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

The Senior Project Manager at Greystar leads and manages the delivery of multiple projects/programs, ensuring they meet scope, quality, time, and cost constraints. This role also acts as an internal consultant, identifying challenges and collaborating with project leaders to implement effective solutions, particularly within corporate shared services at the enterprise level.

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.