Project Director (Design and Construction)

PMA • San Francisco, CA

23h • Onsite

About The Position

Project Management Advisors, Inc. (PMA) is a national real estate advisory firm providing consulting services as the owner's representative, including development management, project management, program management and investor representation. Recognized among the commercial real estate industry's top professional services firms, including being named to Engineering News-Record top CM firms for the past four years in a row, we partner with our clients as their unbiased advocate to provide leadership and strategic guidance for increasingly sophisticated real estate needs and challenges, minimizing risk while maximizing outcomes. As of December 2025, PMA has merged with Brailsford & Dunlavey. PMA is hiring a Senior Project Manager for our San Francisco office to work on a variety of hospitality projects. PMA is a national real estate advisory firm providing consulting services as the owner’s representative, meeting sophisticated real estate needs across a diversity of markets and project types. PMA is headquartered in Chicago with offices in Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Tampa, San Diego, and San Francisco. As a Project Director, you will often serve as the primary interface with PMA clients and lead the client and project team through a successful process of strategic real estate planning, design, and construction of new buildings, tenant improvement buildouts, and facilities assignments.

Requirements

• 15+ years of development and project management experience
• Experience as an Owner’s Representative or Project Manager representing the fiduciary interests of the real estate developer or investor
• Skilled at managing project teams successfully through all phases of the development and construction process
• Involved with and led master planning, budgeting, pre-construction, schematic design, design development, and construction documents phases, and construction/transition planning to build/project activation
• Knowledgeable with regard to project pro form, including development budgets, operations (revenues, expenses, cash flows), and resulting financial metrics (return on cost, IRR, etc.)
• Demonstrate skills in managing successful projects and consistently meeting/exceeding client expectations and deadlines
• Thoroughly understand project controls, project management, construction documentation, and sequencing
• Possess a working knowledge of alternate materials/methods, construction costs, value-engineering techniques, and building/occupancy laws and lease requirements
• Possess strong organizational, analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
• Show discretion in handling confidential information

Nice To Haves

• Motivated self-starter with a positive attitude
• Operate with a high level of personal integrity and business ethics, thriving in a collaborative team environment
• Polished executive presence and excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Exceptional interpersonal skills (i.e., high emotional intelligence)
• Enthusiasm and curiosity, committed to seeking creative solutions
• Diligence and discipline to refine options into the optimal result
• Confidence and courage to cultivate yourself as a leader
• Value fairness, understanding it is fundamental to transparency and consensus building

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary interface with PMA clients and lead the client and project team through a successful process of strategic real estate planning, design, and construction of new buildings, tenant improvement buildouts, and facilities assignments.
• Manage project teams successfully through all phases of the development and construction process.
• Lead master planning, budgeting, pre-construction, schematic design, design development, and construction documents phases, and construction/transition planning to build/project activation.
• Manage successful projects and consistently meet/exceed client expectations and deadlines.
• Develop and maintain long-term relationships with clients and other development, design, and construction-related and business professionals.

Benefits

• Formal and informal training, leadership development, mentoring programs, and other opportunities for growth and advancement.
• Quality benefits including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurances, education reimbursement, and much more.
• 401(k) plan with employer match.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed