Overview
VP Capital Projects Jobs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at JLL
Vice President, Capital Projects – Project & Development Services (PDS)
An exciting opportunity for an experienced consulting business leader in the role of Vice President, Capital Projects, Project & Development Services (“PDS”) driving our Toronto Institutional and Industrial sectors. This role combines strategic business development, work winning and client relationship management with team leadership, and hands-on project oversight.
Based out of our downtown Toronto office, the successful candidate will have proven experience in the local market, be a great communicator possessing positive energy, and will be required to collaborate with JLL peers, service lines, and partners.
What this job involves:
Relationships
- Cultivating new and existing business relationships.
- Collaborating with JLL peers, regional and other practice leads, and SMEs to leverage JLL’s vertically integrated real estate services platform.
- Developing relationships with owners, landlords, tenants, developers, institutions, architects, engineers, and/or contractors.
- Building rapport with key client representatives and soliciting feedback on our PM performance.
- Assisting clients in the development of creative real estate strategies linked to their business objectives.
Business Growth and Development
- Developing and executing the sector growth and marketing plans.
- Strategically networking, sourcing business leads, and representing JLL at industry events.
- Positioning JLL PDS as a market leader in project management delivery.
- Marketing the available JLL service offerings.
- Contributing ideas to new product development and service delivery strategies.
- Leading the pursuit strategy, sourcing, positioning, pitching, and securing new business.
Team Management
- Working with leadership on resource planning needs, liaising with JLL recruitment, attracting top talent, and negotiating offers of employment as and when required.
- Energizing, supervising, evaluating, mentoring, and supporting the growth of your team.
- Fostering an environment of accountability, excellence, inclusivity, collaboration, innovation.
- Being an example and educating your team of JLL and PDS expectations and policies.
Project Management
- Negotiating and executing contracts, resourcing, and overseeing projects through its lifecycle.
- Balancing resources and assigning work to maintain performance while managing project finances.
- Providing project management leadership on the set up, governance and framework structure for large capital projects or programs.
- Actively helping your team solve problems on projects and providing peer review assessments of key deliverables if or as required.
- Establishing and tracking project performance criteria to meet and exceed client expectations while honoring requirements of the Contract/scope of service.
- Making sure projects maintain consistent best practice procedures and processes.
- Being each client’s highest level of contact and escalation.
Operations Management
- Supporting the development and execution of the Sector business plan.
- Forecasting revenue, cash flow, and resource needs with a view to achieving established financial goals.
- Actively managing and monitoring project portfolio P&L – Revenue, Accounts Receivable, Backlog, Utilization – to achieve or exceed targets.
- Invoice and collections oversight.
- Review and approve time-off requests, expenses, timecards.
- Managing risk, and accurately informing local JLL leadership of project, internal, and client issues that have potential to affecting operational targets, significant project performance, and JLL‘s reputation.
Required Qualifications:
- 12+ years’ experience in Management Consulting, Real Estate Project Management, Real Estate Development, Engineering or Architecture.
- Proven experience in Institutional (education, healthcare, government), and/or Industrial (logistics, manufacturing, high-tech facilities) Real Estate Sectors.
- 5+ years of managerial and leadership experience with a proven ability to manage P&L, successfully grow a team and business.
- An Industry qualification designation such PMP, LEED, WELL etc.
- Led major capital projects of $10M+ from inception to completion without supervision.
- Solid understanding of contract types and competency of contract administration.
- Ability to travel within Canada and the US
Preferred Qualifications:
- University Degree in Real Estate, Engineering or Architecture or related subjects.
- Experience with or understanding or knowledge of Integrated Project Delivery is an asset.
- Experience with MS Project or other scheduling software is an asset.
Title: VP Capital Projects
Company: JLL
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada