Senior Project Manager, Construction

JLL•Boston, MA

33d•$125,000 - $180,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Project Manager for Capital Projects, you will execute capital improvement projects on behalf of landlords—institutional investor clients and high-net-worth clients deploying capital to create value in their real estate. You'll manage a high volume of concurrent projects spanning multiple product types, including industrial, office, retail, healthcare, and multifamily. Projects range from roof replacements, lobby renovations, and amenity upgrades to dock door replacements, retail build-outs, make-ready spaces, spec suites, white boxes, and demolition projects—essentially any building improvement work performed or proposed by a landlord.

Requirements

Prior experience in commercial real estate capital projects, construction/project management, or owner's representative work for institutional or HNW landlord clients
Working knowledge across at least two of: industrial, office, retail, healthcare, multifamily
Project-level capital budget construction expertise
Repair-vs-replace analysis capabilities
Advisory experience supporting annual capital planning processes
A&E and GC team assembly and management experience
Knowledge of entitlements, base building rules and regulations
Experience with pay application and draw processes
Ability to turn around preliminary budgets and schedules quickly to support and facilitate transactions
Direct experience working with institutional asset management and/or portfolio management teams
Familiarity with the roles of property management, agency leasing, tenant representation, and capital markets/investment sales across an asset's life cycle
Demonstrated ability to manage high project volume and multiple concurrent client relationships without dropping responsiveness
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Vendor team assembly—judgment to match A&E/GC teams to project scope, market, and client standards
Speed under transaction pressure—able to turn around preliminary budgets and schedules quickly to support deals
Relationship management at scale—able to juggle multiple institutional clients, each with multiple assets and multiple stakeholders, simultaneously

Responsibilities

Execute a high volume of concurrent, typically small-to-mid-size projects across multiple assets and clients—roof replacements, lobby and common-area renovations, amenity upgrades, dock door replacements, retail build-outs, make-ready/spec suite and white-box delivery, and demolition scopes
Construct capital budgets for individual projects and manage delivery against them
Assemble and manage project teams—architects, engineers, and general contractors—matched to project scope and local market conditions
Maintain working knowledge of base building rules and regulations, and applicable entitlement/permitting processes, across the markets served
Oversee pay application review and construction draw processes, ensuring accuracy and timely funding
Turn around preliminary budgets and schedules quickly to support and facilitate transactions
Advise property management teams during the annual capital planning process
Understand the organizational structure of institutional investor clients, including asset management and portfolio teams, and manage up accordingly
Juggle a high volume of projects and relationships across multiple clients and buildings at the same time
Maintain responsiveness internally
Work with property management teams, agency leasing teams, tenant rep brokers, and capital markets/investment sales professionals, and understand this role's contribution at point of sale for those other business lines
Advise property management teams on the development of annual capital plans across properties—this role advises on capital plans rather than building them independently
Provide input on prioritization of projects within a client's capital plan
Advise clients on repair-versus-replace decisions for building systems and components
Support growth of investor-client revenue and account penetration within the local market, in coordination with the national Investor Services platform
Identify capital projects opportunities at point of sale and during ownership transitions, in partnership with capital markets/investment sales colleagues
Contribute to the local market P&L through project delivery and expanded investor-client engagements