Senior Project Manager (m/f/d)

Senior Project Manager (m/f/d)

Role:

On behalf of a client, we are seeking an experienced leader as Senior Project Manager: Client Advisory / Client Representation in Building Construction for the strategic management of demanding construction and real estate projects in a Switzerland-wide consulting company. You will take on client representation, project development, and overall project management of complex new build and renovation projects across all relevant planning and implementation phases. The focus is on developing project strategies, defining client requirements, cost, schedule and quality management, as well as transitioning completed construction projects into operation. Additionally, you will be responsible for acquiring new mandates, strategic client consulting, and the further development of long-term business relationships within the Swiss construction and real estate sector.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic client advisory: Advising institutional and private clients, investors, and real estate managers in the development and implementation of demanding building construction projects.

• Client representation and overall project management: Independent leadership and management of new build, conversion, and renovation projects on behalf of the client.

• Project strategy and goal definition: Developing project strategies, target systems, requirement profiles, project organisations, and decision-making bases.

• Project development and feasibility: Supporting feasibility studies, site analyses, utilisation concepts, project definitions, and investment decisions.

• Planning and implementation management: Monitoring and coordinating all planning, approval, tendering, and implementation phases according to the relevant SIA service phases.

• Cost and investment management: Managing project budgets, cost estimates, cost forecasts, profitability analyses, and financial project risks.

• Schedule and quality management: Developing and controlling framework schedules, project milestones, quality objectives, and performance requirements.

• Project organisation and specialist planner leadership: Coordinating architects, structural engineers, specialist planners, project controllers, general and total contractors, as well as other project participants.

• Risk and contract management: Identifying and assessing project risks, contractual interfaces, claims, and technical as well as organisational dependencies.

• Commissioning and project handover: Supporting acceptance, commissioning, defect management, project documentation, and handover processes to owners and operators.

• Client consulting and stakeholder management: Leading client meetings, decision-making bodies, authority coordination, and strategic project presentations.

• Acquisition and business development: Securing new client representation and project management mandates, preparing offers, and maintaining and expanding existing client and industry networks.

Qualifications:

• Completed university degree in architecture or civil engineering FH/ETH or comparable university degree in construction or real estate.

• Several years of solid professional experience in client advisory, client representation, or overall project management of demanding building construction projects in Switzerland.

• Proven experience in strategic project development as well as in managing new build, conversion, and renovation projects across multiple SIA phases.

• In-depth knowledge of Swiss SIA standards, construction and planning processes, cost structures according to BKP/eBKP-H, as well as contract and procurement management.

• Further training in project management, real estate economics, construction management, or client advisory, e.g. MAS/CAS, is an advantage.

• Existing professional network in the Swiss construction and real estate sector with contacts to clients, investors, authorities, architectural firms, and other decision-makers, as well as experience in acquisition and mandate development.

• Confident German language skills in spoken and written form for strategic client consulting, negotiations, and project documentation; knowledge of French, Italian, or English is an advantage.

• Attractive training and development opportunities
• Interesting and varied activities/projects
• Market- and performance-based salaries
• Experienced and dynamic team

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Work location
Zurich