Cushman & Wakefield

Director

Cushman & Wakefield • $182K — $215K *
Real Estate & Construction
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or related field; Master's preferred
  • 12+ years of related experience with 5+ years in management
  • Strong project management skills in a corporate real estate context
  • Proficient in financial management, including budgeting and reporting
  • Excellent communication and organizational abilities
  • Familiarity with PDS technology and related software (Microsoft Office, MS Project)

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of over 20 project managers in the delivery of real estate solutions
  • Maintain fiduciary responsibility over project budgets and financials
  • Oversee due diligence and all phases from design to post-construction services
  • Contribute to client business development and identify new opportunities
  • Negotiate contracts and manage vendor performance across multiple projects
  • Supervise team development, ensuring adherence to policies and motivating staff
  • Provide on-site supervision to ensure project performance and standards are met

Benefits

  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • Flexible and health savings accounts
  • Retirement savings plans
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Paid and unpaid time off
Full Job Description
Job Title
Director

Job Description Summary
The Director of PDS, CPS team lead provides leadership to the overall project management team for a designated client including business operations, financial management, client relations, and project operations. The team lead ensures the successful management of the design, planning, and construction of projects by leading individual, multi-disciplined real estate solutions for clients. This role is directly accountable for managing and accomplishing all project requirements/objectives determined for the project by the client. As team lead this individual will lead a team of 20 plus project managers that will oversee high volume, low in scope, and mixed complexity. Project volumes range from 300 projects annually for projects below $250K to 100 projects annually for projects that reach $1M. Responsibilities include aligning with client strategies, financial targets, and service standards. Delivery assurance of team, budget, schedule, project reporting, and capital planning are all focus areas of the CPS lead. In addition to these, the CPS team lead will actively manage PDS staff, including adherence to company policy/procedures, staff development, performance management, and team motivation.

Job Description

Job Description

Essential Job Duties:
  • Regular interface with external client to ensure successful delivery of project
    management services, client goals, and objectives are established and achieved, project action plans are implemented, anticipate/respond to all client needs, and generally act as a trusted advisor for comprehensive real estate work
  • Act with fiduciary responsibility to client projects, including complete financial management of project: establish and manage project budgets, maintain monthly forecasts, and cash flow analysis, prepare anticipated cost reports and any other reports as required by the client
  • Management of due diligence, programming, design, entitlements, bidding, permitting, procurement, design team selection, schedule creation/management, contractor selection, vendor selection, sustainability, and post-construction services.
  • Demonstrate competence in a broad range of varied project types and operate in complex/non-routine environments.
  • Contribute to business development through the identification of project or client opportunities.
  • Oversee capital improvement programs with design and construction processes at multiple sites
    through local/account-based resources.
  • Negotiate contracts with selected vendor(s) and manage performance of all contracted vendors,
    consultants, etc.
  • Identify and address areas of concern regarding potential liabilities and risk (fee, our reputation, errors, and omissions, etc.) with Leadership.
  • Provide an appropriate level of on-site supervision to ensure proper performance criteria are being met.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in the use and application of all PDS technology as required for assigned projects.
  • Active management of PDS staff, including adherence to company policy/procedures, staff
    development, performance management, and team motivation. Convey and ensure the adoption of policies and practices to the team.


Education/Experience/Training:
  • Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or related field. Master's degree preferred. Certification preferred.
  • Twelve or more years of related experience with 5 or more years of management experience required.
  • Ability to contribute to the strategic business objectives of the client
  • Advanced project management skills with expertise in the project management business.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Highly organized with strong analytical skills.
  • A proficient working knowledge of accounting and financial reporting, budgeting, scheduling, and processes as they relate to corporate real estate, design, and construction.
  • Software skills: Microsoft Office applications, MS Project.


Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate's experience and qualifications.

The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.

The compensation for the position is: $ 182,993.10 - $215,286.00

About Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield plc is a global commercial real estate services firm. The company's corporate headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois. Cushman & Wakefield is among the world's largest commercial real estate services firms, with revenues of US$9.4 billion in 2021. The company operates from approximately 400 offices in 60 countries, has around 50,000 employees and manages about 4,100 million sq ft of commercial space. It is one of the "Big Three" commercial real estate services companies, alongside CBRE and JLL.
Learn more about Cushman & Wakefield
Size
50,000 employees
Market Cap
$2.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$220.5 million
Founded
1917
5 Year Trend
+8.6%
Revenue
$7.8 billion
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