
Senior Project Manager - Team Lead
Chicago, ILJob$139–164K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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The Senior Project Manager, Team Lead manages the design, planning, and construction of client projects and leads a team of project managers. The role oversees project delivery, budgets, schedules, vendors, and client relationships, while coaching staff and contributing to the strategic direction of an assigned department or practice area. It also requires travel up to 40% of the time.
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Job Title
Senior Project Manager - Team Lead
Job Description Summary
The Sr. Project Manager, Team Lead will be responsible for the successful managements of the design, planning and construction of projects by leading individual, multidisciplined real estate solutions for clients. This role is directly accountable for managing and coaching a team of project managers (APM – SPM) in accomplishing all project requirements/objectives determined for the project by the client.
Job Description
Essential Job Duties:
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Regular interface with internal and external clients to ensure successful delivery of project management services, project action plans are implemented, anticipate/respond to client needs, and generally act as a trusted advisor for comprehensive real estate work.
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Act with fiduciary responsibility to client projects, including complete financial management of project: establish and manage project budgets, maintain monthly forecasts and cash flow analysis, prepare anticipated cost reports and any other reports as required by the client.
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Management of due diligence, programming, design, entitlements, bidding, permitting, procurement, design team selection, schedule creation/management, contractor selection, vendor selection, sustainability and post construction services.
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Demonstrate competence in broad range of varied project types and operate in complex, non-routine environment.
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Negotiate contracts with selected vendor(s) and manage performance of all contracted vendors, consultants, etc.
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Identify and address areas of concern regarding potential liabilities and risk (fee, our reputation, errors and omissions, etc.) with GOS PDS Director.
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Provide an appropriate level of on-site supervision to ensure proper performance criteria are being met.
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Demonstrate proficiency in the use and application of all PDS technology as required for assigned projects.
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Active management of PDS staff, including adherence to company policy/procedures, staff
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development, performance management, and team motivation. Convey and ensure adoption of policies and practices to the team.
Education/Experience/Training:
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Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration or related field. Master's degree preferred. Certification preferred.
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12 or more years of related experience with two or more years of management experience required.
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Ability to contribute to the strategic direction of the assigned department or assigned practice area.
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Advanced project management skills with expertise in the project management business.
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Expert in client relations, client management and consulting.
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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Highly organized with strong analytical skills.
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A proficient working knowledge of accounting and financial reporting, budgeting, scheduling and processes as they relate to corporate real estate, design and construction.
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Software skills: Microsoft Office applications, MS Project.
Physical Demands/Environmental Work Conditions:
- Must be able to travel up to 40% of the time. Travel may vary in frequency and duration.
Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.
The compensation for the position is: $ 139,419.55 - $164,023.00
Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email [email protected] . Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.
INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”
How this job compares
Set against the 15,463 open Project Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$139–164K/yr
- Illinois median$102–160K/yr422 salary ranges
- US median$103–167K/yr9,783 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $152K, is 15% above the Illinois median midpoint ($133K) — in the middle half of Project Management salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 514 open Project Management jobs in Illinois and 15,463 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Project Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 12,280 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 6,257 of the 15,463 open Project Management jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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