US Regional Project Program Director

CBRE Group, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. is seeking a Project Management Director in San Francisco to lead department services within a defined geographic market, program, or client account.

You will oversee the end-to-end project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, and closeout, while guiding a team of professionals to meet strategic objectives. You will direct procurement, contracting, scheduling, budgeting, and performance management, ensuring compliant and timely delivery across client accounts

Qualifications

• Experience supervising staff, performance evaluations, and coaching.
• Proven track record managing multi-phase projects from initiation to completion.
• Strong knowledge of procurement, contracting, planning, tracking and execution.

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision to employees, monitor training and development.
• Coordinate and manage daily team activities, set schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff.
• Direct all project phases for small to medium clients, including procurement, contracting, planning, tracking, and execution.
• Ensure procurement, negotiation, execution, administration, and closeouts are accurate and compliant.
• Develop new business growth and maintain relationships with clients.
• Maintain financial performance across market, program, and client accounts.
• Identify risks, lead reviews, and develop mitigation and backup plans.
• Apply broad knowledge of disciplines, the business, and key drivers of performance.
• Lead by example and negotiate with external partners to reach common goals.
• Identify and solve complex problems leveraging available resources.
• Significantly improve methods, processes, and standards within the role.

Skills

Leadership

Project Mgmt

Risk management

Procurement

Contracting

Budgeting

Cross-functional

Job description

About the Role:

As a CBRE Project Management Director, you'll be responsible for department-related management services within an assigned geographic market, program, or client account to achieve the company's strategic business objectives.

This job is part of the Project Management function. They are responsible for the management of projects from initiation through completion.

What You'll Do:

• Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.
• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.
• Direct all phases of the process for small to medium-sized clients including procurement, contracting, planning, tracking, and execution.
• Ensure that contract procurement, negotiation, execution, administration, and closeouts are accurate, timely, and compliant.
• Develop new business growth and maintain existing business relationships.
• Maintain full responsibility for the financial performance of market, program, and client accounts.
• Identify project risks, lead reviews, and develop risk mitigation and backup plans.
• Apply a robust knowledge of multiple disciplines, the business, and key drivers that impact departmental and cross-functional performance.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Persuade managers and other colleagues to take action while being guided by the organization's functional business plans. Negotiate with external partners, vendors, and customers of divergent interests to reach a common goal.
• Identify and solve multi-dimensional, complex, operational, and organizational problems leveraging the appropriate resources within or outside the department.
• Significantly improve and change existing methods, processes, and standards within job discipline.