Project Manager – Facilities & Real Estate
East Rutherford, NJ (Hybrid)
2+ Year Contract - Right to hire
$100.00-120.00/hour W2
No Corp to Corp or 3rd party agencies
Mus be able to obtain security clearance
We are seeking an experienced **Project Manager** to lead a high-profile, multi-year Cash Service Center (CSC) transformation. This role is ideal for someone who has successfully managed **large facility relocations, operational transitions, and enterprise-wide projects** while building strong relationships, influencing stakeholders, and driving projects to successful completion.
The ideal candidate is a strategic leader with exceptional communication skills who can gain buy-in across all levels of the organization, manage competing priorities, and coordinate cross-functional teams including Operations, IT, Corporate Real Estate, vendors, and executive leadership.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Lead multiple large-scale facility relocation and operational transformation projects from planning through execution.
- Build strong relationships and influence stakeholders to drive alignment, decision-making, and project success.
- Develop and manage project plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, and deliverables.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams including Operations, IT, Corporate Real Estate, vendors, and business leadership.
- Manage project risks, dependencies, governance, executive reporting, and KPIs.
- Oversee technology deployments, logistics, construction activities, and business continuity planning.
- Support organizational change and ensure a seamless operational transition.
**Required Qualifications**
- **Proven ability to influence stakeholders, build relationships, and gain buy-in across all levels of an organization. **
- Experience managing multiple complex enterprise projects simultaneously.
- Experience leading large facility relocations, infrastructure projects, or operational transformations.
- Excellent executive communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to balance competing priorities.
- Experience managing budgets, risks, governance, and executive reporting.
- Experience working with Corporate Real Estate, Operations, IT, and third-party vendors.
- Financial Services or other highly regulated industry experience preferred.
- Lean or Six Sigma certification is a plus.
**Top Skills**
- **Stakeholder Influence & Relationship Management**
- **Executive Communication & Ability to Gain Buy-In**
- Enterprise Project Management
- Multi-Project Leadership
- Large Facility Relocations & Operational Transitions
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Corporate Real Estate & IT Coordination
- Risk, Governance & Executive Reporting
- Strategic Planning & Business Operations
- Financial Services is a plus