Senior Project Manager

ABOUT GREYSTAR

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate company offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing, logistics, and life sciences sectors. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates more than $290 billion of real estate in 247 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, manages more than 857,400 units/beds globally, and has a robust institutional investment management platform comprised of more than $76 billion of assets under management, including over $34 billion of development assets. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com.

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

JOB DESCRIPTION

Primary Responsibilities and Activities

• Review and manage project proposals, plans, and Greystar's project lifecycle, ensuring alignment with timeframes, funding, scope, and resource requirements.

• Provide leadership and motivation to project team members, holding them accountable for their activities and deliverables.

• Collaborate with external service providers or consultancies to ensure successful project execution and provide updates to internal stakeholders.

• Conduct proactive risk assessment, management, and issue resolution throughout the project lifecycle.

• Monitor project activities, ensuring quality and consistency in project information across the organization.

• Work with project leadership to establish and facilitate project governance, including a project steering committee.

• Ensure project goals align with business objectives and are successfully achieved.

• Prepare status reports and modify schedules or plans as needed.

• Collaborate with leadership to optimize project delivery and governance.

• Work closely with the change management team to support projects throughout the lifecycle.

• Regularly review resource capacity and utilization, ensuring adequate project support.

• Partner with accounting for project budgeting and spend analysis.

• Actively set and manage project stakeholder expectations.

Job Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution; Master’s degree preferred.

• Project management training and certification are desirable.

Experience

• Minimum seven years experience managing complex projects in matrixed organizations

• Five years of experience in management or technology consulting is required.

• Five years of experience managing non-IT projects is required.

• Experience in leading cross-functional, geographically dispersed diverse teams

Knowledge and Skills

• Distinctive blend of business, IT, financial and communication skills. This blend is vital because this is a highly visible position with substantial impact.

• Ability to adapt to new circumstances in a changing business environment.

• Knowledge of project management methodology and experience or familiarity with major, defined program management approaches (for example, that of the Project Management Institute or PRINCE2 and agile approaches).

• Significant knowledge of project planning/scheduling tools (for example, Clarizen, Microsoft Project, Monday.com, Smartsheet, Jira, etc.), with a solid track record of practical application.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; expertise in setting and managing customer expectations.

• Effective influencing and negotiating skills in an environment where this role may not directly control resources.

• Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs, with the ability to establish and maintain customer trust and confidence.

• Ability to support a tactical resource plan by mapping future demand to forecast project completions in the project portfolio.

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Additional Compensation:

• Corporate Positions: In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in an annual bonus program based on individual and company performance.
• Onsite Property Positions: In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in weekly, monthly, and/or quarterly bonus programs.

Robust Benefits Offered*:

• Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability & Life insurance benefits. Low (free basic) employee Medical costs for employee-only coverage; costs discounted after 3 and 5 years of service.
• Generous Paid Time off. All new hires start with 15 days of vacation, 4 personal days, 10 sick days, and 10 paid holidays. Plus your birthday off after 1 year of service! Additional vacation accrued with tenure.
• For onsite team members, onsite housing discount at Greystar-managed communities.
• 6-Week Paid Sabbatical after 10 years of service (and every 5 years thereafter).
• 401(k) with Company Match up to 6% of pay after 6 months of service.
• Paid Parental Leave and lifetime Fertility Benefit reimbursement up to $10,000 (includes adoption or surrogacy).
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and Legal Plans.
• Charitable giving program and benefits.

*Benefits offered for full-time employees. For Union and Prevailing Wage roles, compensation and benefits may vary from the listed information above due to Collective Bargaining Agreements and/or local governing authority.

Greystar will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.