthesize information from various sources for onward reporting.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills, including public presentations, oral communication and writing.
• Demonstrated proficiency in working with external parties (government agencies, land owners, strategic partners, etc.) to develop and execute educational, cultural, environmental and community programs.
• Familiarity with Native Hawaiian communities, agencies and organizations and ability to work effectively with local communities.
• Knowledge of Hawaiian culture, language and practices.
• Must be able to travel to offsite locations on island and within the state as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with specialized software and technologies relevant to professional discipline, along with applicable training and certifications.
• Experience creating or operating a business at the executive level or with direct responsibility for the profit and loss statement.
• Advanced degree in a relevant field.

Physical and Mental Requirements

Occasionally stand and/or walk, write by hand, and lift and/or carry, push and/or pull objects that weigh up to 20 pounds. Rarely twist, bend, stoop, squat, kneel, crawl, climb, reach or work above shoulder, or grasp forcefully. Ability to hike to remote areas.

Work Year and Compensation

Work Year: 12 months. Pay Range: $124,500.00 - $184,800.00 (annual). Benefits summary available upon request.

Location

Primary: Kawaiahao Plaza, City, State, Honolulu, Hawaii. Additional: Kamehameha Schools offers a dynamic, innovative and collaborative work environment across Hawaiʻi pae ʻāina.

EEO & Accommodation

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please contact [e-mail] or 808-534-8040 if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. KS does not accept unauthorized solicitations of candidate referrals from third-party vendors. Any third-party vendor who has interest in supporting KS's recruiting efforts must be authorized by Human Resources prior to the vendor’s candidate applying with KS.