Position Summary
The Project Manager Real Estate & Tenant Improvements is a temporary contract role responsible for managing commercial real estate, facility, construction, and tenant improvement projects from planning through completion. The role will provide dedicated project management capacity to support an active portfolio of Real Estate and Tenant Improvement (TI) projects and help drive projects to timely completion.
This position will coordinate internal stakeholders, landlords, contractors, vendors, architects, engineers, and other project partners while managing project scope, schedule, budget, risks, dependencies, and deliverables.
Key Responsibilities
Manage Real Estate, facilities, construction, and Tenant Improvement projects from initiation through construction, occupancy, closeout, and turnover.
Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, milestones, action logs, and project documentation.
Coordinate project activities across internal stakeholders, landlords, property managers, architects, engineers, general contractors, vendors, and other service providers.
Manage project scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks, issues, dependencies, and changes to ensure projects remain on track.
Coordinate site assessments, design activities, construction activities, relocations, installations, and project closeout activities as applicable.
Monitor contractor and vendor performance and follow up on deliverables, schedules, open items, and corrective actions.
Review project proposals, budgets, schedules, change requests, invoices, and other project documentation for completeness and alignment with approved project requirements.
Identify project risks, delays, cost pressures, and other issues early and develop recommendations and corrective actions to maintain project momentum.
Lead recurring project meetings, document decisions and action items, assign ownership, and drive timely resolution of outstanding items.
Maintain clear and accurate project status reporting, including schedule, budget, risks, decisions, dependencies, and upcoming milestones.
Coordinate with business locations and internal functions to minimize operational disruption during construction, relocations, and other project activities.
Support project financial tracking, forecasting, invoice coordination, and closeout.
Ensure required project documentation is maintained through project completion and turnover.
Minimum Qualifications
5+ years of project management experience, with demonstrated experience managing facilities, construction, commercial real estate, or Tenant Improvement projects.
Demonstrated experience managing projects involving contractors, vendors, construction partners, facilities teams, or other external service providers.
Experience managing project schedules, budgets, risks, change management, and multiple concurrent workstreams.
Ability to independently manage multiple projects and drive deliverables across stakeholders without direct reporting relationships.
Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and other standard project-management and collaboration tools.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience managing commercial office, warehouse, distribution, or similar facility projects.
Experience with tenant improvements, facility renovations, relocations, expansions, buildouts, or site consolidations.
Experience coordinating with landlords, property managers, architects, engineers, general contractors, and specialty contractors.
Familiarity with construction budgets, schedules, proposals, change orders, invoices, punch lists, and project closeout.
Experience managing multiple geographically dispersed projects simultaneously.
Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Project Management, Engineering, Architecture, Business, Real Estate, or a related field.
PMP, CCM, or other relevant project/construction management certification preferred.
Key Skills
Construction and facilities project management
Tenant Improvement project management
Project scheduling and milestone management
Project budgeting and cost tracking
Contractor and vendor management
Risk and issue management
Change management
Cross-functional coordination
Stakeholder communication
Project documentation and reporting
Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
Strong follow-through and accountability
Assignment Purpose
This is a temporary project-based assignment intended to provide additional project management capacity against the current Real Estate and Tenant Improvement portfolio. The contractor will be 100% dedicated to Real Estate and TI projects, with an emphasis on advancing active projects, resolving open issues, maintaining project schedules and accountability, and supporting successful project completion.
Equal opportunity employer including disability/veterans.