Assistant Project Manager – Real Estate Project Design & Delivery
Overview
Support the delivery of multiple workplace construction projects in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. As an Assistant Project Manager, you’ll partner with Project Managers, third-party project teams, and internal Real Estate, Workplace, Finance, and Procurement stakeholders to keep project design, construction, budget, schedule, procurement, and approval information complete and current.
This role is ideal for a highly organized project professional who brings strong process discipline, sound judgment, and the ability to identify issues before they affect project commitments, payments, or delivery milestones. You’ll contribute to projects from design coordination through construction, handover, and first-day business readiness while helping strengthen project delivery processes and reporting standards across global projects.
Required Skills
- 3–5 years of relevant experience in project management, program management, project coordination, project controls, construction, architecture, engineering, corporate real estate, or a related field.
- Experience supporting the delivery of complex workplace or capital projects.
- Familiarity with commercial office construction processes, including:
- Design coordination
- Construction documentation
- Permitting
- Scheduling
- Budgeting
- Procurement
- Project handover
- Knowledge of project controls and financial processes, including budget development, cash-flow forecasting, change control, risk management, and approval tracking.
- Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to distinguish routine project updates from issues requiring timely escalation.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to present project data concisely to internal stakeholders.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with Project Managers, third-party project teams, Finance, Procurement, and other internal partners.
- Ability to track and maintain accurate information related to scopes of work, contract approvals, purchase orders, change requests, budgets, schedules, and procurement milestones.
Nice to Have Skills
- Experience delivering corporate workplace projects in a technology or other high-growth, matrixed organization.
- Experience representing an occupier or owner.
- Experience managing external consultants, project managers, landlords, vendors, or general contractors.
- Familiarity with workplace design guidelines and technical IT/AV and Security standards.
- Experience improving project reporting templates, trackers, and delivery processes across multiple projects.
- Experience supporting FF&E, minor works, signage, punch lists, and first-day business readiness activities.
Preferred Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in design, construction management, architecture, engineering, real estate, or a related field.
- Equivalent practical experience may be considered.
- 3–5 years of experience in project management, project coordination, project controls, construction, architecture, engineering, corporate real estate, or a related discipline.
Other Requirements
- This is a hybrid position based in San Francisco, California.
- W2 employment only.
- Ability to support multiple projects and coordinate with internal and external project teams.
- Ability to track approval progress and flag incomplete documentation, stalled approvals, and process exceptions before they delay commitments or payments.
- Ability to support project handover and first-day business readiness preparations with project teams and internal partners.
