Real Estate Project Manager- North America

Location: Arlington, United States of America

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Real Estate Project Manager- North America

Arlington, Virginia or Orlando, Florida- Hybrid

Position Summary

The Real Estate Project Manager will report to the North American Senior Director of Real Estate and Facility Management. They will act in a project management and delivery capacity for Real Estate and related services for all relevant Thales North America (USA & CAN) sites. In addition, this position will support project definition, approvals & documentation all related to the management of specific real estate projects.

Key Areas of Responsibility  

• 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, 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.

• Ability to speak French

• Any other tasks assigned as required.

Minimum Qualifications  

• Bachelors Degree in business, real estate, finance or related field or in lieu of a degree, at least 6 years of relevant, exempt experience and/ or education as equivalency

• At least 5 years of experience as a project manager, preferably related to Real Estate or construction

• Demonstrated understanding of real estate project management terminology and of various project related agreements

• Able to multi-task wile working on multiple assignments and engage with internal/external support to escalate when necessary

• At least 2 years of experience preparing and managing project budgets, forecasts, and financial reports, ensuring the project remains within the budget constraints.

• Prior experience communicating regularly with internal stakeholders to provide updates on project status, challenges and milestones.

• Detail-oriented and able to communicate effectively both in writing and verbally

• Able to work both autonomously as well as collaboratively within a team

• Often handles confidential and sensitive information

• Highly organized and analytical, with a strong work ethic

• Proficient in MS Suites including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

The ability to speak French is preferred.

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