Deputy Project Director - Luxury Segment

Position Title: Deputy Project Director (DPD), Pune - Luxury Segment

Job Summary

• Manage and coordinate projects through all phases of design, planning, construction, liaison and sales
• Provide leadership for site project management function by managing, coordinating, and developing staff of KPDL and third party vendors
• Partner with Business Head to manage the project operations.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop and propose strategic plan, program and budget for projects under control to Business Head
• Ensure assigned projects are completed within budgets and schedules while meeting project's internal stakeholders needs, business objectives and design guidelines
• Manage programs and managers within the project to ensure successful completion and minimum deviation from the project plan in terms of scope, schedule, cost and quality
• Interface with appropriate levels of management to obtain funding approval.
• Responsible for tracking and reviewing project Liaison activities. Engagement in Liaison activities has to come from Management on case to case basis. .
• Responsible for ensuring that site based team:
• Manages the project team including architects, engineers, workplace consultants, construction managers and administrative support.
• Develops schedules and budgets for assigned projects.
• Identifies and evaluates alternative solutions to best meet program goals.
• Prepares detailed construction cost estimates and documentation for project funding authorization.
• Interact with function heads to clarify specific needs and requirements.
• Ensure best utilization of resources, minimum wastage of raw materials and emergency (unplanned) purchases
• In certain circumstances, the Deputy Project Director will be responsible for managing special studies, initiatives or due diligence assignments on mutual agreement with up-line manager.
• Identify potential risks for the function in face of KPDL pursuing a rapid growth strategy and develop a risk mitigation strategy
• D&D Head and DPD should ensure that the project efficiencies related to Design are met as per the guidelines set by the Leadership during the pre-construction/design phase by value engineering

People Focus

• Responsible for providing feedback for the Project Team during appraisal of the employees

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction, Architecture or related technical field
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the direct management of large, complex real estate projects with desired experience/expertise in :
• Program Management
• Site analysis and approvals
• Budget Control and Estimation
• Design and construction coordination
• Project scheduling & monitoring