Director - Construction Project Manager (PL)

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The Director, Construction Project Management will report to the Managing Director, CRE Project Management, and provide strategic leadership for complex Branch and Corporate construction and real estate programs. This leader will establish standards, governance, and operating rhythms that strengthen project delivery, financial stewardship, risk management, vendor performance, and stakeholder confidence.

This Director will lead and develop project management professionals while partnering across Design, Telecommunications, Security, Real Estate, Property Management, business teams, vendors, and executive stakeholders. The successful candidate will translate business priorities into measurable outcomes while balancing team leadership, portfolio oversight, and hands-on management of complex projects.

Provide strategic leadership for the Construction Project Management team by setting priorities, establishing performance expectations, and ensuring consistent delivery across assigned programs and projects. Lead, coach, and develop project management professionals through performance feedback, mentoring, resource planning, succession planning, and targeted professional development. Establish governance and leadership cadences for portfolio reviews, budgets, risks, vendor performance, project decisions, and stakeholder communication. Oversee complex construction projects from planning and design development through execution and closeout, including project objectives, schedules, budgets, quality standards, and compliance requirements. Serve as the escalation point for issues involving scope, schedule, cost, quality, vendor performance, contract compliance, change orders, and stakeholder alignment. Manage architects, designers, engineers, construction firms, general contractors, and owner vendors to support successful project delivery. Oversee project estimates, expenditure commitments, costs, and change-order negotiations to maintain alignment with approved budgets and project objectives. Provide on-site oversight during construction and lead job-site meetings, documentation, and cross-functional coordination. Ensure projects comply with Schwab requirements and applicable legal, regulatory, audit, safety, environmental, and building-code standards. Build trusted relationships with senior leaders, business partners, internal clients, vendors, architects, engineers, and code-enforcement officials. Present recommendations, risks, trade-offs, and business impacts clearly to senior leaders and executive stakeholders. Identify process inefficiencies and implement improvements that strengthen delivery predictability, quality, cost discipline, risk management, and operational performance. Contribute to CRE strategies, policies, standards, practices, and procedures while representing Project Management, Corporate Real Estate, and internal clients with professionalism.

What you have Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree. 10 or more years of progressive corporate (not general contracting company) construction management experience, including leadership of large, complex, multi-stakeholder construction projects or programs. 8 or more years of experience leading, managing, and developing teams, including responsibility for performance management, coaching, resource planning, succession planning, and team effectiveness. Executive presence – Demonstrated ability to communicate with confidence, clarity, and credibility with senior executives, business partners, and external stakeholders. Practical knowledge and experience in design, construction, or engineering. Broad knowledge of real estate disciplines, including building systems, space planning, property