Senior Project Manager - Enterprise Services

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. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $300 billion of real estate in nearly 250 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 over 1,000,000 units/beds globally, and has a robust institutional investment management platform comprised of nearly $78 billion of assets under management, including over $35 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.
The Senior Project Manager plays a critical role in translating strategic ideas into executable plans, defining success criteria, engaging the right stakeholders, and delivering outcomes that enable business adoption and value realization.

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 consultants to ensure successful project execution and provide updates to internal stakeholders.
• Facilitate alignment across cross-functional teams by clarifying roles and responsibilities, coordinating activities, and enabling effective decision-making.
• Conduct proactive risk assessment, management, and issue resolution throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify and remove roadblocks to maintain project momentum, and adapt project plans as challenges or new information emerge.
• 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.
• Serve as a consultative delivery partner, helping business leaders solve problems, not just manage tasks.
• Ensure project goals are aligned with business objectives and deliver measurable business value.
• Translate strategic ideas into actionable roadmaps with clear success criteria and defined work components.
• Prepare status reports and modify schedules or plans as needed.
• Collaborate with leadership to optimize project delivery and governance.
• Partner with the change management team throughout the project lifecycle to support stakeholder engagement, communications, and adoption planning.
• 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.
• Ensure effective handoff of completed projects to operational teams, supporting business transition and sustainability of outcomes.
• Facilitate lessons learned sessions and document improvement opportunities to inform future project delivery.

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.
• Skilled in translating strategic ideas into executional roadmaps and structured action plans.
• Ability to adapt to new circumstances in a changing business env