(USA) Senior Manager, Real Estate
About The Position
The Senior Manager, Estimating, drives construction cost control through budgeting, negotiating, contract review and change order management while ensuring compliance with strategic plans. Additionally, the role fosters team development, promotes ethical standards, and supports continuous improvement initiatives to advance business objectives and maintain strong stakeholder relationships across multiple projects. The team leads real estate project estimation and negotiation across a regional portfolio, collaborating with internal and external partners to align on scope, schedule, and budget. They manage complex project details, including design coordination and market analysis, to support informed decision-making. This group drives effective communication with leadership and stakeholders, ensuring accurate budgeting and risk mitigation. Focused on delivering strategic real estate solutions, the team emphasizes strong project management, business negotiation, and portfolio oversight to achieve operational excellence and support company objectives in real estate development and construction management.
Requirements
- Understand construction documentation, plans, specifications, contracts, submittments.
- Self-starter, resourceful and able to work effectively with little direction.
- Problem solver, proactive, and able to break down barriers.
- Startup mentality: resourceful, creative, able to work with ambiguity, and constantly iterating to be best-in-class.
- Great at prioritizing and coordinating action plans with cross-functional teams, but also comfortable with shifting priorities.
- Ability to translate complex construction terminology into terms that can be understood by stakeholders outside the construction field.
- Proven strengths in managing stakeholders and conflicting priorities.
- Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Construction Management, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field and 3 years’ experience in architecture, construction management, engineering, or related area OR 5 years’ experience in architecture, construction management, engineering, or related area.
Nice To Haves
- Managing profit and loss reporting
- Managing project budgets
- Project Management
- Supervisory
- Masters: Business Administration
- Project Management - Project Management Professional - Certification
Responsibilities
- Develop estimates on retail, special projects and industrial projects in the portfolio.
- Review quotes from Vendors to understand completeness, costs, and opportunity.
- Observe trends across the program and bring awareness to the team providing insight, consistency and develop cross functional solutions where needed.
- Assist in managing the implementation of change into the program by providing cost guidance.
- Provide insight to Partners on cost drivers and work on solutions to mitigate future spend.
- Coordinate and work with teams for the best possible design for installation, cost, and use of building practices.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Performance-based bonus awards
- Medical coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- 401(k)
- Stock purchase
- Company-paid life insurance
- PTO (including sick leave)
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement leave
- Jury duty leave
- Voting leave
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption expense reimbursement
- Surrogacy expense reimbursement
- PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
- Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
