Director - Project Controls
About The Position
Global Real Estate and Workplace Experience (GREWE) is a global team at American Express (Amex) responsible for the full lifecycle of planning, execution, and operations of Amex real estate. GREWE supports over 75,000 Amex colleagues and contractors in over eight million square feet of property located in 59 countries. GREWE’s purpose is to provide the world’s best workplace experience at a competitive cost, for every colleague, at every site, every day. The GREWE Property Development team is responsible for delivering a new global headquarters from concept to completion. They lead the full lifecycle of the project—overseeing design, coordinating construction, managing stakeholders, and ensuring the building is fully prepared for operations. This team is responsible for ensuring the headquarters is delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with organizational goals and future workplace needs. As Director of Project Controls, you will play a critical leadership role in ensuring the successful delivery of a multi-billion-dollar headquarters development by driving best-in-class project controls across cost, schedule, and risk. You will establish governance frameworks, implement industry-leading tools and practices, and provide strategic oversight to enhance financial accountability and performance. You will influence executive decision-making by delivering integrated reporting, risk insights, and forward-looking analytics, while ensuring compliance with corporate financial procedures. Through collaboration with senior leadership and cross-functional teams, you will enable disciplined execution across the full project lifecycle—from inception through closeout—ensuring the project is delivered on time, within budget, and with minimized risk.
Requirements
- Critical leadership role in ensuring the successful delivery of a multi-billion-dollar headquarters development by driving best-in-class project controls across cost, schedule, and risk.
Responsibilities
- Establish governance frameworks, implement industry-leading tools and practices, and provide strategic oversight to enhance financial accountability and performance.
- Influence executive decision-making by delivering integrated reporting, risk insights, and forward-looking analytics, while ensuring compliance with corporate financial procedures.
- Enable disciplined execution across the full project lifecycle—from inception through closeout—ensuring the project is delivered on time, within budget, and with minimized risk.
Benefits
- Competitive base salaries
- Bonus incentives
- 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
- Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
- Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
- 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
- Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
- Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
- Career development and training opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
