Commercial Project Manager

Lava Island•Denver, CO

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Commercial Project Manager (PM) is responsible for turning estimates into real, on-budget, and on-schedule parks. This role holds the contracts, manages the money, and oversees changes from the start of each build through financial close-out. The PM ensures subcontractors are bought out at the right price, the budget is maintained, changes are handled cleanly, and the Superintendent can focus on the field operations. Success in this role means the park opens on time and on budget. These projects involve commercial interior tenant improvement (TI) builds in leased retail spaces, not ground-up construction, and require managing real budgets, fast schedules, and hard opening dates.

Requirements

Several years of construction project management experience, typically seven or more, ideally in tenant improvement, interior build-out, commercial retail, hospitality, or themed environment work.
A track record of buying out and managing subcontracts and purchase orders across all trades.
Experience owning project budgets, cost tracking, change orders, pay applications, and financial close-out.
Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, and lease exhibits.
A strong understanding of construction means, methods, sequencing, and cost drivers.
Comfort with Procore, scheduling tools, spreadsheets, and cloud collaboration tools.
MCS runs on Microsoft 365 and Outlook.
Strong attention to detail, organization, and time management.
Willingness to become a Procore power user is required.

Nice To Haves

Procore experience preferred.
Bilingual (Spanish / English) is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

Buy out the job by selecting, negotiating, and contracting subcontractors and suppliers across every trade.
Issue subcontracts and purchase orders, managing scope, terms, insurance, and compliance.
Manage procurement of long-lead materials and equipment.
Own the project budget from buyout through close-out, tracking commitments, actuals, and forecasts, and flagging variances.
Manage the change order process, including pricing, processing, and reconciling the budget.
Run subcontractor pay applications, vendor invoices, and end-of-project financial close-out in partnership with Finance.
Coordinate and hand off the bought-out job to the Superintendent, staying engaged as the commercial owner without taking over field operations.
Coordinate across Design, APS, Real Estate, NPO, and Operations on dependencies and milestones.
Manage multiple concurrent builds using Procore and the company’s systems.