Retail Renovation Project Management Director

Retail Renovation Project Management Director

Job ID

Posted

08-Aug-2025

Service line

PJM Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Construction, Project Management

Location(s)

Baltimore - Maryland - United States of America, Boston - Massachusetts - United States of America, Linden - New Jersey - United States of America, New York City - New York - United States of America, Richmond - Virginia - United States of America

As a CBRE Retail Renovation Project Management Director, you'll be responsible for project management services across the client portfolio and will lead the project management team to achieve strategic business objectives. As a key leader within the Project Management function, you will drive the strategic execution and success of the Retail programs from inception to completion, ensuring alignment with business objectives and client satisfaction. You will be responsible for:

• Program Leadership & Strategic Oversight: Providing overall leadership and direction for a portfolio of projects, ensuring they align with strategic goals, client expectations, and contractual obligations. This includes proactively identifying and mitigating program-level risks and dependencies.

• Client & Stakeholder Relationship Management: Cultivating and maintaining strong relationships with key clients, stakeholders, and partners. This includes proactively identifying business development opportunities and fostering long-term partnerships.

• Financial Performance & Resource Management: Taking full accountability for the financial performance of assigned programs, including budget management, forecasting, and profitability. This includes optimizing resource allocation and ensuring efficient utilization of personnel and assets.

• Program Execution & Delivery: Overseeing all phases of the program lifecycle, including pre-migration activities, planning/design, procurement, contracting, tracking, execution through closeout. Ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant contract procurement, negotiation, execution, administration, and closeouts.

• Risk Management & Mitigation: Proactively identifying, assessing, and mitigating program-level risks. Leading regular reviews and developing comprehensive risk mitigation and contingency plans.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Influence: Leveraging a deep understanding of multiple disciplines, the business, and key drivers to influence cross-functional performance. Leading by example, engagement of all service lines, modeling CBRE RISE values, and persuading managers and colleagues to take action aligned with organizational objectives. Negotiating with external partners, vendors, and clients with divergent interests to achieve shared goals.

• Process Improvement & Innovation: Identifying and addressing complex, multi-dimensional operational and organizational challenges. Driving significant improvements and changes to existing methods, processes, and standards within the project management discipline.

• Team Leadership & Development: Providing formal supervision and leadership to a team of, project managers, team leads, program managers and supporting staff. This includes overseeing talent acquisition, performance management, coaching, mentoring, training and development, and succession planning. Fostering a high-performing team environment.

• Operational Excellence: Coordinating and leading the team's daily activities, establishing work schedules, assigning tasks, and cross-training staff. Setting and tracking deadlines for the team and departments. Mentoring and coaching as needed.

What You'll Bring

• Experience: A Bachelor's Degree is preferred, with 8-12 years of relevant experience in project/program management, or a combination of experience and education. LEED AP, PMP, and/or CCM designations are highly desirable.

• Leadership Acumen: Demonstrated experience in all aspects of leadership, including staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, performance measurement, appraisal, and retention.

• Communication & Influence: Exceptional ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and resolve complex issues. Proven ability to influence and persuade stakeholders at all levels.

• Strategic Thinking & Execution: Proven ability to set, manage, and achieve ambitious targets with a direct impact on multiple department results within a function. Demonstrated ability to think strategically and execute effectively.

• Technical Proficiency: In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).

• Interpersonal Skills: Expert interpersonal skills coupled with an advanced inquisitive and growth mindset.

• Financial Acumen: Sophisticated math skills, including the ability to perform financial calculations.

Turner & Townsend carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for this position is $150,000.00 annually and the maximum salary for this position is $185,000.00 annually. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. Successful candidates will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on Turner & Townsend’s applicable benefit program. This role will provide the following benefits: 401(K), Dental insurance, Health insurance, Life insurance, and Vision insurance.

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE has a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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