
Real Estate Project Manager
- Canada
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- He or She will be responsible for managing real estate projects to ensure the timeliness and conformity, budget development and documentation, corporate reporting, annual budgeting & tracking, and working across departments at the Corporate, Country, & Business Unit levels.
- Project Planning: Develop project scopes, objectives and schedules ensuring alignment with business goals and in compliance with local regulations.
- Budget Management: Prepare and manage project budgets, forecasts, and financial reports, ensuring the project remains within the budget constraints
- Team Coordination: Assemble and lead project teams, including third party architects, engineers, contractors, consultants, etc. to drive project execution
- Stakeholder Communication: Communicate regularly with internal stakeholders, providing updates on project status, challenges and milestones
- Risk and Opportunity Management: Identify potential risks and opportunities and develop mitigation and capture strategies to ensure project timelines and costs are maintained
- Quality Control: Oversees the quality of work performed, ensuring it meets the established standards and specifications
- Problem Solving: Address and resolve any issues that arise during the project lifecycle, including logistics, resource allocation and stakeholder concerns
- Close-Out: Oversee the project closeout documents related to lease Tenant Improvement (TI) reimbursements, to ensure payments are received from landlords, per agreed upon TI lease reimbursement language.
- Documentation: Generate documentation for assigned real estate business case presentations (RE Gate meetings), and for any weekly, bi-weekly, monthly & quarterly meetings, as necessary.
- Administration: Participates, and at times leads, in various project update meetings, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly & quarterly meetings as requested.
- Any other tasks as required
- Minimum 5+ years of experience as a project manager, preferably related to Real Estate or construction
- Clear understanding of real estate project management terminology and of various project related agreements
- Able to multi-task multiple assignments, and when workload exceeds acceptable limits, engage with internal/external support
- Detail-oriented and able to communicate effectively both in writing and verbally
- Very strong budget management and construction estimation skills
- Able to work independently and within a team
- Often handles confidential and sensitive information
- General understanding of principles, theories, and practices of real estate, design, construction, facilities operations
- Highly organized and analytical, with a strong work ethic
- Proficient in MS Suites including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Bachelor's degree in business, real estate, finance or related field
- Experience in or with the Thales Real Estate process and environment a plus
- PMP or Project Management Professional certification also a plus
- Competency to communicate in French is highly preferred (being in Ottawa several Stakeholder are based in Québec and speak French)
- Au moins 5 ans d'expérience en tant que gestionnaire de projet, de préférence dans le secteur de l'immobilier ou de la construction.
- Maîtrise parfaite de la terminologie de la gestion de projets immobiliers et des différentes ententes liées aux projets.
- Capacité de gérer plusieurs tâches simultanément et, lorsque la charge de travail dépasse les limites acceptables, de collaborer avec le soutien interne et externe.
- Souci du détail et capacité de communiquer efficacement, tant à l'écrit qu'à l'oral.
- Excellentes compétences en gestion budgétaire et en estimation des travaux de construction.
- Capacité de travailler de manière autonome et en équipe.
- Manipulation fréquente de renseignements confidentiels et sensibles.
- Compréhension générale des principes, théories et pratiques de l'immobilier, de la conception, de la construction et de l'exploitation des installations.
- Sens de l'organisation et esprit d'analyse, et solide éthique de travail.
- Maîtrise des suites Microsoft, notamment Outlook, Word, Excel et PowerPoint.
- Baccalauréat en affaires, immobilier, finances ou domaine connexe.
- Une expérience dans le processus et l'environnement immobilier de Thales est un atout.
- Une certification PMP ou Project Management Professional est également un atout.
- La maîtrise du français est fortement souhaitée. (étant à Ottawa, plusieurs intervenants sont basés au Québec et parlent français)