Aimbridge Corporate Vice President Design & Construction

Job Summary

The Vice President Design & Construction will lead complex renovation and construction projects across our hospitality portfolio. This role will oversee all aspects of project deliveryfrom pre-construction planning and budgeting to design coordination and on-site executionensuring projects are completed on time within scope and on budget.

This position requires deep expertise in project management principles construction budgeting and contract negotiation along with exceptional leadership communication and analytical skills. The ability to operate strategically while managing details is essential to success in this role.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration Construction Management Architecture or a related field required.
• A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in project management with a strong emphasis on design construction and renovation projects within the hospitality or real estate industry.
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex Property Improvement Plans (PIP) and overseeing both Full Service and Select Service hotel renovation and construction projects.
• Proven expertise in budget development cost estimation and construction cost pricing.
• Strong background in the preparation of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) bid evaluation and leveling vendor recommendation stakeholder approval processes and end-to-end management of design and construction initiatives.
• Experience leading and growing a project management team; prior experience supervising project managers is required.
• Direct collaboration experience with architects interior designers contractors and procurement professionals is essential.
• Extensive knowledge of project management methodologies including tools and techniques such as Gantt charts critical path method resource leveling and budget variance analysis.
• Familiarity with project management and construction software tools (e.g. Microsoft Project Procore Smartsheet etc.) and general management information systems (MIS).
• Strong analytical and decision-making abilities; able to conduct thorough process and system reviews and synthesize complex data into actionable insights.
• Excellent organizational communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain collaborative working relationships across internal teams and external partners.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides technical advisory services for new hotel construction and openings.
• Collaborates with hotel owners and operators to develop and execute annual capital plan including budgeted and emergency capital.
• Oversees design staffing compliance schedules construction resources budgets and contractual commitments.
• Leads a team of construction project managers or directors who work with clients architects engineers and other design personnel
• Effectively communicate project expectations project goals and scope to the team.
• Conduct engagement reviews and confirm all projects have thorough business cases with measurable benefits and costs.
• Review high-level deliverables across the portfolio of projects and recommend cost-effective solutions to address business challenges and/or opportunities.
• Lead cross-functional teams working with all relevant stakeholders to refine strategy gather and document requirements to identify potential impact in terms of results (cost quality timeliness) and process operations technology organization (including people) and finances.
• Implement project management strategic initiatives that are aligned with the companys strategic objectives.
• Act as a liaison and build strong working relationships with various stakeholders to identify project sponsorship and support.
• Concludes all projects with post-project reviews.

PROPERTY INFORMATION:
At Aimbridge hospitality is at the heart of everything we do. As the worlds leading global hospitality management company we are dedicated to being the most trusted hotel operator and employer in the industry. With a portfolio of over 80 respected hotel brands and a commitment to creating exceptional guest experiences we focus on strong relationships with our partners and creating a strong culture for our team members. Join us in setting the new standard for hospitality excellence where trust is the foundation of our success story.

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