Project Manager (Commercial Real Estate, Smart Buildings & Construction)

Job Description

The Project Manager plays a pivotal role in the success of FPC Global’s Digital Building Services, providing project management oversight for the delivery of Digital Building consultancy services and systems integration projects for FPC and its clients. The role ensures the effective delivery of projects in alignment with agreed scopes, budgets, timelines, and quality standards.

This position carries responsibility for managing project delivery teams, coordinating with clients, consultants, and suppliers, and ensuring operational, commercial, and technical objectives are met. The Project Manager will also actively contribute to business process improvement, governance reporting, and the continuous enhancement of FPC’s project management frameworks, supporting the Delivery Operations Performance team.

As a client-facing leader within the project delivery function, this individual will work closely with program delivery, technical specialists, and commercial teams, ensuring client satisfaction, operational efficiency, and commercially successful project outcomes. The Project Manager is expected to uphold the highest standards of technical excellence, commercial awareness, and professional integrity.

Key Responsibilities

Project Delivery Leadership

• Lead the end-to-end management and delivery of Digital Building projects in accordance with Proposals, Scope of Work (SoW), and client agreements.

• Manage project objectives, budgets, resource plans, and schedules to ensure on-time, on-budget, high-quality delivery.

• Maintain comprehensive oversight of risks, issues, dependencies, and change management processes throughout the project lifecycle.

Team Management

• Lead and coordinate project teams comprising Digital Building consultants, technical specialists, and contractors.

• Provide leadership, direction, and mentoring to project team members, ensuring effective collaboration and performance.

• Support the development of operational project delivery processes and contribute to the continuous improvement of FPC’s delivery frameworks.

Client & Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary point of contact for clients on assigned projects, ensuring proactive communication, issue resolution, and expectation management.

• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with clients, consultants, contractors, and internal stakeholders.

• Deliver regular, clear, and concise project reporting, including financial, operational, and risk management updates.

Operational Governance & Process Development

• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of FPC’s project delivery processes, templates, and governance standards, working with the Delivery Operations Performance team.

• Support lessons learned, operational reviews, and knowledge-sharing activities to enhance future project delivery performance.

Services and Solutions Delivery

• Manage and support the integration and deployment of Digital Building systems and smart technology solutions, ensuring alignment with client requirements and operational objectives.

• Oversee stakeholder coordination, technology deployment, system commissioning, and project closeout activities.

• Prepare technical documentation, service delivery reports, and client handover packages as required.

Commercial Awareness & Business Development

• Monitor project financial performance, ensuring adherence to commercial objectives and budget control.

• Identify additional service opportunities within projects and communicate them to FPC leadership.

• Support proposal development, estimating, and business development activities where required.

Qualifications

Skills and Experience

Essential:

• Minimum 3 years' project management experience delivering Commercial Real Estate, Smart Buildings, Building Technology, Systems Integration, IoT, or Digital Buildings projects.

• Proven track record in delivering, multi-stakeholder projects from initiation through to closeout.

• Strong project management and operational governance skills, including risk, issue, and change management.

• Excellent client relationship management skills, with a collaborative and solutions-driven approach.

• Strong project reporting, stakeholder management, and presentation skills.

• Experience managing project teams, with proven leadership and mentoring capabilities.

• Technical understanding of Digital Building systems integration, design, and implementation.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office and/or Google Workspace applications.

Desirable:

• Familiarity with RIBA Stages of Work, AIA Stages, or equivalent international frameworks.

• Experience in construction project delivery, systems commissioning, or facilities technology integration.

• Working knowledge of cloud platforms (Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, AWS) and data analytics tools.

• Experience developing SoWs, RFPs, technical submittals, and operational process documentation.

• Relevant project management qualifications (PMI, APM, PRINCE2, or equivalent).

Additional Information

This role is to be based in UK with frequent travel to London