Senior Stadium & Civic Projects Director

Brailsford & Dunlavey, Inc.; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Brailsford & Dunlavey, Inc. in Tampa, FL seeks a Project Director to lead large-scale stadium, sports facility, and municipal capital projects from concept through closeout.

You will act as the primary client executive, directing multidisciplinary teams, managing budgets, schedules, and risk while navigating public and private stakeholders to deliver landmark assets. You’ll partner with public agencies, institutions, and developers to shape communities, ensuring alignment with client objectives,

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in real estate development, project management, or construction leadership.
• Experience delivering large-scale stadiums, sports facilities, hospitality, multi-family high-rise, or complex municipal/public-sector projects.
• Experience serving as an Owner’s Representative representing public or private capital project stakeholders.
• Proven success leading complex, multi-stakeholder capital programs from planning through execution.
• Strong background in master planning, programming, budgeting, design, and construction management.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior point of contact and trusted advisor to clients across stadium, sports facility, and municipal capital projects.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale stadium, arena, and civic infrastructure projects.
• Oversee multidisciplinary teams including architects, engineers, contractors, consultants, and internal staff.
• Direct strategic planning, master planning, programming, budgeting, design, and construction execution.
• Manage complex stakeholder environments, including public agencies, municipalities, governing boards, and private partners.
• Develop and oversee project budgets, financial models, and capital planning strategies.
• Guide project teams through preconstruction, design development, construction, and activation phases.
• Ensure alignment between project scope, schedule, budget, and client objectives.
• Lead procurement strategies for design, construction, and specialty consultants.
• Oversee contract negotiation, administration, and enforcement of project agreements.
• Evaluate and implement value engineering strategies to optimize cost, performance, and long-term asset value.
• Monitor project controls, reporting systems, and risk management strategies.
• Provide executive-level reporting to clients, boards, and governing entities.
• Oversee construction progress, quality control, and compliance with contract requirements.
• Lead project closeout and operational transition planning for stadium and municipal facilities.
• Support business development efforts, including proposals, interviews, and long-term client relationship management

Skills

Owner’s Rep

Stadium projects

Public-sector experience

Stakeholder management

Senior leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture/Engineering/CM/Real Estate/Urban Planning

Job description

Brailsford & Dunlavey, Inc. in Tampa, FL seeks a Project Director to lead large-scale stadium, sports facility, and municipal capital projects from concept through closeout.

You will act as the primary client executive, directing multidisciplinary teams, managing budgets, schedules, and risk while navigating public and private stakeholders to deliver landmark assets. You’ll partner with public agencies, institutions, and developers to shape communities, ensuring alignment with client objectives,