Director Project Management
- Pay
- $136,000 – $160,000 per year
- Location
- New Orleans, LA · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Executive
- Experience
- 12+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 6 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Advanced project management
- Budget management
- Financial reporting
- Scheduling
- Contract negotiation
- Vendor management
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Staff management
- Microsoft Office
- MS Project
Also useful
- Project management certification
- Sustainability
- Construction management
About the role
Job Title
Job Description Summary
The Director of Programs & Projects (P&P), 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 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 P&P staff, including adherence to company policy/procedures, staff development, performance management, and team motivation.
About the role
- 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 P&P technology as required for assigned projects
- Active management of P&P 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
- Up to 50% travel required
Key Competencies
- 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
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or related field
- Master's degree preferred
- Certification preferred
Important Experience
- Twelve or more years of related experience with 5 or more years of management experience required
The compensation for the position is
$ 136,000.00 - $160,000.00
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Equal opportunity and legal notices
C&W provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, the company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and employees during employment are treated without regard to any of these characteristics. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.
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.
Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.
From Cw's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 7, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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